10 July 2021
Devonport, Launceston, Politics
Roadworks along the Bass Highway are set to continue, with government's corridor study between Launceston and Devonport now open for community consultation. It's part of a $280 million 10 year action plan to upgrade the highway between Launceston and Marrawah.
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10 July 2021
Australia, Devonport
A mother and father were killed in a head-on crash on the Bass Highway with eight people involved, including two children, a young infant and an 18-year-old. A family-of-five from interstate was heading towards Devonport on the highway at Exton when their grey Ford Territory crossed into the path of …
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9 July 2021
Devonport, Launceston, Politics
Michael Ferguson, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Gavin Pearce, Federal Liberal Member for Braddon Have your say on Bass Highway upgrades between Launceston
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5 July 2021
Australia, Devonport
A man who became trapped in a shipping container filled with grain at Wharf on Friday afternoon is doing 'okay', says his boss. The man, who is an employee with Phillip Murray Bulk Haulage, was found buried in the grain by firefighters and Latrobe volunteers on Friday afternoon.
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3 July 2021
Australia, Devonport, Tasmania
IT took an hour for Tasmania Fire Service rescuers to free a transport worker being crushed in a shipping container of grain at the Devonport wharf on Friday.
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3 July 2021
Australia, Devonport, Tasmania
A person was rescued by firefighters after becoming trapped in a grain silo at Devonport on Friday. Station officer John Hardstaff said the Tasmania Fire Service was called to the Devonport wharf by Ambulance Tasmania just after 3pm on Friday. He said …
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2 July 2021
Australia, Crime, Devonport, Launceston, Tasmania
A truck rollover on the Bass Highway has slowed down traffic travelling towards Launceston. A Tasmania Police spokesperson said the truck is entangled with the highway's dividing lanes heavy-duty crash avoidance wire at Devonport,
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1 July 2021
Burnie, Devonport, Politics
The Bass highway between Deloraine and Latrobe is a prime example. Narrow and lacking vision, this so-called highway is a major freight corridor from the ports of Devonport and Burnie, but it is also a main tourist route.
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30 June 2021
Australia, Devonport, Sydney, Tasmania
We will be travelling to Tasmania from Sydney in late October for a 6 week trip and our plans have been to drive from Devonport to Stanley for our first 3 nights before driving to Cradle Mountain for 4 nights.
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24 June 2021
Australia, Crime, Devonport
Gaol is often not the best place for some drug addicted offenders, but it's often the only option. Come behind the scenes of Devonport's drug court, which is offering people an a pathway to the straight and narrow that doesn't involve prison.
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