Social housing project slated for former bowls club
For the second time in the space of weeks, plans for a major social housing project have been unveiled. Details of the housing project.
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Visitors average a 26-minute stay in this Tassie town
Visitors spend just 26 minutes visiting this seaside CBD and “promptly leave”. How the council plans to realise the city centre’s ‘full potential’.
‘You prepare for the worst’: pilot tells of emergency landing
It was her second emergency landing in four years but experienced pilot and former flying instructor took it all in her stride. Read what happened.
More social and affordable housing slated for Tassie city
With around 5000 Tasmanians on the social housing waitlist, a newly proposed project is hoped to help reduce that number. Where it will be and what it might look like.
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Bus drivers strike action imminent: expect peak hour disruption
After going on strike earlier this week in the north of the state, Hobartians should expect disruptions to bus services as drivers take stop-work action.
Brazen shoplifter jumps in back seat of car during police chase
A woman and two children under the age of 10 never expected to have a shoplifter jump in the back seat of their car while driving to the shops. His sentence.
Heroes who saved children in traumatic rescue honoured
When a young constable jumped in the water to save several drowning children, he says he was filled with adrenaline. He was one of 110 police officers honoured with awards and medals.
Patient died after hospital misdiagnosis, coroner finds
A coroner found that the death of an East Devonport was ‘a certainty’ after misdiagnosis at a northern Tasmanian hospital. The full report:
‘An expensive shemozzle’: Shipping woes for remote island
King Island farmers are airing their frustrations with shipping to the remote island forcing some long-time graziers leaving the industry. Why they say the answer lies in Victoria.
Estimates of up to $30m needed for extension of shared pathway
A feasibility study has been conducted to determine whether it is worth spending tens of millions to extend the shared cycling pathway by around another 65km.
Struggling defence manufacturer thrown a lifeline
When a prominent and pioneering Tasmanian business went into voluntary administration, it was feared it would be the end of the company. But it has now been rescued.
Threats of murder and arson lead to prison stint
A man has been handed down a jail sentence after he poured petrol around his partner’s property and threatened her and his nine-year-old daughter with a gun. What the court heard:
Hillcrest hearing wraps up: What next
On the final hearing day for the operator of the jumping castle which killed six children when it became airborne, the last expert took to the witness stand. Here’s what was said on the last day.
What we know from second week of Hillcrest tragedy trial
Further details have emerged from the Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy during a criminal trial at the Devonport Magistrates Court. Here’s what’s happened in court.
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