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careful to draw a link. in 2014, mh 17 shot down over ukraine by russian-backed rebels in the east of the country. 27 australians dying there. trr that s part of the shared history australia and ukraine has. as for the introductions australian leaders gave to mr. zelenskyy, they could not have been more glowing. prime minister morrison referred to him as a line of democracy. on the other hand, he didn t even name vladimir putin. just referring to russia s president as the war criminal of moscow. absolutely. angus watson joining us live from a very windy sidney. well, two words vladimir putin probably doesn t want to hear a war criminal but that could be in his future.

Politics, science clash again in Australia s approach to Antarctica

In the 1950s, the Soviets came to Antarctica. As part of its contribution to the International Geophysical Year of 1957-1958, a global scientific jamboree, the Soviet Union began building research stations across the great southern land largely in areas claimed by Australia. Amid heightened Cold War tensions, Australian officials were not pleased. Government records from the time reveal fears the Soviets might install defense infrastructure in Antarctica; then-minister for external affairs Richard Casey warned of missiles being launched on Sydney or Melbourne. The Australian Antarctic Territory is vast: At approximately 6 million square kilometers (just shy of half of the

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