Around 80 Hobart students have spent 12 hours running a collective 3,500 laps in support of SHE, a group raising funds and awareness for Gynaecological Cancer research. The Year 12 Hutchins students ran from 8pm to 8am alongside peer Luke Harris, who lost his mum and cancer advocate Jo Harris to the disease earlier this […]
Fri Sep 22, 2023 - 4:38pmThe Tasmania Fire Service is urgently asking all people within 150m of a gas leak at a property on Invermay Road to evacuate now. Residents near 18 Rooms Avenue in Launceston are being asked to leave immediately and to stay away. “Exposure to this material will present an immediate danger to people in the Rooms […]
Fri Sep 22, 2023 - 10:00amDark Mofo has been cancelled for 2024 as organisers place the festival on pause for a “period of renewal”. Despite achieving record attendances and box office results this year, organisers say it is essential for them “to take stock of changing conditions and rising costs, in order to reset the festival for the future”. The […]
Fri Sep 22, 2023 - 9:00amA $400 million upgrade to the Hobart zinc works is one step closer to construction after grant deeds were finalized with the federal and state governments. The project will include the construction of a new electrolysis plant, capable of recovering greater quantities of minerals, at the site. In a memo sent to workers, Nyrstar Hobart […]
Fri Sep 22, 2023 - 6:00amA major bushfire that cut off Coles Bay on Tuesday afternoon remained uncontained and was still being battled by fire crews on Thursday evening. The fire spread rapidly on Tuesday due to strong winds, prompting a ‘severe danger’ warning and evacuation notices to locals in the area. TFS Incident Controller Scott Vinen said that while […]
Fri Sep 22, 2023 - 5:00amThe Circle Street Derwent Valley Council Chambers is facing an unknown repair bill after a burst water pipe flooded the building earlier this month. Mayor Michelle Dracoulis said on September 5th that staff arrived for work to find the office flooded after a water pipe burst inside a second-floor wall. The substantial amount of water […]
Fri Sep 22, 2023 - 4:00amA young driver who ploughed her car into Sandy Bay’s Wrest Point casino overnight is expected to face driving charges. Police say the 25-year-old woman drove into the reception area around 2:30am this morning, before getting out of her vehicle and “behaving in a violent manner”. The woman was arrested at the scene before being “bailed […]
Thu Sep 21, 2023 - 5:49pmOver half of Tasmania’s main streetlamps have been replaced with new and more energy-efficient LED models. With the rest expected to be completed in the next two years, the modern lights have a much longer lifecycle and replace old and dated mercury vapor lamps across the state. Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Michael Ferguson says […]
Thu Sep 21, 2023 - 2:11pmThe Dunalley Hotel is facing alleged debts of at least $700,000 and has called in a company administrator to save the business. Administrator Shelley-Maree Brooks, representing Rodgers Reidy Tasmania, estimates that the company’s debts will surpass $700,000. Employee entitlements are estimated to exceed $200,000, with unsecured creditor claims reaching over $500,000. The business, which became […]
Thu Sep 21, 2023 - 1:46pmA Bridport man has been charged over a crash in Mount Direction that left four people injured in early September. Police say the man allegedly drove his grey Ford Ranger into a red Toyota Rav4 on Industry Road before speeding away. The 35-year-old is now facing multiple charges, including driver involved in crash and failing […]
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