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More industrial unrest at LGH

Health unions assembled members at the Launceston General Hospital to send a message they want 50 support workers retained. Hired to help the hospital through the extra work load of the pandemic, their contracts end next...

Man charged with drug trafficking in Hobart

A 20-year-old Southern Tasmanian man has been charged with trafficking after a search warrant at a Hobart premises led to the discovery of a significant quantity of LSD and MDMA, as well as a large...

Fonterra stars in dairy awards

Coastal dairy producer Fonterra has scooped up 10 medals at the Dairy Industry Association of Australia Dairy Product Awards. Fonterra's Spreyton factory won six medals, with four gold and two silver for a range of butter...

Funds locked in, but no plan for North-West Support School

The state Government has allocated $17 million to what is has described as North West Support Schools Package. The funding, announced in last week's State Budget didn't detail how the money will be spent, with the...

$127m in funding for Coastal roads, highways and Coastal Pathway

The State Government has committed $40 million for continued upgrades for notoriously bumpy sections of the Bass Highway between Deloraine and Devonport. The funding was included in last week's State Budget, along with a commitment $60...

Tassie sex predator crackdown

The Rockliff Government is creating five dedicated police positions to monitor convicted sex offenders around the state in a $3.2 million initiative. They'll be embedded in existing commands across the Southern, Northern and Western police districts. The...

Growing Tasmanian Businesses

  Entrepreneurs from Hobart, Bellerive, Launceston and Burnie will share in a total of almost $1 million in Government funding to help Tasmanian businesses across the State to grow their small business ventures. The Business Incubator and...

Armed robbery in Mowbray

      Police are investigating an Armed robbery which occurred at Woolworths Supermarket in Mowbray last night. At around 9:50pm a male youth entered the supermarket and selected a quantity of items before attempting to leave the store...

Scandalous driving behaviour

A woman from Hobart's Tranmere was caught drink driving last night (Thursday) around 9.30pm with two little kids as passengers. She was pulled over because of driving through a red light at the intersection of Oceana...

Fatal crash on Hobart's Eastern Shore

A man has died following a two vehicle crash on the East Derwent Highway at Lindisfarne. Police and emergency services were called to the scene at about 9:40pm on Thursday May 25th, after reports of a...