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Questions for driver
8:09 AM | Police have questioned a Rocherlea man they allege was driving a car that crashed on the East Tamar Highway at Newnham on Monday morning, killing one of the passengers.
Rapist poses as 20-year-old to lure teen
4:00 AM | A 59-YEAR-OLD Brighton man who posed as a 20-year-old man to seduce and rape a 16-year-old girl has been jailed for 12 months.
Father walks free despite guilty plea
08 Feb 12 | A former Ravenswood father has walked free from court after admitting he failed to seek medical treatment for his two-month-old baby's broken arm.
Police arrest alleged driver of fatal crash
08 Feb 12 | Police have arrested a 30-year-old Rocherlea man in relation to a fatal crash on the East Tamar Highway on Monday.
Supreme Court judge clears mother
08 Feb 12 | A Supreme Court judge has ruled a Ravenswood woman accused of wilfully neglecting her two-month-old daughter had no case to answer.
'Left friends for dead'
08 Feb 12 | The hunt continues for two men who abandoned their dying friend after a fatal crash on the East Tamar Highway on Monday.  | CommentsComments (1)
Fountain feud led to brutal murder: jury told
08 Feb 12 | The brutal murder of a businessman who was attacked as he lay in bed with his wife stemmed from a feud between fountain companies, a Sydney jury has been told.
Radical cleric out on bail
08 Feb 12 | LONDON - A British court's decision to release a radical Muslim cleric described as ``Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe'' on bail has been branded a disgrace.
Woman not guilty of baby charges
07 Feb 12 | A SUPREME Court judge has ruled a Ravenswood woman accused of wilfully neglecting her two-month-old daughter had no case to answer.
Police call for fatal crash witnesses
07 Feb 12 | Northern Crash Investigation officers are calling for witnesses to a fatal crash on the East Tamar Highway near Newnham yesterday morning.  | Death driver flees: injured ...
Guilty  plea to baby daughter charge
07 Feb 12 | A Ravenswood man has pleaded guilty to wilfully ill-treating his baby daughter.
Men charged over Newnham burglary, assault
07 Feb 12 | Two men who allegedly smashed their way into a Newnham home on Friday night and bashed one of the occupants have been charged with aggravated burglary, stealing and assault.
Union probe a political target, watchdog warned
07 Feb 12 | CANBERRA - The industrial watchdog was so concerned about possible political interference in the Craig Thomson investigation that it got the Australian government solicitor involved, a union official claims.
Bali bombings: mass murder charge
07 Feb 12 | JAKARTA - The man believed to have built the devices used in the first Bali bombings that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, will be charged with mass murder for his alleged role in the 2002 attacks.
West Coast crime spree
07 Feb 12 | A SMITHTON man stole a safe and towed it down a street before going on a West Coast crime spree that ended with a 14-hour police manhunt.
Retail trade falls marginally in Tasmania
06 Feb 12 | Retail spending fell marginally in Tasmania in December in line with the decline nationally in the lead-up to Christmas.  | CommentsComments (2)
Guilty plea to ill-treating daughter
06 Feb 12 | A Ravenswood man has pleaded guilty to wilfully ill-treating his baby daughter.
QC's refugee solution `good for Tasmania'
05 Feb 12 | A refugee rights advocate believes Tasmania could be at the heart of a humane compromise on the asylum seeker debate. The Sunday Examiner's CALLA WAHLQUIST reports.   | CommentsComments (1)
Suburb on alert as police follow fire trail
05 Feb 12 | POLICE are investigating a string of fires at Ravenswood over the weekend.   | CommentsComments (2)
Strip-search law does not cover children
04 Feb 12 | THERE are no specific laws covering the strip-search of a child in Tasmania, a police representative has said.   | CommentsComments (13)
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