Sandy Powell is a social reporter based in Burnie. He moved to Tasmania in 2018 and has spent years working in Tasmania's north-west and reporting on the local community.
The latest compilation video of near misses is released, as part of a plea to Tasmanian drivers and pedestrians to do better at rail crossings — with the grim warning that trains "do not apologise".
A pilot flying his wife and their dog across Bass Strait in a small plane did not advise authorities of the flight as required — with no distress call made before the aircraft went missing on Saturday, authorities say.
The Tasmanian government has released a summary of the business case for Marinus Link, a second undersea electricity interconnector between Tasmania and Victoria. The summary, released a day after the deal was signed, predicts opportunities — but also comes with warnings.
Developer Errol Stewart has released plans for more than $100 million of projects in Tasmania, including a beachside hotel in Burnie and a conference centre in Launceston.
A couple visiting Tasmania for the first time has told of being pulled to the ground and punched by teens while walking home from dinner in Hobart.
Several witnesses have told the inquest into Brady Hubbard's death three West Ulverstone Football Club members lied to others at the club and "covered up" how he was injured. Those three men have now given evidence.
The mother of a 21-year-old footballer who died in 2023 has told a court how her son's condition quickly declined the day after he suffered a head injury.
A coronial inquest has begun into the death of north-west Tasmanian footballer Brady James Hubbard. The court has heard of "inconsistencies" in witness accounts of how Mr Hubbard received his fatal injuries, and his uncle told the court the club "covered it up".
Craig Garland, who is standing for re-election next month for Tasmania's parliament, pleads guilty to a drug-driving charge.
Tasmanian Liberals have pledged to make it easier for Tasmanians and their children to access attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis and treatment.
The atmosphere in the Devonport Magistrates Court was tense as Magistrate Robert Webster announced Rosemary Gamble was not guilty in the only criminal case to come from the Hillcrest Primary School jumping castle tragedy.
The families of children killed in the Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy of 2021 have reacted with dismay and anger after the charge of failing to comply with health and safety requirements was found to be unproven against the castle's operator.
The magistrate's decision may end one chapter of the Hillcrest tragedy, but the case will remain before the courts, with a coronial inquest and civil lawsuit still to play out.
Both of Tasmania's brand new Bass Strait ferries have "technical issues" with their LNG systems, the government has said — adding to the list of problems which have plagued the ships.
A decade-long fight over four-wheel-driving in areas of Tasmania's north-west rich in Aboriginal cultural sites may not be over, despite the government releasing a new management strategy.
Independent Tasmanian MP Craig Garland appeared unrepresented in court and was told to seek legal advice before entering a plea next month.
To build, or not to build Hobart's stadium at Macquarie Point — that question is no doubt weighing heavily on the minds of candidates in the Tasmanian upper house elections, with a vote by those who are successful set to determine the fate of the project.
Salmon farming is controversial in Tasmania, and despite plans to place enclosures 12 kilometres offshore, opponents say it's still not good enough — no fish farming is welcome.
Claims by two men acquitted of murder that they knew nothing about a violent and deadly assault on a man they were robbing in rural Tasmania three years ago were "obvious lies", a judge says.
Lisa Wilson's son Troy Kenny was killed when a P-plate driver was speeding on a wet night in north-west Tasmania. She is pleading for young drivers to slow down.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's law changes to guarantee the future of farmed salmon in Macquarie Harbour are facing counter moves, with the Bob Brown Foundation launching a legal challenge in the Federal Court.
A man accused of a violent murder has said he went to the dead man's rural Tasmanian property with plans to steal an AK-47 assault rifle for protection, as he was being threatened by drug dealers.
An accused murderer was "coming down" off drugs and "didn't want to be rude" when he agreed to help steal guns from a rural Tasmanian property, a court has heard.
The man who was the "designated driver" in the alleged 2022 home invasion and murder of a Tasmanian man in Sprent has denied planning and instigating the proposed theft.
A witness in an alleged murder trial, in which a man was found with an extension cord around his neck, has told of events leading up to the alleged attack.