Port Arthur 25 years on: A dark pain that never leaves For those caught up in the Port Arthur massacre, time has still not healed the emotional scars of that horrific day.
Crime by Ellen Whinnett
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Subscriber only Tony Rundle vividly recalls flying towards Hobart on that autumn day in 1996, a sick sense of foreboding hanging over him. The then-premier of Tasmania had been preparing to drive from his farm outside Devonport in the state s north-west to the capital ready for the week s Parliamentary sitting. It was Sunday, April 28. A phone call came through about 2.30pm from my chief of staff saying there were reports of an incident at Port Arthur, Rundle, now aged 82, told News Corp.
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Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park, Taranna, Tasmania, Australia.Tasmanian Devils disappeared from mainland Australia as recently as 400 years ago, but have now made their comeback in New South Wales.
Lemurs are among the most endangered species of animals, having 98% lemur species threatened and 31% critically endangered. This year, however, scientists described a new lemur species, the tiny
Microcebus jonahi or Jonah s mouse lemur, which was named after respected primatologist Jonah Ratsimbazafy.
Describing new lemur species is not easy, because they don t look different from their relatives. Improved genetic analyses help to detect taxonomic differences. According to scientist Marina Blanco, years were spent identifying these new species.