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Duncan Bailey

Medical episode believed to be cause of a crash in Legana.

Vehicle crashes into parked car in Legana, police on the scene

Aaron Smith

Tasmanian Irrigation is considering delegating some of its powers under a recent policy change. Picture by Phillip Biggs

'There's a lot of detail to work through.'

'A more efficient way': Tasmanian Irrigation launches consultation process

John Hanscombe

The concern is that younger social media users are not only less selective but are being steered by algorithms towards noxious content. Picture Shutterstock

Social media is like a letterbox jammed with junk mail.

AI serves up assault rifles and hearing aids

A CareFlight rapid response helicopter and crew. Picture supplied

'We agreed from the outset to put Tasmanians and Tasmania first.'

CareFlight and Helicopter Resources team up to 'put Tasmanians first'

Joe Colbrook

A Launceston magistrate fined an excavator operator $55,000 after he broke a plumber's pelvis with an excavator. Picture by Craig George

Plumber was pinned against a trench wall by an excavator bucket.

Newstead contractor who crushed man's pelvis with excavator fined thousands

Ben Hann

Western Tiers Distillery's Shannon Jenkins and Samantha McCullagh believe the Tassie Tourism Ambassador Program has been beneficial to their customer service. Pictures by Ben Hann

Westbury dining and tasting venue goes one story at a time.

'More memorable, the better': The approach for award-winning distillery

Anna Houlahan

Qantas planes outside a gate lounge. File picture

A further $100 million could be paid in a civil penalty.

'Egregious': Qantas to pay customers up to $450 for cancelled flights

A retributive, resentful, and anger-fuelled hatred is in the ascendant. This is particularly the case among men. Illustration by Michael Joiner, 360info, image via Warren on Unsplash

Dire economic prospects open the door for an angry world of emotional manipulation.

How a cost of living crisis can fuel extremism among young men

Carla Mascarenhas

Entrance to Yarra Valley Grammar School in Ringwood, Victoria. Picture via Google Streetview

The young women have been offered counselling by the school.

Premier 'appalled' by private schoolboys' female student rankings

Rob Shaw

Gerry Steenkamer, 65, and his daughter Bridget Steenkamer, 31, with Alan Howard, 61, and his daughter Carmen Howard, 37, preparing to compete in the Australian Masters Rowing Championships at Lake Barrington. Picture by Paul Scambler

'It's just a great opportunity to do this together.'

Father-daughter rowing crew ready to mix it with nation's best

A double fatality on the Midland Highway, about six kilometres south of Ross on the Midland Highway after a crash between a Ford Falcon and a log truck in July. Picture: Phillip Biggs. 

A truck rolled over wall and onto riverbank at Beauty Point in November. Picture: Neil Richardson.

Constable Martin Scott  taking calls in Police Radio Room in Hobart in October. Picture: Neil Richardson.

Timothy Wayne Yole in court for sentencing  in November.
Executive Officer Cycling Tasmania Collin Burns makes a statement on behalf of the family, family members leave the court. Picture: Neil Richardson.

A 4WD driver killed after crashing into fully laden Log Truck on the Bass Highway near Illawarra Road turnoff in September. Picture: Scott Gelston.

The Commonwealth Bank at Newstead following the fire there. Picture: Paul Scambler.

Traffic inspectors  check a Kenworth log truck that rolled and lost its load,  on the Golconda road, 5.6 kilometre from Lebrina shop. Picture: Paul Scambler.

Detective Inspector John King with the $60,000 cash and $200,00 in Ice from the seaport raid December. Picture: Scott Gelston.

The valuable shards of methamphetamine, commonly known as 'Ice' in Launceston December. Picture: Scott Gelston.

Forestry Operations officer Bob Knox checks progress of the burn off from the air in October. Picture: Neil Richardson.

Forestry Operations officer Bob Knox takes the controls  of the fire dragon from Forestry officer Doug Johnson in October. Picture: Neil Richardson.

A policeman keeps watch during the Poatina manhunt in February. Picture: Paul Scambler. 

