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Mourners visit the makeshift memorial site at Hillcrest Primary School.

Families devastated after jumping castle operator found not guilty over fatal tragedy

A judge has found that the criminal charge against an operator of a jumping castle that flew into the air, killing six children, in Tasmania was not proven.

  • Ethan James and Emily Kowal

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Tributes left at Hillcrest Primary School following the tragedy.

Families of Tasmanian jumping castle tragedy victims launch class action

Families of the children killed and injured in the 2021 jumping castle tragedy have launched a class action against the state and the company that set up the equipment.

  • Holly Hales
Mourners visit the makeshift memorial site at Hillcrest Primary School in 2021.

Mother lashes out during Hillcrest jumping castle court hearing

The mother of one of the six children killed in a primary school jumping castle tragedy has directed her anger at the owner of the company accused of workplace safety breaches over the incident.

  • Ethan James
Eastford Creek Vineyard, Sassafras.

Nine places you must stop on Tasmania’s Tasting Trail

The Apple Isle is a place of plenty for the food, wine and beer, the cheese and chocolate, and country hospitality.

  • Jim Darby
Jye Sheehan, 12, died in last week’s jumping castle tragedy.

Devonport family’s double heartache revealed at son’s funeral

There was even more sadness at the Christmas Eve funeral of 12-year-old Jye Sheehan in Devonport, as news emerged of the serious injuries the boy’s father had sustained in a separate accident.

  • Nina Hendy
Zane Mellor, who died in the Devonport jumping castle tragedy.

Zane remembered as a gamer, dinosaur lover and ‘the man of the house’

The young mother of Zane Mellor has given an emotional tribute to her 12-year-old son, who died in last week’s Devonport jumping castle tragedy.

  • Nina Hendy
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Chace Harrison, 11, the sixth child to die in the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy in Devonport.

Devonport jumping castle tragedy claims sixth life

Police confirmed another child had died of his injuries at Royal Hobart Hospital on Sunday.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein, Deputy Premier Jeremy Rockliff and Devonport Mayor Annette Rockliff were among those to visit Hillcrest Primary School on Friday.

Three children fight for life as details emerge about Tasmanian jumping castle tragedy

Immediate family members have kept watch by the children’s bedside since the tragedy occurred at Devonport’s Hillcrest Primary School on Thursday.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola and Cassandra Morgan
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his wife Jenny at Hillcrest Primary School on Saturday. With them is member for Braddon Gavin Pearce.

PM Morrison and wife Jenny visit Devonport school tragedy site

The PM and his wife have visited Hillcrest Primary School to mourn the loss of the five children who died in a tragic accident there.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola and Cassandra Morgan
Tributes left at Hillcrest Primary School following the death of five children in a jumping castle accident. Image: Marta Pascual Juanola

‘Australia is one with them’: PM arrives in Tasmania after Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has promised close to $1 million for trauma counselling for the Devonport community after the shocking jumping castle tragedy.

  • James Massola

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