Tasmania
We Spoke to People Who Grew Up With Australia’s Most Notorious Mass Shooter
A young man from Tasmania gunned down 35 people in a horrific killing spree in 1996. Locals remember what he was like before the incident.
Court Orders Brothers to Pay Their Drug Dealer After Robbing Him
The men were jailed for stealing cash, meth and a double-barrelled shotgun in what the judge said was “certainly not a well-planned robbery".
Australian Whale Stranding Now One of the Largest in Recorded History
Nearly 500 pilot whales have been found washed up in Tasmania over the past three days. No one's quite sure what drove them there.
Dark Mofo 2020 Has Been Cancelled
With coronavirus fears on the rise, MONA founder David Walsh issued a statement this morning announcing that they're "killing" the popular winter festival.
Pain and Suffering But Make It Art: A Weekend at Dark Mofo
Mona’s winter festival moves heaven and hell to remind us that humans are horrible but clever.
Viral Images Show a Huge Spider Preying on a Possum in Tasmania
It’s not even the first time this year that a spider made news for capturing a possum.
Geologists Show Tasmania and the Grand Canyon Were Connected on Ancient Supercontinent
Rocks from Arizona’s Unkar Group and Tasmania’s Rocky Cape Group were likely part of the same formation 1.1 billion years ago on the supercontinent Rodinia.
Queensland Just Legalised Abortion, So What About the Rest of Australia?
People in Queensland will now be able to access abortion up to 22 weeks into the pregnancy. Other states have different rules.
Salmon Farmers Are Using Riot Guns to Fight off Hungry Seals
Seals keep raiding salmon farms for food—so the farmers keep shooting them with beanbags.
Police are Searching Launceston's Bins for Body Parts
A young man's torso was discovered in a public camping area over the weekend. Now police need to find the rest of him.
Hobart Locals Are More Into Art Than the French
A new study finds that classy Hobartians are way more engaged in modern art than basic French people.
Mike Parr Proves We Only Face Our Past With White Narrators
The artist spent the weekend buried below a busy Hobart street to make a statement about totalitarian violence. But now he’s out, we should consider why we needed to bury him in the first place.