The cavernous underground concrete chamber below the tip face is designed to capture litter before it finds its way into the rivulet. A huge concrete lid was lowered onto an 18-tonne diversion chamber ...

An enormous new ‘litter trap’ weighing about 45 tonnes will act as a key defence against pollution in the ongoing fight to protect the Hobart Rivulet and its resident platypus population. The ...

"Up to 1100 properties in low-lying areas may need to be plugged with the river predicted to reach a peak of around 9.5 metres on Wednesday.” Chair of the Local Disaster Management Group, Councillor ...