Chopper with fire dragon slung beneath flies over the burn off area in October. Picture: Neil Richardson.

The Poatina Manhunt in February. Picture: Paul Scambler. 

Interview in November with the family of Maureen Flanagan killed in road crash outside her home. Picture: Neil Richardson. 

The spot on the West Tamar highway where 15 year old Brittany Goss was killed in July. Picture: Scott Gelston. 


Interview in November with family of Maureen Flanagan killed in road crash outside her home.
Husband John Flanagan with grandchild Jordan Barfoot behind. Picture: Neil Richardson, 

Flowers at the scene of where Maureen Flanagan was killed in November. Picture: Neil Richardson. 

Driver seriously injured in accident with semitrailer at Sassafras. Picture: Neil Richardson

The scene at the Campbell Towb hotel the day after the alleged crime was committed in May. Picture: Scott Gelston.

Ram raids in Wellington street, Launceston, in November. Picture: Neil Richardson.

Road Safety Task Force Officers,  Const Christian Schriever  and  Const. David Eaton on patrol along Invermay Road , Launceston in, July. Picture: Paul Scambler. 


Sheep gather on high ground from the flood waters along the Holwell Road in July. Picture: Paul Scambler. 

The crash site of Tasmania's Director of Public Prosecutions, Tim Ellis 58yr  and  27-year-old Natalia Pearn, of Launceston,  the  accident happened about 15 kilometres south of Oatlands. Picture: Paul Scambler. 

East Tamar Highway Vegetation Fire in February. Picture: Paul Scambler. 


The XR6 Falcon driven by a  19-year-old male travelling west on Penguin Road at 9.30am. Police said the vehicle left the road on a slight right hand bend and collided with a row of pine trees. Picture: Paul Scambler.  

Police search for the driver of the red Ford  Falcon in Launceston in May. Picture: Paul Scambler. 

Vegetation fire near Mayfield, photographed from Crandon Crescent in January. Picture: Phillip Biggs. 

The Poatina Manhunt in February. Picture: Paul Scambler.

A boat fire at Seaport in Launceston in November. Picture: Phillip Biggs. 


Firefighters helmets sit outside the house in Paterson Crescent at George Town in October. Picture: Scott Gelston.

Police and Tasrail workers investigate a scene at Longford where a train stopped to avoid hitting a spike place on the track in February. Picture: Phillip Biggs. 

Tasmania Police return the 29-year-old's man's boat to shore after refloating it in August. Picture: Scott Gelston. 

The Poatina manhunt in February. Picture: Paul Scambler. 

Paramedic Richard Bugg, Const Drew Oakden of  Tasmania Police at the side door of The Westpac Rescue Helicopter, with Pilot Yass Kuwada September at the Narawntapu National Park in September Picture: Paul Scambler.  

Hobart SES members, Nigel King and Lynden Boundy look over a map of the  Woodsdale area in October during the search for a missing teenager. Picture: Paul Scambler. 

Tammy Williams of Launceston, and  her brother, 48-year-old Launceston man, John Norrish who was missing in bushland near Bakers Point in the Narawntapu National Park in September. Picture: Paul Scambler.

Rowella house fire in February. Picture: Paul Scambler. 

House fire Brougham Street, West Launceston, in July. Picture: Mark Jesser. 

The St Helens bushfire in October. Picture: Mark Jesser. 

A male in his 30s barricaded himself  in a Newnham home in  September. Picture: Mark Jesser. 

The capture of a man wanted for crashing car, driving on drugs and stealing fuel, Invermay. Picture: Mark Jesser. 

Property owned by Lance Musgrave on the Frankford Highway, destroyed by vandals who broke into an excavator and trashed his property in October. Picture: Mark Jesser.

House fire at Rowella in February. Picture: Mark Jesser. 

SES, Police and Ambulance assist Paul Shipp up the steep rough side of the George, after he slipped and dislocated his shoulder in October. Picture: Mark Jesser.

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Patrick Billings's crime yearender images.

Gallery: Patrick Billings's crime yearender 

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