Huonville and Bridgewater students Kokoda bound
Teenagers from Bridgewater and Huonville high schools will tackle the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea next month thanks to the efforts of Huonville’s Constable Craig Vermey. Through his work with the Huon Valley PCYC, Constable Vermey made a successful application for a $78,000 Duke of Edinburgh International Award grant to bring the trip to…
Murder Charge – Interlaken Death
A 46 year old man has been charged with the murder of a 39 year old man near Interlaken over the weekend. 46 year old John Nowoczynski from Taroona appeared before a Justice in a special hospital sitting of the Hobart Magistrates Court today. He remains in police custody and will reappear in Court tomorrow.…
Update Release #7 – Missing People – Ouse and Evandale [10-Jun-2016]
OUSE: In Ouse, police continue to hold grave concerns for Mr Trevor Foster who was swept away in flood waters from his property around 8am on Monday, 6 June 2016. Police have located a hat, which they believe Mr Foster was wearing at the time he was swept away. DNA testing will be used to…
Angela Jeffrey – Missing Person Update 10 June
The search for missing Penguin woman Angela Joy Jeffrey has been reviewed. Police will continue to conduct recovery operations during the long weekend in the hope of providing her family with greater certainty about the circumstances of her disappearance. Police remain in contact with Angela’s family, who have been informed that police will be undertaking…
Angela Jeffrey – Missing Person Update 9 June
Police are reviewing the search for missing Penguin woman Angela Joy Jeffrey, and remain in contact with her family. Mrs Jeffrey, 53, was last seen at her Penguin home on Wednesday, 1 June, her vehicle was located in the State Forest off Browns Creek Road, Bakers Beach, on 3 June, and police hold grave concerns…
Updated Release #6 – Missing People – Ouse and Evandale
Tasmania Police continue to hold grave concerns for Mr Trevor Foster who was swept away in flood waters from his property in Ouse around 8am Monday 6 June. The operation to locate the missing man re-commenced this morning at Ouse. Police located a hat yesterday, which they believe Mr Foster was wearing at the time…
Updated Release #5 – Missing People – Ouse and Evandale
Tasmania Police continue to hold grave concerns for Mr Trevor Foster who was swept away in flood waters from his property in Ouse around 8am Monday 6 June. The search and rescue operation to locate the missing man re-commenced around 10am today at Ouse and continued throughout the day. Police are utilising police search and…
Business As Usual – Launceston CBD
Police have assured businesses in the Launceston CBD they can operate as usual. Several reports have been received that two people purporting to be emergency service workers are telling businesses they need to evacuate. Police have reassured business operators that this is not the case. If anyone has received such a visit they are asked…
Search Updates – People Missing in Floodwaters
Searches will resume this morning for two people swept away by floodwaters at Ouse and Evandale. An 81 year old man was swept away by floodwaters on his Ouse property while checking his sheep on Monday. The flood waters surrounding the property where the man was swept away have started to abate, however the area…
West Tamar Hwy – Traffic Disruption Due To Flooding (02:23)
Currently West Tamar Highway near Tamar Marine is closed to all south bound traffic. This closure is expected until 10am on 8 June 2016. In the interim there will be modified traffic conditions that will cause delays.