Traffic on Hobart’s Brooker Highway has slowed this afternoon after a driver slammed into a traffic light pole. The crash at the intersection of the Goodwood Road is causing delays for city-bound motorists. Police say the road is not blocked and that no serious injuries have been reported. More to come…
Mon Sep 11, 2023 - 3:23pmAn investigation has been launched after a suspicious fire tore through a Moonah house on Friday night. Police say no one was home when firefighters from Hobart and Glenorchy arrived at the scene. The fire, which is believed to have been deliberate, caused around $250k worth of damage to the Amy Street property. Anyone with information is […]
Mon Sep 11, 2023 - 3:17pmA high-end bar and restaurant located at Hobart’s Brooke Street Pier has announced, with “great sadness”, that they will be closing their doors. The Glass House will shut “for the last time” this week, marking the end of an eight-year journey since its opening in 2015. The restaurant boasts a cocktail bar, private function room […]
Mon Sep 11, 2023 - 1:45pmPolice are investigating after a man was rescued from a burning house in Kingston overnight. The blaze, which has since been determined as being deliberately lit, caused around $60,000 worth of damage to the Redwood Road unit. A 43-year-old man, believed to be the occupant of the house, was taken to the Royal Hobart Hospital […]
Mon Sep 11, 2023 - 1:02pmA teenager has been left injured after an alleged scissor attack in the Glenorchy CBD yesterday. Police say officers were called to the disturbance between two youths at around 4:20 pm on Sunday, where they found a person with a laceration to their arm. The teenager believed to be behind the attack was taken into […]
Mon Sep 11, 2023 - 11:55amThe boat of a missing man last seen in Tasmania’s north-west has been found drifting kilometres off the states coast overnight. 75-year-old Kerry Frankcombe failed to return from a planned day fishing trip from Port Sorell on Sunday afternoon. Tasmania Police Senior Constable Damien Godfrey said rescue crews are currently scouring the Port Sorell area for Frankcombe, who […]
Mon Sep 11, 2023 - 10:30amCaravan registrations in Tasmania have surged by 46% over the last five years, according to the latest data. With 12,738 caravans registered in July 2018, the current count stands at 18,587 as of July 2023. Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Michael Ferguson said the increase in registrations is seen as a ‘sign of strong demand’ […]
Mon Sep 11, 2023 - 7:00amA Tasmanian photographer has won a major national environmental award worth over $10,000 for his photography of Platypus in the Hobart Rivulet. Pete Walsh competed against two other finalists, NSW’s Miimi Aboriginal Organisation and Yarra Valley ECOSS, to win the Canon Oceania Grants program’s land environmental category. The winning project, ‘Hobart Rivulet Platypus,’ highlights the […]
Mon Sep 11, 2023 - 5:00am21 unregistered firearms are now off Tasmania’s streets after a mobile amnesty days in Bridgewater and Glenorchy over the weekend. Senior Constable Paul Hyland said 2 pistols, 6 shotguns, 7 rifles, 2 air rifles and 4 gel blaster imitation assault rifles were surrounded. “It’s pleasing that over the last three weekends Tasmanians have taken the […]
Mon Sep 11, 2023 - 4:30amRepair work will get underway on a popular jetty in Tasmania’s south after it was damaged by fire over the weekend. The cause of the fire that destroyed much of the Gordon Jetty is still undetermined and is currently being investigated by the Tasmania Fire Service. The jetty will remain closed until further notice. Marine […]
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