Tasmania

A former police officer has been charged over alleged historic child sex offences.

‘Abhorrent’: Former cop arrested on child sex abuse charges

A 74-year-old former police officer has been arrested and charged over alleged child sex offences. 

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Both are accused of being intoxicated and drinking alcohol they had brought with them onto the flight.

‘Drunk’ couple facing $55k fine, jail over Aussie flight act

An Australian couple has been charged over an alleged disturbance on a Sydney-bound flight that saw them escorted off the plane by police. 

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Bioluminescence bioluminescence captured along the coast of Tasmania.

Tasmanians wowed by biggest bioluminescence bloom in nearly a decade

Stunning photos and videos capture almost surreal scenes from the event.

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Federation Peak in Tasmania’s Southwest National Park.
Six children died in the Hillcrest school accident on December 16, 2021. (Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS)

Hillcrest families launch class action against state

Families of the children killed and hurt in Tasmania's Hillcrest Primary School jumping castle tragedy have launched a class action.

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A man has died after he was hit by a police vehicle, Tasmania Police say.

Evacuation after 12yo sets fire inside Coles supermarket

Police have rounded up and charged two children after they allegedly set fire to a Coles supermarket with people still inside.

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Khaylan Butler died two days after being shaken and dropped into a cot by his mother's then-partner. (HANDOUT/GOFUNDME)

Mother ‘living a nightmare’ after baby fatally shaken

A 26-year-old man is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of a 10-month-old boy he shook and dropped in a cot.

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A man who was armed with a knife and threatening members of the public has been shot dead by police in a horrifying incident in the  Launceston CBD.

Police shoot dead man threatening public with knife in CBD

A man who was armed with a knife and threatening members of the public has been shot dead by police in a horrifying incident in the Launceston CBD.

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A 65-year-old man died after being misdiagnosed at Mersey Community Hospital, a coroner has found.

Man ‘lost chance of survival’ after hospital misdiagnosis

A coroner says the death of a man was certain after a hospital incorrectly diagnosed gastrointestinal bleeding as pneumonia.

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Justice Gregory Geason faces sentencing for assaulting and emotionally abusing his former partner. (Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS)

Justice to be sentenced for assault, emotional abuse

A magistrate is set to sentence a Supreme Court judge who was found guilty of assaulting and emotionally abusing a woman.

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The operator of a jumping castle involved in the deaths of six children is set to face court. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Bouncy castle at centre of school tragedy inflated for court

A two-week court hearing in relation to the Hillcrest Primary School jumping castle incident that killed six children will be heard in northwest Tasmania.

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A coroner has found that a man staged his wife's death to look like suicide. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Coroner finds husband killed wife, staged death scene

A coroner has found a 43-year-old nurse and mother-of-three, whose death was initially ruled a suicide, was killed by her husband.

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Fish farming in Macquarie Harbour, the home of the endangered Maugean skate, is under  review. (HANDOUT/IMAS)

Remote harbour salmon farms record 1000-tonne deaths

Data released under right-to-information reveals more than 1000 tonnes of salmon died at a harbour where the future of fish farming is under a cloud.

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Foreign minister Penny Wong was forced to leave the stage during a speech in Tasmania after being repeatedly disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters.

Penny Wong condemns Israel for ‘killing innocents’ in Gaza

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has condemned Israel for the killing of innocent civilians in recent operations in Gaza and repeated calls for a ceasefire in the Middle East.

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