Tasmania

A judge was a ‘broken man’ after splitting up with a woman he allegedly struck several times and pushed into a mantelpiece, a magistrate has heard.

A friend raised the alarm after the 27-year-old failed to make contact as planned.

Paramedics responded, but the pair died at the scene.

The elderly woman told family members earlier this week she was lost on a rural road.

The hikers had been ‘overpowered’ by weather conditions when they became stranded.

A notification from an electric monitoring device prompted police to go to the man’s home before the situation escalated.

The chain made the announcements with ‘heavy hearts’.

It’s hoped the new incentive will fill dozens of roles in one key profession.

A coroner says the death of an experienced rescue pilot in a training exercise crash occurred after an error in judgment.

Unions say the brewer’s decision will ‘rip the heart out’ of Tasmania by chasing profits rather than honouring the company’s workers, who face the axe, and the brand’s 160-year history.

Police have lashed the behaviour of a 35-year-old woman who was caught drink-driving twice in two days, once with a child in the back seat.

Up to 3000 people are taking part in a naked winter solstice swim on one of Australia’s coldest mornings.

Break out the warm wet weather gear - much of the country is facing a wintry, wet weekend.

A young woman was driving while on drugs and was extremely tired when she caused a car crash that killed a tourist in Tasmania.

An arm bone found on Tasmania's east coast 24 years ago has been unable to be identified despite extensive DNA comparisons.