Monthly Archives: April 2023

Nine years ago today, in his fifth Anzac Day speech as governor of Tasmania and just months before he died in office, Peter Underwood urged Tasmanians to “seek out the truth” about the 1914-18 “Great War” and how we might … Continue reading →

We know the story: carbon dioxide released to the atmosphere from coal, oil and gas deposits leads to accelerating global warming, putting stress on species and ecosystems around the world. Except this is not now, but about 252 million years … Continue reading →

How secure is our democracy? In times past we would have pondered that question in terms of an external aggressor, like Japan and Germany of the 1940s, or in the years that followed Russia or China, or maybe Indonesia. When … Continue reading →