Category: Tasmania

Aussie Children Farewelled After Jumping Castle Tragedy

Australian boy Jye Sheehan, a victim of the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy, was farewelled on Dec. 24 by loved ones in Devonport, Tasmania. The 12-year-old was one of six children who died after a freak gust of wind lifted the jumping castle 10 metres (30 feet) into the air during end of year school celebrations…


Australian Male Victim of Pedophile Awarded $5.3 Million

An Australian man sexually abused by Tasmanian pedophile art collector John Wayne Millwood has been awarded a record-breaking $5.3 million damages payout. He was abused by Millwood under the guise of medical examinations in the 1980s when he was aged between 10 and 15. Millwood was convicted and jailed for four years over the assaults…


Sixth Child Dies From Australian Jumping Castle Tragedy

HOBART, Australia—An 11-year-old boy has become the sixth fatality of Devonport’s Hillcrest Primary School tragedy. Tasmania Police Commissioner Darren Hine says Chace Harrison died in hospital on Sunday afternoon. His death follows those of 11-year-old Addison Stewart and 12-year-olds Zane Mellor, Jye Sheehan, Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones and Peter Dodt. A gust of wind sent a…


Australian PM to Visit Davenport After 5 Children Die in Freak Weather Event

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will on Saturday make a private visit to Davenport to pay his respects to the victims of the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy. “We will reach out our arms and throw them around the community of Davenport, and Australia will throw their arms around Tasmania, as they seek to console for…


Australian PM to Visit Devonport After 5 Children Die in Freak Weather Event

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will on Saturday make a private visit to Devonport to pay his respects to the victims of the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy. “We will reach out our arms and throw them around the community of Devonport, and Australia will throw their arms around Tasmania, as they seek to console for…


2 Children Die More Critically Injured After Jumping Castle Blown Into Air in Australia

Two children have died and more were critically injured after falling from a jumping castle when it was blown into the air by a wind gust at Hillcrest Primary School in Australia’s southern island state of Tasmania on Thursday. “Several children fell from a height of about 10 metres around 10 a.m. and are currently…


4 Children Die, More Critically Injured After Jumping Castle Blown Into Air in Australia

Four children have died and five more critically injured after falling from a jumping castle when it was blown into the air by a wind gust at Hillcrest Primary School in Australia’s southern island state of Tasmania on Thursday morning. On Thursday afternoon, police confirmed that two boys and two girls had died, with four…


One Nation Senator Roberts Says Lambie ‘Being Dishonest’ About Leaked Phone Number

One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts has said that Independent Senator Jacquie Lambie is “being dishonest” by saying her safety was threatened by the publication of her mobile phone number, given she had already published it on her Facebook page. “We don’t condone publishing phone numbers that are private,” Roberts told sitting MPs in the Senate…


170 Health Workers Stood Down in Australian State for Failing to Meet Vaccine Mandate

The Australian state of Tasmania has announced that 99 percent of its healthcare workforce has complied with a COVID-19 vaccination mandate, leaving 170 to be stood aside, according to Jeremy Rockliff, the minister for health. The state government’s mandate meant health employees had to receive one dose of the vaccine by Oct. 31 unless they…


Rare White Albino Wallaby Baby Peeks Head Out of Mom’s Pouch for First Time at Manhattan Zoo

Zookeepers in Manhattan got a surprise this summer when a white baby wallaby popped its head out of its mother’s pouch for the first time ever. Wallabies, a species of miniature kangaroo, are typically grey-brownish but are sometimes born with a condition called albinism—which causes a melanin pigment deficiency, leaving their fur white and eyes…