Ex-King Island mayor faces court over child abuse material charge
The former mayor of King Island, Duncan McFie, has been charged with possessing child exploitation material. What a Hobart court has heard>
The former mayor of King Island, Duncan McFie, has been charged with possessing child exploitation material. What a Hobart court has heard>
A Mornington man who has spent over three and a half years in custody after fatally stabbing an intruder in the neck in 2020 has appeared in court for sentencing submissions.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on June 4.
“This is a very serious issue because this is about the future of Australia.” A celebrated Tasmanian Aboriginal elder has refused to appear in a “colonial court” over a forest trespass charge.
The latest in police investigations to an alleged incident at Deborah Conway’s Hobart concert last weekend.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on June 3.
Bridport Golf Club has been left feeling “demoralised” after thousands of dollars of fuel was stolen from club reserves in two recent incidents. Watch the footage capturing thieves in the act.
Bricks and fireworks were thrown at police, and four police cars damaged, after a night of hooning and violent behaviour in Clarendon Vale on Friday.
A Northern Territory man has been charged after meth, MDMA, cannabis and a pill press were seized by police in targeted raids in Brighton. Here’s what else they found
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 31.
A man convicted of attempting to murder his girlfriend says he’s being targeted inside Risdon Prison, with a guard locking him up in solitary for three months and promising to make his “life hell”.
A trio of judges is currently considering the future of Nathan Dean Tatnell – the father of a young Tasmanian girl allegedly murdered last year, over an unrelated but serious crime.
A Tasmanian coroner has declared a missing Bridport man dead more than 55 years after his disappearance, likely at the hand of his wife’s jilted lover.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 30.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 29.
The father of Shyanne-Lee Tatnell, a 14-year-old Tasmanian girl allegedly murdered by a man in his 30s last year, has appeared in court over a serious, unrelated crime. What the court heard >
Two young people allegedly involved in a waterfront mugging that police claim led to the tragic drowning of a 27-year-old Hobart man have both pleaded not guilty to aggravated robbery.
Julia Stone, the Tasmanian-based half of folk musical duo Angus and Julia Stone, has enjoyed a win in a major legal battle – with the siblings fighting their former managers over millions.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 28.
A man who produced child exploitation material and distributed it, and other content he had, to others around the world has been condemned by a judge for his “very serious offending”.
An arsonist who caused the Sydney deaths of six backpackers in the 1980s has appeared in a Hobart court, charged with lying to get a more lenient sentence on a newer Tasmanian charge.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 27.
A nurse working for the Hospital at Home program says she suffered post traumatic stress disorder being accosted by a “psychiatric patient”. But her employer has disputed liability >
Tragically, a house fire has turned fatal in Tasmania’s north. The latest.
A Moonah criminal has copped a huge prison term after helping cover up a murder by one of his associates – and after brutally assaulting his girlfriend for years. What a judge has determined>
The Tasmanian couple who allegedly featured in a notorious sex video involving a trout have been named in court.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 24.
“I didn’t realise how much the town would wrap their arms around it.” A grieving mother has opened a “safe haven” for men at Huonville, and has been astonished by the response.
More than five years after Hobart dad Jarrod Turner was shot dead at close range, the final person involved in his demise will soon be sentenced – and the full story will finally emerge.
A jealous killer who murdered his love rival in a fit of anger has been released from Risdon Prison after a dozen years behind bars – and plans to return to his hobby of racing pigeons.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 23.
A Supreme Court judge has blasted a man for his drug use while serving a home detention order for slashing a woman’s face with a knife during a street fight last year.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 22.
A 30-year-old West Ulverstone man allegedly found with anime images that showed adults having sex with young children has faced court.
A senior obstetrician and gynaecologist who caught Covid during Burnie’s infamous hospital outbreak in 2020 is fighting his employer over ongoing effects, some four years later.
A bitter clash has continued between Hobart’s only private inpatient mental health clinic and a union enmeshed in a nurse pay rise fight. But the end might soon be in sight >
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 21.
A scandal-ridden director who worked as a Launceston General Hospital boss for decades has been suspended from medical practice. What could happen next before a tribunal >
A quaint gift shop in the seaside township of Stanley has been urged to erect a much larger and brighter sign warning of its steps, after an elderly woman slipped down them and died.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 20.
One person has been freed after becoming trapped during a crash at Upper Castra.
“Any laws that are put in place that try to deter people from protecting Tasmania’s forests won’t work.” Activist Ali Alishah, the first person jailed under new protest laws, has been released.
“Did he know he was going to die? Was he in pain? Was he frightened? It all tortures me.” The family of a slain Hobart man have shared their grief, with his final moments aired in court.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 17.
A Kingston man suffering from paranoid delusions has discovered his fate in court after torching his Homes Tasmania public housing unit, leaving a huge damage bill. What a judge decided.
A verbal dispute at a Chinese restaurant led to a chef chasing a 39-year-old man with a machete. What the court heard.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 16.
More than two years after he was shot and subdued by police during a drug-induced mayhem, Caine Jeremiah Dunning has learned his fate. His sentence.
A young Hobart man could be found unfit to stand trial after an alleged serious Salamanca assault, which left an international student in a medically-induced coma. What a court has heard >
A young woman has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death, more than a year after a Copping road crash that claimed the life of an Indian tourist. What will happen now >
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