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
Taking stock on a conflicted whaling season
Andrew Darby As Japan's most tumultuous Antarctic whaling season yet draws to a close, it seems everybody dodged, if not a harpoon, then a bullet.
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Whaling's knockout throw for Japan
Andrew Darby It takes a lot of grunt to throw a sumo wrestler, but in the end what counts is that extra ounce.
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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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Where climate and conservation collide
Andrew Darby If ever a case signalled the end of easy answers to our search for clean energy, it's that of the wedgie.
