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  2. Thumbnail for They’re on our coat of arms but extinct in Tasmania. Rewilding with emus will be good for the island state’s ecosystems

    They’re on our coat of arms but extinct in Tasmania. Rewilding with…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/theyre-on-our-coat-of-arms-but-extinct-in-tasmania.-rewilding-with-emus-will-be-good-for-the-island-states-ecosystems
    24 Jan 2023: The emu is iconically Australian, appearing on cans, coins, cricket bats and our national coat of arms, as well as that of the Tasmanian capital, Hobart. However, most people don’t realise emus once also roamed Tasmania but are now extinct
  3. Thumbnail for Why has the West given billions in military aid to Ukraine, but virtually ignored Myanmar?

    Why has the West given billions in military aid to Ukraine, but…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/why-has-the-west-given-billions-in-military-aid-to-ukraine,-but-virtually-ignored-myanmar
    30 Jan 2023: Two years after Myanmar’s coup on February 1 2021, the country’s large and growing resistance forces receive almost no attention outside the country. The democratic opposition, fronted by the National Unity Government (NUG), but comprising many
  4. Thumbnail for Why do 'living people' believe they have immunity from the law?

    Why do 'living people' believe they have immunity from the…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1038-why-do-living-people-believe-they-have-immunity-from-the-law
    28 Jul 2020: By Dr Kaz Ross, Lecturer in Humanities (Asian Studies), University of TasmaniaYou might have seen articles or comments on social media lately alluding to “sovereign citizens”, or “SovCits” for short, with some reports suggesting COVID-19
  5. Thumbnail for How Kelsey's move home was a move in the right direction

    How Kelsey's move home was a move in the right direction

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/753-how-kelseys-move-home-was-a-move-in-the-right-direction
    19 Nov 2018: When Kelsey Thomas finished Year 12 she thought the only way succeed was to leave Tasmania. “I left Tassie with the intention of going to Melbourne to get my degree because that was the misconception – that you needed to go to Melbourne to get a
  6. Thumbnail for More than 100,000 tourists will head to Antarctica this summer. Should we worry about damage to the ice and its ecosystems?

    More than 100,000 tourists will head to Antarctica this summer.…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/more-than-100,000-tourists-will-head-to-antarctica-this-summer.-should-we-worry-about-damage-to-the-ice-and-its-ecosystems
    9 Jan 2023: As the summer sun finally arrives for people in the Southern Hemisphere, more than 100,000 tourists will head for the ice. Travelling on one of more than 50 cruise ships, they will brave the two-day trip across the notoriously rough Drake Passage
  7. Thumbnail for Writing from the edge of catastrophe: two new books clarify what’s at stake if we fail to mitigate climate change

    Writing from the edge of catastrophe: two new books clarify what’s at …

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/writing-from-the-edge-of-catastrophe-two-new-books-clarify-whats-at-stake-if-we-fail-to-mitigate-climate-change
    20 Jan 2023: The Australian Black Summer fires of 2019-2020 were unspeakably grim. Twenty-four million hectares were burnt, 33 people died, and over a billion animals perished. In Fire: A Message from the Edge of Climate Catastrophe, Margi Prideaux tells us that
  8. Thumbnail for Locked down with D.H. Lawrence? Yeah, nah

    Locked down with D.H. Lawrence? Yeah, nah

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/locked-down-with-d.h.-lawrence-yeah,-nah
    20 Feb 2023: Are we, finally, post-COVID?Reading Lara Feigel’s Look! We Have Come Through!, it feels like we are. The emotional consequences and aesthetic ramifications of the pandemic will continue to ripple through culture, changing our way of seeing the world
  9. Thumbnail for At Mona Foma, I encountered death rituals, underwater soundscapes, worship - and transcendence

    At Mona Foma, I encountered death rituals, underwater soundscapes,…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/at-mona-foma,-i-encountered-death-rituals,-underwater-soundscapes,-worship-and-transcendence
    23 Feb 2023: Mona Foma has returned to Launceston. As always, the festival offers a diverse program of contemporary art, design, music and performance, and works that sit somewhere between. There will be bands, there will be lasers, and there will be queer
  10. Thumbnail for A landmark report confirms Australia is girt by hotter, higher seas

    A landmark report confirms Australia is girt by hotter, higher seas

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/931-a-landmark-report-confirms-australia-is-girt-by-hotter-higher-seas
    26 Sep 2019: Banner image: Beachgoers cool off in the water at Bondi Beach in Sydney, February 2019. Australia’s coast dwellers must adapt to the inevitable effects of climate change. Joel Carrett/AAP. A landmark scientific report has confirmed that climate
  11. Thumbnail for Migration is slowing Australia's rate of ageing

    Migration is slowing Australia's rate of ageing

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/583-migration-is-slowing-australias-rate-of-ageing
    20 Apr 2018: Lisa Denny, Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Social Change shares her expertise with The Conversation. Migration is actually slowing the rate of ageing of Australia’s population. I modelled how much fertility, mortality,

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