Loretta Lohberger

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Loretta Lohberger |Adam Holmes |Chris Rowbottom |Scout Wallen

The Tasmanian government has released its 2025-26 state budget, which paints a picture of a challenging economic environment. New investments for this year's budget and over the next four years include more than $1 billion for health services, including to support "demand pressures" and improve elective surgery wait times. Schools will receive additional funding, largely because of a funding agreement signed with the federal government.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Loretta Lohberger

Workplace bullying is a "pervasive and deeply ingrained issue" within the Tasmania Fire Service and State Emergency Service, and sexual harassment is "prevalent, underreported, and often minimised", a workplace culture review has found.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Loretta Lohberger

Peter Cotton was in his first weeks at a Catholic boarding school in Perth in the 1960s when he was sexually abused by his class teacher. That teacher was then-Christian Brother Daniel McMahon. WARNING: This story deals with trauma and child sexual abuse. Later, in 2002, Mr Cotton found out McMahon had moved to Tasmania in the 1990s to become a priest, and he was compelled to act. Mr Cotton made a complaint about McMahon to the Archdiocese of Hobart, hoping he would be removed as a priest.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Loretta Lohberger

A man suing the Christian Brothers in the Supreme Court of Tasmania has settled his case part-way through the civil trial. The man previously told the court he had been sexually and physically abused while a student at St Virgil's College in Hobart. The settlement details are being finalised. A civil court matter involving allegations of sexual and physical abuse at a Hobart Catholic school in the late 1970s and early 1980s has been resolved part-way through the trial.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Loretta Lohberger

A man who alleges he was sexually and physically abused while a student at a Catholic school in Hobart has told a court he felt like he was "going to die" during one of the alleged assaults. WARNING: This story contains details of alleged sexual abuse which may cause distress. Callum*, now aged in his 50s, was a student at St Virgil's College from 1977 until 1981. He is suing the Christian Brothers, the religious order that ran the school at the time, in the Tasmanian Supreme Court.