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Tassie Princess Coming Home For Christmas

Hobart-born Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is coming back to Tassie for Christmas this year, her first public visit since 2017! 👑👸 An official statement by the Danish Royal Family confirmed the ‘private Christmas vacation’, saying it has been five years since the Princess’s family had visited her native country together with their four children.

Fri Nov 25, 2022 - 4:00pm
Road Incidents

Young Man Dies In Serious Crash On Tasman Highway

A young man has died after a serious crash on the Tasman Highway, north-east of Hobart this morning. Emergency Services were called to the crash at Runnymede shortly before 9AM, following a report of a single vehicle crashing into a tree. Sadly, the man in his 20s from the Hobart area passed away at the […]

Fri Nov 25, 2022 - 11:26am
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Tassie Artist Wins Major Music Award

Tassie DJ & Producer Christian ‘Luude’ Benson has taken home Best Dance/Electronic Release at tonight’s 2022 ARIA Awards for his remix of the iconic song ‘Down Under’! Congrats Luude!! 👏

Thu Nov 24, 2022 - 7:48pm
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Tassie Man Goes On Drunk Tirade At Glenorchy KFC

A Gagebrook man has been charged after he went on a drunken rage through Hobart’s northern suburbs on Wednesday afternoon. Police were called to KFC at Derwent Park yesterday following reports of a man being aggressive towards patrons while throwing rocks at the store’s glass windows and doors. The man then allegedly ran off towards […]

Thu Nov 24, 2022 - 12:19pm
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Wild Winds Topple Hobart Containers

Intense winds this week have caused chaos at a container yard in Hobart’s northern suburbs, with photos emerging of several stacked shipping containers toppling over at the QUBE containers facility in Brighton. QUBE refused to comment, but it is understood the incident has now been resolved. Gusts of up to 110km/h were recorded across Tasmania […]

Thu Nov 24, 2022 - 10:05am
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Tassie Footballer Makes History At Fifa World Cup

A Tassie footballer has made history by becoming the first Tasmanian to play in the worlds largest football competition! ⚽️💙 Launceston-born Nathaniel Atkinson took on France at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar this morning, sharing on Instagram heading to the World Cup has been something he’s dreamed of since he was a young kid! […]

Wed Nov 23, 2022 - 11:16am
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Mass Power Outage Strikes Parts Of Hobart

Residents in several locations south of Hobart are without power tonight as wild winds lash the state. TasNetworks say large amounts of homes in Kingston, Blackmans Bay, Franklin, Fern Tree and Bonnet Hill may be without power until after 10 PM, with the cause of the outages under investigation. Do you have power at your […]

Tue Nov 22, 2022 - 8:58pm
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Tassie Family ‘Lucky To Be Alive’ After House Fire

A Tassie family were ‘very lucky’ to escape their home after it became engulfed in flames overnight Emergency services responded to the incident in Lebrina, north-east of Launceston, shortly before 6:30pm yesterday – where they found the house ‘extensively damaged’. Fire investigators say the cause was accidental, however it started in an area of the […]

Tue Nov 22, 2022 - 4:02pm
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Severe Weather: Crazy ‘foot-deep’ Snow Falls Across Tassie

Intense weather has smashed parts of Tasmania this morning, with wind gusts up to 122km/h already hitting parts of Greater Hobart today! A gust of 98km/h hit the Hobart CBD at 10:55 AM, which sent branches and debris flying through the city. Truck driver Ashleigh Lindsay shared this photo from Cradle Mountain in the state’s […]

Tue Nov 22, 2022 - 11:39am
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Basketball Fan Banned For Life By Tassie Team

A Tassie JackJumpers fan has been BANNED from attending all future NBL games after a ‘crowd behaviour’ incident last week. The man has had his membership revoked after he purposely threw a ‘hand-clapper’ towards the New Zealand Breakers bench and team huddle at Friday night’s game. Jackjumpers CEO Simon Brookhouse says the man is very […]

Mon Nov 21, 2022 - 2:09pm