Minister orders probe into Derwent River sewage spill
There has been a major sewage spill into the Derwent River at Blackman's Bay, south of Hobart.
View ArticleSouthern council faces fines for River Derwent sewerage spill
A southern Tasmanian council could face hefty fines if prosecuted for discharging more than six million litres of raw sewage into the River Derwent.
View ArticleWoman killed in collision at Devonport
A young woman has died in a road accident in Tasmania's north-west.
View ArticleCrews search water, shore for missing diver
A search is continuing for a diver who has gone missing near the mouth of the Derwent River near Hobart.
View ArticleDiver's body found in river
Tasmanian police are yet to release the name of a diver whose body was recovered from the Derwent River south of Hobart this afternoon.
View ArticleTasmanian council fined over sewage spill
A southern Tasmanian council has been fined $9,000 over what is believed to be the state's largest sewage spill.
View ArticleMan dies in suspected cliff fall
A man has been killed in a rock climbing accident on Mount Wellington in Hobart.
View ArticleTribunal to allow patients' allegations against GP
The lawyer for a Tasmanian GP has failed in a bid to block a group of former patients giving evidence to the Tasmanian Medical Complaints Tribunal.
View ArticleMore patients give evidence against Tas GP
A former patient of a Blackman's Bay GP has told Tasmania's Medical Complaints Tribunal he pushed her against the wall of his surgery and touched her breast.
View ArticleDoctor found guilty of professional misconduct
A southern Tasmanian GP who emphatically denied allegations of sexual conduct towards patients has been found guilty of professional misconduct.
View ArticleDoctor avoids deregistration despite misconduct finding
The Medical Complaints Tribunal has decided not to deregister a Hobart doctor who has been found guilty of professional misconduct.
View ArticleTougher penalty sought for doctor
A Hobart Court has heard the Medical Complaints Tribunal was misled before it penalised a Blackman's Bay GP found guilty of professional misconduct.
View ArticleSupreme Court upholds penalty for Tasmanian doctor
A Supreme Court judge has dismissed an appeal for a harsher penalty for a Tasmanian doctor for sexually assaulting patients.
View ArticleBakery owner on blackmail charges
A former Tasmanian bakery owner is on trial in Hobart for trying to blackmail the head of the Banjo's bakery corporation.
View ArticleMore aged care beds funded
The Federal Government is to create 63 new residential aged care places in Tasmania at a cost of $1.9 million a year.
View ArticleAccused blackmailer 'stirring the pot'
A court has heard a former bakery employee decided to "stir the pot" when he heard the company's former boss had been charged with tax related offences.
View ArticleWould-be robbers use axes in early morning raid
Staff at a southern Tasmanian newsagency were threatened by two men wielding axes this morning.
View ArticleCouncils' concerns over water, sewage reforms
Kingborough Council, in Tasmania's south, has added its voice to concerns about proposed State Government reforms to water and sewerage infrastructure.
View ArticleArsonists attack southern school
Arsonists have set fire to the Blackmans Bay Primary School in the state's south.
View Article'Tree-changers' boosting inland Tasmania
A demographer has found many small, inland, Tasmanian towns have rapidly increased in population between 2001 and 2006.
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