19+ hour, 39+ min ago   (364+ words) A coroner has been unable to determine what caused a house fire that killed a Swansea woman on Tasmania’s east coast. Merrell Down, 68, died at her two-storey home on February 28, 2024. Her remains were found in the debris three days later…...

20+ hour, 35+ min ago   (425+ words) The Elwick Road roundabout in Glenorchy would be removed and replaced with traffic lights under the state government’s $315 million plan to run rapid buses through Hobart’s northern suburbs. The intersection would also get bus priority measures, with changes to how…...

21+ hour, 13+ min ago   (428+ words) A Perth company says it can make clean energy cheaper than fossil fuels and wants to build the machines to do it at Bell Bay. PolarBlue announced the plan on Sunday, saying it would invest $1.5 billion over three years and…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (307+ words) A Smithton man who began selling methamphetamine to fund his own drug habit and became caught in a “cycle” of debt has been sentenced in the Supreme Court. Dylan Jackson Gale, 35, pleaded guilty to trafficking a controlled substance, along with…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (327+ words) A suspected case of bird flu forced a “partial lockdown” at a Wynyard school on Wednesday, with students pulled from play areas after a sick and a dead bird were found on the grounds. St Brigid’s Catholic School contacted the…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (80+ words) A car has gone over a barrier in a crash on the Southern Outlet at Mount Nelson, blocking a lane of traffic heading towards Kingston. Tasmania Police said emergency services were called to single vehicle crash just after 2:30pm on Thursday....

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (413+ words) A woman on Centrelink had nearly $40,000 move through her bank account while running a methylamphetamine trafficking business from her Burnie shed, a court has heard. Tori Rhonda Summers, 30, has avoided immediate jail over the operation, which she kept running even…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (358+ words) A $12 million election promise for a new Launceston bus interchange has been returned to the state budget as a saving after the site it was tied to fell through. The money was committed at the 2024 state election for a new…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (567+ words) The owner of a Hobart CBD bar says takings have plunged 30% in three months as water main works outside his Elizabeth Street venue drag well past their original deadline. Ben Wells, who co-owns Grinners Dive Bar with Jordan Dunn, said…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (301+ words) The Spirit of Tasmania will carry no passengers across Bass Strait for eight days next month as TT-Line swaps its two decades-old ferries for a pair of larger vessels. The state-owned ferry operator has closed bookings from October 23 to 30, with…...