Why Magistrates will roll out the judicial robes
Traditional legal attire will return to the benches of Tasmania’s magistrates courts from next week, after the Chief Magistrate announced a decision to introduce the wearing of judicial robes.
Traditional legal attire will return to the benches of Tasmania’s magistrates courts from next week, after the Chief Magistrate announced a decision to introduce the wearing of judicial robes.
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Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 3.
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Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 2.
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Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on May 1.
A veteran environmental campaigner who has previously been jailed for illegally protesting in Tasmania will spend more time behind bars after being convicted of trespass on Tuesday.
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Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on April 30.
Police sadly confirmed a 77-year-old man died in a fire in the north of the state on Monday afternoon. The latest.
Veteran environmentalist Bob Brown says he will fight a trespass charge – along with a key fellow activist – after they were arrested in the Styx Valley earlier this year.
Following the suicide of an alleged murderer on remand at Risdon Prison, a coroner says the jail’s mental health services need to undergo an urgent review.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on April 29.
Financial elder abuse is sadly on the rise in Tasmania, with adult sons and daughters increasingly stealing from ageing parents in a phenomenon dubbed “inheritance impatience”.
A union challenged TasWater’s new rules that its employees be clean-shaven – with the removal of beards, moustaches, sideburns and even stubble. Fair Work Commission’s decision >>
A troubled teen has avoided jail time after being involved in a violent street brawl that left one man with a fractured nose and two broken teeth.
Guns, ammunition, a potentially stolen car and drugs were seized in a police raid in the state’s North West. Here’s the full list of what they found.
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A sparky who plunged $350k into a popular residential Christmas lights display in Launceston has fronted court after allegedly dazzling road users – this time with full-beam headlights.
A Hobart workplace investigator says she suffered serious trauma in her job – having her home vandalised, being harassed by an alleged sex offender, and after a client fatally set himself on fire.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on April 26.
The Public Trustee has been appointed to take control of an elderly woman’s estate after one of her daughters allegedly stole her antiques, crystal, valuable paintings plus $160,000 in cash.
A pair of drug traffickers made $130,000 in four months before police intervened. Now, one member of the duo has learned his fate.
A Tasmanian Aboriginal leader has lashed authorities over their handling of recently-discovered ancient human remains – claiming that “nothing has changed” in the past 200 years.
An infamous fraudster who has been chased by the likes of A Current Affair and Today Tonight is locked up at Risdon Prison for scamming three Tasmanians with a bogus “Texas Oil” scheme.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on April 24.
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Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on April 23.
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Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on April 22.
An occupant has suffered smoke inhalation as emergency services rush to a unit fire. Elsewhere, a police are at the scene of a crash in the state’s North. The latest >>
A Launceston man with an extensive criminal history may not get jail time after punching a man during an alcohol-induced rage. Here’s why >>
The appeal of a man convicted of attempted murder by setting his girlfriend on fire will continue with a replacement judge, after Acting Justice Shane Marshall resigned from the Supreme Court.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on April 19.
Police and family are concerned for the welfare of a 15-year-old girl who is missing in Melbourne.
A 32-year-old man with a nose for Ariana Grande perfume stole thousands of dollars of the stuff during an eight month crime spree. Here’s what he was sentenced to.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on April 18.
A Tasmania Police constable accused of causing the road deaths of a mother and son by negligent driving made another appearance in a Hobart Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on April 17.
Here is a list of people appearing at Hobart Magistrates Court on April 16.
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