Word: queensland
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...DIED. Harriet, 175, a giant tortoise said to have been brought from the Gal?pagos Islands by Charles Darwin and believed to be the world's oldest animal in captivity; near Brisbane. Although dna tests indicate the beloved resident of Queensland's Australia Zoo was at least over 170, her precise age, provenance and even sex have been disputed?for more than a century, the 150-kg grand dame was mistakenly called Harry...
...also throughout Asia, North America and New Zealand. "Although a glossary of Australian idiom is provided in the program," noted the New York Times in 1988, "the pain and burdens Mr. Gow's characters carry with them really need no translation." And as a 20th anniversary staging by the Queensland Theatre Company and Griffin (which returned the play to its stage birthplace in Sydney last week) makes clear, the magic still carries. Under Gow's own direction, his characters effortlessly take on the weight of the world?and spirit audiences away...
...esque look at modern marriage in Sweet Phoebe (in which Cate Blanchett made her British stage debut) and, most recently, had actors perform The Iliad in underpants (Live Acts on Stage). But it is as a director that Gow is now making his mark. As artistic director of the Queensland Theatre Company since 1999, he has energetically championed young writers. Still, the best master class he could offer would be a ticket to Away in the tiny Stables space where it was first performed. "There's something about its poverty and its rawness," says Gow. "You can't whack...
...technologies will soon make it possible to burn coal-of which Australia has a 300-year supply-with a minimal release of carbon dioxide. Victoria, Queensland and the federal government have pledged almost $A1 billion to develop these technologies, which could make coal-fired plants as greenhouse-friendly as nuclear ones...
...Unlike its uranium, Australia's fossil fuel reserves underpin huge domestic industries. Opponents say nuclear power would put thousands of jobs at risk. It's largely for economic reasons that the premiers of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland have vowed not to lift their states' nuclear bans. Queensland Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce agreed: "I can't see the logic of promoting competition to my state's major export...