Maritime college gets upgrade funds
The Australian Maritime College has received $3 million from the Commonwealth to upgrade its research capacity.
View ArticleMan jailed for drug trafficking
A northern Tasmanian man has been sentenced to nine month's jail for selling methamphetamines.
View ArticleRoad warning as flood waters rise
Authorities are warning motorists to obey road closures, after a car was swept into the Don River at Sheffield in north-west Tasmania.
View ArticleFlood threat continues
The threat of flooding in northern Tasmania is not over despite lower rainfall.
View ArticleLaunceston housing stoush
The Launceston City Council is being asked to reverse its rejection of a public housing project in a city suburb.
View ArticleMan in court over 700 child porn images
A Tasmanian man accused of possessing more than 700 child pornography images has faced court.
View ArticleNorthern man on child porn charges
A northern Tasmanian man accused of possessing more than 700 child pornography images has faced court.
View ArticleTasmanian spring property growth
Tasmanian property sales have received a spring boost.
View ArticleShop worker threatened in armed robbery
Tasmanian Police are searching for a woman who robbed a Launceston supermarket on Saturday afternoon.
View ArticleArmed robber 'apologetic'
Northern Tasmanian detectives are following several leads as they continue to search for a woman who held up a Launceston supermarket on Saturday afternoon.
View ArticleAustralia Post worker noticed money missing from safe, Launceston court hears
The former licensee of the Newstead Post Office denies stealing almost $30,000 from the government-owned business.
View ArticleNAPLAN results reveal above-average improvements in 15 Tas schools
Fifteen Tasmanian public and private schools post above-average NAPLAN scores in the latest data published on the My School website.
View ArticleHistory of the Newstead war service homes
In Newstead in Launceston, a series of brick houses tell stories of the lives of returned soldiers and their families from World War I.
View ArticleFollow the trail of destruction from Australia's wild weather
From Central Queensland to Sydney's northern beaches and Launceston, the country's eastern fringe has been hit by heavy rain and flash flooding, with at least lives lost and hundreds forced from their...
View ArticleMore floods forecast for parts of Tasmania as low approaches
As northern Tasmanians continue to clean up after the floods a fortnight ago, wild weather will again hit the same part of the state on Thursday.
View ArticleCar-crumpling fur seal a repeat offender
A wayward fur seal — dubbed 'Lou-seal' by police — that made headlines after climbing onto on a car in suburban Tasmania has a history of run-ins with authorities.
View ArticleA fur seal climbs on top of cars in Launceston, Tasmania.
A wayward fur seal that made international headlines after being photographed on a car in suburban Tasmania on Boxing Day has a history of run-ins with authorities.
View ArticleRogue seal caught near where 'Lou-seal' caused Boxing Day havoc
Strays are becoming a problem in suburban Launceston, but they have flippers rather than paws.
View ArticlePolice probe 'suspicious' death in Launceston
Tasmanian police are still at a Launceston home where a woman died this morning.
View ArticleSon charged with murdering elderly parents
It is believed a dispute over a family pet led to a man being charged in Launceston last night with two counts of murder.
View ArticleBorders are reopening and COVID is coming. What can Tasmanians expect?
It's a message Tasmania's Premier Peter Gutwein has been driving home: COVID will enter Tasmania when borders open next month. So when and where is the state likely to have an outbreak?
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