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What virus? Tasmania shows how much fun a 2021 arts festival can be By Cameron Woodhead Normal text size MONA FOMA 2021 (part one) MONA’s Festival of Music and Art kicked off in Launceston last weekend, offering a tantalising foretaste of how major arts and culture festivals will adapt to COVID-19 through 2021. To a Melburnian, arriving in Tasmania feels like stepping into a plague-free oasis. Anyone would be apprehensive about crossing a state border right now, but the anxiety quickly dissipates in the face of a relaxed and friendly COVID-normal. Robin Fox's Aqua Luma at Cataract Gorge. Cr...

Dimanche, 10 Janvier, 2021 - 21:35 The Tasmanian government has declared that it has become the first Australian state, and one of just a handful of jurisdictions worldwide, to be powered entirely by renewable electricity. In a statement released on Friday, Tasmanian energy minister Guy Barnett said that state had effectively become entirely self-sufficient for supplies of renewable electricity, provided by the state’s wind and hydroelectricity projects. “We have reached 100 per cent thanks to our commitment to realising Tasmania’s renewable energy potential through our nation-leading e...