tasmania

The secret life of Tasmanian devils is hiding in their whiskers

02 Dec 2021

I know what you did last summer: chemical clues in the marsupial’s whiskers can reveal what they ate months – and even seasons – ago.

Pro-choice in practice is not legal protection

03 Dec 2013

Zoe's law needs to be accompanied by an overdue decriminalisation of abortion in NSW, where a woman can be jailed for up to 10 years if she "unlawfully" terminates her pregnancy, writes George Williams.

Tasmania leads way on voluntary euthanasia

27 Feb 2013

Australia's politicians have long had a deaf ear when it comes to community support for voluntary euthanasia. This looks set to change in Tasmania, where its leaders have begun the process of translating that support into law, writes George Williams.

2 per cent of Tassie land mass could power the nation

30 Nov 2007

Australia's total energy needs could be met by solar panels covering a land mass equal to two per cent of Tasmania, according to a UNSW scientist.

Tassie tiger no match for dingo: research

06 Sep 2007

The wily dingo out-competed the much larger marsupial thylacine by being better built anatomically to resist the "mechanical stresses" associated with killing large prey, according to a team led by UNSW scientists.