Man charged after allegedly accessing 85k child abuse anime images
A 30-year-old West Ulverstone man allegedly found with anime images that showed adults having sex with young children has faced court.
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 >
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 15.
A surprise inspection at a Shearwater home found 40 overseas workers, 56 bunk beds, powerboards overloaded with cooking appliances, and “obvious” risks to life. What a tribunal decided.
A Triabunna man called triple-0 for help after he was brutally assaulted by his son, and needed emergency surgery for a ruptured spleen. But his story changed when police arrived >
The victim of an assault by the father of her children at the headquarters of an outlaw motorcycle club five years ago has provided a letter of support for her attacker. From court >>
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 14.
After a four-year battle, a coroner has found Huon Valley man Jari Wise did not jump in front of his girlfriend’s car on the night of his death. But his supporters say questions remain unanswered.
A Launceston murderer who was granted parole after finding God was sent back to prison for breaching his conditions. But he’s back on the outside for his third try.
Coroner Simon Cooper has urged authorities to reverse “Jari’s Law”, while also robustly criticising a coronial intervention last year by former Attorney-General Elise Archer. His comments >
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 13.
Emergency services rushed to a country football ground after a small building used as a score board was set on fire. The details.
A Tasmania Police senior constable is fighting allegations he assaulted a man during a high-octane arrest, striking him several times to the head and fracturing his cheekbone. Latest from court.
Over 200 years, the Supreme Court of Tasmania emerged from its Van Diemen’s Land era, sending hundreds of criminals to the gallows but also operating as a “safe harbour”. View photos from the court’s bicentenary.
A coroner has reminded hookah and scuba divers of the “vital importance” to follow safety protocols to avoid tragedy, following the deaths of four Tasmanians.
A 58-year-old who uncovered a cannabis crop while surfing on the East-Coast and helped himself to $290k worth of the drug has avoided jail. What the court heard.
A Queensland footballer who murdered a young man in a pub brawl has been released from prison in Tasmania. What the Parole Board decided.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 10.
All four of the people who killed young Burnie dad Bobby Medcraft have now been released from jail on parole – with the man who delivered the fatal sword blow now also set free.
A man will spend substantial time behind bars after smuggling about $54k worth of methylamphetamine into Tasmania in his carry-on luggage. Here’s how he was caught.
A Derwent Valley man died unexpectedly in hospital last November after a crash on a faulty Harley-Davidson. Here’s what the coroner found.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 9.
A Hobart taxi driver was set upon by a passenger in a series of bizarre and terrifying acts, with a stun gun held to his face and ordered to drink from a vial of liquid. What a judge decided.
“An outrage and a stain on our government … that an act like this would still occur today.” Backlash continues after Aboriginal bones were dropped off in brown paper bags to a Hobart office.
Hobart murderer Darren Mark Wake has made a bid to shorten the length of time he spends in jail, after he brutally stabbed his ex-wife to death on Christmas Day, 2021. What the court heard.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 8.
A GP charged with making, supplying and illegally prescribing drugs out of his Mount Nelson clinic has returned to court, almost two years after he was first arrested. What will happen next.
A young star footballer with AFL aspirations was hauled before the Supreme Court after breaking the nose of an opponent on-field in an Old Scholars match. What the judge decided>
“There is a fabulous toilet coming to the Ladies Lounge … and men won’t be allowed to see it,” Mona’s Kirsha Kaechele said of her strategy to keep the female-only Ladies Lounge alive.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 7.
“I’ve never heard of anything so terrible before.” Fury has erupted after ancient Tasmanian Aboriginal bones were apparently “dropped off” in brown paper bags at a Hobart office.
An excavator driver has been dealt a huge fine for working unsafely after his colleague was left with serious crush injuries to the pelvis.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 6.
Another ancient Aboriginal thigh bone has been found on a Tasmanian beach, this time in a rock pool at Carlton Beach. The coroner’s findings.
Last week, three parked taxis were allegedly targeted by youths, who smashed windows and caused other damage. Now two teens have been charged.
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