HISTORICAL FACTS: 3 | History Defined

Avoiding another major Hobart traffic jam means building a new bridge, one expert says — but are we too car dependent?

A transport expert believes Hobart needs another bridge over the Derwent River to reduce the impact of incidents like Monday's truck rollover, but others say the city is too dependent on cars.

ABC News · Jan 17, 2023

Police in Tasmania are trying to increase their female workforce, but it hasn't been easy

As part of its 12-month recruitment campaign, Tasmania Police is aiming to hire more female officers. Here's what they're looking for.

ABC News · Jan 1, 2023

Inquest into four Tasmania Police suicides exposes harsh toll on officers

Overworked, enduring nightmares of dead bodies, self-medicating with alcohol and other drugs, with the help from well-meaning colleagues in some cases doing more harm than good: An inquest examining the suicides of four police officers in four years has laid bare the torment members can face.

ABC News · Dec 9, 2022

Tas cop 'feared judgment' about health

An inquest into the suicides of four Tasmania police officers has been told one constable was worried about being judged for seeking mental health help.

AAP · Dec 1, 2022

Tas police suicide inquest probes meeting

An inquest has been told a professional standards meeting with a Tasmanian police officer on the day he took his own life could have been handled differently.

AAP · Nov 30, 2022

Tas inquest told of last conversation

A sergeant has told an inquest examining the suicides of four Tasmanian police officers about his final conversation with a constable who took his own life.

AAP · Nov 29, 2022

Tas cop's welfare paramount, inquest told

An inquest into the suicides of four Tasmanian police officers has been told the wellbeing of a sergeant during return-to-work processes was paramount.

AAP · Nov 25, 2022

Inquest hears Tasmania Police officer Paul Reynolds was facing child exploitation claims before suicide

A senior Tasmanian police officer who was part of the response to the Port Arthur massacre and the Beaconsfield Mine collapse was facing serious child exploitation allegations before his death, an inquest hears.

ABC News · Nov 22, 2022

Tasmania Police officer took his own life on day of professional standards meeting, inquest told

A coronial inquest into the deaths by suicide of four Tasmanian police officers hears one took his own life on the same day he received an unannounced visit from the Professional Standards Unit.

ABC News · Nov 21, 2022

Inquest probes Tas police officer suicides

An inquest into the suicides of four Tasmanian police officers has been told a meeting with one constable on the day of his death was poorly managed.

AAP · Nov 21, 2022