Andrew Darby

Andrew Darby

Andrew Darby is the Hobart correspondent for Fairfax Media. His focus is on Australia's interests south of 40 Degrees South - Tasmania, the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. He is the author of the internationally published Harpoon: Into the Heart of Whaling

The sea among us

Andrew Darby The sea came for Port Arthur in a midwinter high tide, with a south-south-easterly storm pushing waves up the cove and an intense low above.

Shark fin's murky soup

Shark fins for sale.

Andrew Darby Yesterday it was the ruling Chinese State Council. Today it's Singapore's Environment Ministry. Others will follow tomorrow.

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MONA's most fascinating exhibit - its owner

David Walsh

Andrew Darby Of all the surprises that inhabit the Museum of Old and New Art, perhaps the most unexpected and fascinating is turning out to be the owner himself.

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The coming of the drones, for good

Andrew Darby Whoever said eternal vigilance is the price of liberty clearly didn't foresee drones.

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The cost of travel

Kate Scanlan

Andrew Darby Heaven knows how young women build good, strong lives in today's struggle between image and reality.

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Killing dingoes for doing what comes naturally is poor policy

dingo

Andrew Darby A dingo bites a child and the response is to kill the dingo.

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A little bit of our own space

Andrew Darby

Andrew Darby As I woke and peered out of the window, a cloudy dawn meant this moment would live in imagination, rather than reality.

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