Police probe deliberate chainsaw attack on power pole in Tasmania, causing widespread outage.

Police in Tasmania are investigating the deliberate felling of a power pole near Geeveston on September 25, around 10 a.m., which caused a major outage affecting the township and surrounding areas. Authorities believe a chainsaw was used at an old mill site near a football ground in Kermandie. The incident is under investigation as intentional, and police are urging anyone with information—especially sightings of suspicious activity or a person with a chainsaw—to contact Geeveston Police or Crime Stoppers Tasmania.