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Tasmania has more than one world class museum. Readers will know about the Mona miracle so there’s no need to go into that, except to say its creator, David Walsh, has recalled spending many long hours as a child in … Continue reading →

A Lowy Institute debate last month on the value of Australia’s massive AUKUS nuclear submarine commitment, featuring two well-credentialled defence analysts, revealed troubling problems with the Australia-US military alliance. The same signal, but much louder, came last week from the … Continue reading →

In ancient Sanskrit, Himalaya meant roughly “cold home”. It’s a good fit for the world’s largest store of ice – over 5700 cubic kilometres – outside the poles. Brought together, its thousands of glaciers would cover Tasmania. The Himalaya will … Continue reading →