Monthly Archives: January 2025

“Australia Day is our day,” everyone’s tennis hero John Newcombe said last week. “All we are doing is recognising how lucky we are to live in this country.” But the Australia Day debate is not about whether we should celebrate … Continue reading →

Last year, 2024, was Earth’s hottest year since instrumental records began in the 1800s. This is the conclusion independently reached by all records sources – five US, UK, European and Japanese government agencies and one US university institute – which … Continue reading →

The experience of Robert Clifford, ferry master and shipbuilder extraordinaire, in the hours, days, weeks and years after the 1975 Tasman Bridge disaster says quite a lot about how Tasmania deals with evolving transport needs. In a revealing interview with … Continue reading →