No conviction pleas over Tas pony deaths Spirit of Tasmania operator TT-Line has faced court after it was found guilty over the deaths of 16 horses. AAP · Dec 20, 2022
Appeal over ferry pony death guilty ruling Spirit of Tasmania ferry operator TT-Line has lodged an appeal after being found guilty of breaching animal welfare laws over the deaths of 16 polo ponies. AAP · Nov 30, 2022
Tas ferry operator cancels horse transport TT-Line, which operates the Spirit of Tasmania ferry service between the island and the Australian mainland, has cancelled the transport of livestock. AAP · Oct 28, 2022
Ferry operator guilty after pony deaths Operator of the Spirit of Tasmania ferry service, TT-Line, has been found guilty of breaching animal welfare laws following the deaths of 16 polo ponies. AAP · Oct 27, 2022
Spirit of Tasmania operator found guilty of breaching animal welfare laws after pony deaths The company which operates the Spirit of Tasmania ferry is found guilty of breaching animal welfare laws after 16 polo ponies died during a voyage in 2018, perishing in a "clearly inadequately ventilated" truck. ABC News · Oct 27, 2022
Tas floods damage almost 100 properties Tasmania's State Emergency Service says almost 100 properties, including 53 homes, have been damaged in flooding caused by record rainfall. AAP · Oct 16, 2022
Evacuation order as flooding hits Tasmania Authorities have ordered people in parts of northwest Tasmania to evacuate, with flooding rivers in the top half of the state to keep rising in coming days. AAP · Oct 12, 2022
Spirit of Tasmania pony death legal saga has no end in sight as matter adjourned until September It has been more than four-and-a-half years since 16 polo ponies died during a voyage on a Spirit of Tasmania ferry, but the drawn-out legal saga stemming from the deaths has no end in sight. ABC News · Aug 24, 2022
Polo ponies on Spirit of Tasmania ferry were 'going to cook' due to travel conditions, court told An engineer who modelled the conditions horses would have experienced on a Spirit of Tasmania journey in 2018 tells a court the temperature meant they were "going to cook". ABC News · Aug 16, 2022
Vet who treated polo ponies that survived Spirit of Tasmania journey gives evidence Sixteen of the 18 horses that travelled on a Spirit of Tasmania ferry trip in 2018 likely died about eight hours into the voyage, a court hears, and the two that survived were the last loaded onto their converted refrigeration trailer. ABC News · Aug 12, 2022
Polo ponies death case delay bid rejected A bid to delay a court hearing relating to the deaths of 16 polo ponies, found dead after crossing Bass Strait on a ferry, has been rejected. AAP · Aug 8, 2022
Guilty plea over ferry polo pony deaths Former Australian polo captain Andrew Williams has pleaded guilty to criminal charges relating to the deaths of 16 polo ponies. AAP · Jul 8, 2022
TT-Line says new Spirit of Tasmania terminal at Geelong will be operating from spring Almost two years after announcing a move away from Station Pier, TT-Line says by spring its Victorian port will be at Geelong. ABC News · Feb 12, 2022