Police and emergency services were called to the scene in Launceston, in Tasmania's north, following reports of an armed man ...

An increase in youth crime in Glenorchy paired with what Glenorchy City Council Mayor Sue Hickey called “senseless and very ...

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The chief justice of Tasmania's Supreme Court has blamed "unacceptable delays" in police paperwork for contributing to a ...

Tasmanian Police have confirmed a man who was armed with a knife and allegedly threatening the public was shot dead by ...

Police have shot dead a knife-wielding man following an incident in the centre of the Tasmanian city of Launceston.

An armed man has been fatally shot by police after allegedly threatening members of the public with a knife. The man was ...

A man has been shot dead after allegedly threatening the public with a weapon in Launceston CBD, resulting in a number of ...

Tasmania Police have shot dead a man armed with a large knife after reports he was threatening the public in Launceston's CBD ...

Police have shot dead a man who threatened members of the public with a knife and ignored warnings from officers to drop his ...

Police will be conducting increased high visibility patrols at shopping precincts targeting shoplifting and anti-social behaviours in the lead up to ...

A man who threatened police and the public with a knife was shot dead on Tuesday by officers in the Australian island state ...