Lucy MacDonald
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Hobart, TAS, Australia
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Newlyweds 'ghosted' by videographer with no video to show from their big day — and they weren't alone
Katie and Robbie McManus's wedding videographer was a dream to deal with, but after he shot the wedding, things started to go wrong. More than a year on they don't have their money or their video — and they're not the only ones. → Read More
Stranger 'tried to entice' year 3 student into car outside a Hobart primary school, principal says
Police are investigating a suspected attempted kidnapping, after an unknown man approached a primary school student in Hobart and encouraged him to get into his car. → Read More
Tasmanian Aboriginals want cultural objects returned to country as TMAG holds exhibition
Members of Tasmania's Aboriginal communities are calling on international institutions to repatriate their cultural treasures, arguing "loans" are not good enough because "nobody borrows their own belongings". → Read More
Minister willing to give Metro 'tougher powers' to deal with driver abuse as shortages drive more cancellations
As Metro Tasmania deals with driver shortages and bus cancellations, Transport Minister Michael Ferguson says tougher powers to deal with abuse are an option if requested by his department. → Read More
COVID, horrific tales of child abuse, and a revolving door of ministers — look back at Tasmania's 2022
It was the year Tasmanians were urged to learn to live with COVID, reckoned with decades of abuse in state institutions, and lost the premier who had steered them through the pandemic. → Read More
Chambroad makes last-minute bid for Hobart's Kangaroo Bay hotel extension after years of delays
It's the development battle that's got it all — stunning waterfront views, a furious grassroots community campaign, an overseas developer and a project that never seems to go away — or move forward. → Read More
Susan Neill-Fraser's parole conditions published, as Bob Chappell's son reveals family's anguish
A parole board has published the reasons why it granted convicted murderer Susan Neill-Fraser freedom after 13 years — noting voracious interest in her case has come at the expense of victim Bob Chappell's family. → Read More
Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy anniversary looms, as Devonport community prepares
Georgie Burt has lived with the "greatest pain" a parent can bear, losing a child. Now, almost a year on from the Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy, Ms Burt says life without Zane is "a pain I can't put into words". → Read More
Father tried to reason with daughter during shooting, stabbing attack, Tasmanian court hears
A father shot in the face and repeatedly stabbed by his daughter tried to reason with her during the attack in his home, a court has heard. → Read More
Former financial adviser with links to 'Wolf of Wall Street' convicted for fraud
A Tasmanian former financial adviser who was previously banned by the national corporate regulator for using his clients' funds to settle debts with the real-life "Wolf of Wall Street" is convicted for using false documents to obtain a financial advantage. → Read More
Inside Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre, where kids say they get no help
A "gladiator pit", a "war zone", a "kindergarten for the adult prison" — these are just some of the ways Tasmania's only youth detention centre has been described. This is what it's like inside. → Read More
Sexual abuse survivors launch national day to encourage others to speak up
Child sexual abuse survivor Richard Jabara hopes today's first national day to acknowledge survivors will help others come forward. → Read More
Discrimination, sexual harassment still touch the lives of too many, commissioner says as new report released
Tasmania's anti-discrimination commissioner says it is evident that discrimination, sexual harassment and incitement to hatred continue to touch the lives of too many in the state, as a new report reveals the stories of some affected. → Read More
Tasmania doesn't have enough GPs to meet the growing demand — and experts warn it will get worse
When Liz Pulo heard her regular GP was retiring from the profession, she was disappointed, but figured she would just switch to another doctor in the Battery Point clinic — then she got a message saying she would need to find a new practice. → Read More
Council results coming in for Tasmanian local government elections
Bitter enemies in the same chambers, a golliwog defender firming as mayor in one municipality, and other political careers shredded — who said Tasmania's council elections would be boring? → Read More
Emily says she's a victim of domestic violence, but has struggled to feel heard by police and the courts
A Tasmanian woman who alleges she is a victim of domestic violence says she feels "gaslit" by the state's justice system after senior police downplayed her claims as "a family quibble" and a magistrate called them a "tenuous thread of allegations". → Read More
Mayoral candidate Louise Elliot blames frustration for signing off email as Kermit the Frog
A mayoral candidate has been accused of hurtful behaviour after signing off an email addressed to a non-binary councillor as Kermit the Frog. → Read More
Tasmania's Commission of Inquiry into child abuse wraps up — but will the problems be fixed?
From the boy who had to perform sexual acts to get his medication, to the paedophile that preyed on a children's ward, Tasmanians now know the horrors that happened in the places that were supposed to care for children. The question now is, can the system be fixed, asks Lucy MacDonald. → Read More
Relief turned to anguish as victim saw abuser promoted within Anglican church, court told
When Harvey told the head of Tasmania's Anglican Church in the 1980s that he had been sexually abused by a priest, he felt greatly relieved. Then he watched that same priest go from promotion to promotion. → Read More
Child abuse survivor set to take Anglican Church in Tasmania to trial in legal precedent
A man who claims he was abused as a child by a notorious paedophile priest is taking the Anglican Church to trial — and for the first time in Tasmania, the church will contest the case at a trial. → Read More