Christine Middap

Christine MiddapAssociate editor, chief writer

Christine Middap is associate editor and chief writer at The Australian. She was previously editor of The Weekend Australian Magazine for 11 years. Christine worked as a journalist and editor in Tasmania, Queensland and NSW, and at The Times in London. She is a former foreign correspondent and London bureau chief for News Corp’s Australian newspapers.

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10/12/2024: Uranquinty/The Rock. James Petersen and his neighbours are butting heads with Transgrid over the construction of transmission lines on their rural properties. One of James' friends, Richard Carn, has already had the transmission lines (pictured) installed on his property. PIC: Ash Smith

Renewables industry can do better, says energy tsar

New energy infrastructure commissioner Tony Mahar knows all about community unrest in renewables hotspots. What will he do about it?

Christine Middap

exclusiveMining & Energy

10/12/2024: Uranquinty. James Petersen and his neighbours are butting heads with Transgrid over the construction of transmission lines on their rural properties. Pictured: James with one of the towers currently being constructed on a neighbouring property. PIC: Ash Smith

Dead sheep, locked gates, police complaints in high-voltage battle

Farmers along a new ‘energy superhighway’ say they have been thrust into a world of pain as Victorian landholders vow to lock their gates.

Christine Middap

fear and frustrationNation

Forensic investigators at the site of the attack in Sydney's Woollahra.

‘Just what will be torched next?’

The peaceful suburb of Woollahra has twice been targeted in anti-Semitic attacks. Amid a sense of weary anxiety, locals say they are trying to stay strong.

Christine Middap and Liam Mendes

‘we have hope now’Travel

Tientsin bungalow and pool at Ceylon Tea Trails, Sri Lanka.

This island the size of Tasmania should be on your 2025 bucket list

Rocked by years of crises, the beautiful island nation – with a population of about 22 million – is undergoing a revival. For travellers, exploration offers deep rewards.

Christine Middap

Anti-SemitismNation

The Anti-Semitism rally next to the Pro-Palestine rally in Adelaide, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Picture: Matt Loxton

Bashed, threatened, baited: a community living in fear

Anti-Jewish incidents have quadrupled in a year – and Victorians are the biggest offenders, a new report shows.

Christine Middap

JourneysThe Weekend Australian Magazine

EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 30 NOVEMBER 2024. FEE MAY APPLY. Picture shows the village of Atrani as seen from an elevated viewpoint, with a view on its crowded white sand beach with umbrellas, its old fortifications, the dome and bell tower of the local church (Santa Maria Maddalena, XIIIth century) and its traditional houses with colorful facades covered with lime. In the background, other parts of the Amalfi Coast can be seen: the villages of Maiori and Minori and the mountains above them. Atrani is one of the most famous village and the image of the Amalfi Coast. It is classified as an UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997, as part of the inscription of the whole Amalfi Coast, and is also labelled I Borghi piÃÂ¹ belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

Forget Positano, these are the real Amalfi towns worth visiting

The tiny towns of the Amalfi Coast are a delight and a reminder that you don’t have to go far to lose the crowds.

Christine Middap

The Green List 2024Renewable energy & economy

EMBARGO FOR GREEN LIST, 22 NOVEMBER 2024. L-R Committee members Ed Suttle, Alex Ferrara, Peter Fraser, Louise Bennetts, Community Energy for Goulburn (CE4G). Photo: Courtesy of Ed Suttle

‘We’ll build it ourselves’: the little solar miracle in Goulburn

Farmer Ed Suttle still chokes up when he talks about the start of a grassroots plan to turn an old gravel pit into a solar farm. ‘Within an hour, we had $500,000 committed. It was just stunning.’

Christine Middap

Looming battleNation

There is more to the Nullarbor (Latin: meaning "no trees") than meets the eye. Beneath the surface lies an incredible hidden world of caves, of staggering beauty and scientific value. The Nullarbor remains a kind of wilderness, where it is possible to experience raw and pure nature, profound stillness, immense space with uninterrupted horizon views, and the most brilliant starry night skies imaginable. Large intact and relatively pristine regions such as the Nullarbor are becoming rarer. This cave is located in the heartland of Nullarbor karst Country, inside the proposed footprint of the colossal wind and solar hydrogen hub. Picture: Stefan Eberhard

‘Like dropping a brick on a meringue’: scientists step up to save the Nullarbor

A subterranean treasure of ancient caves and lakes beneath the Nullarbor Plain is too precious to lose, scientists say. Can this fragile, hidden world coexist with an enormous renewables hub?

Christine Middap

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Environmentalist Steven Nowakowski photographed near the site of the Chalumbin Wind Farm. Chalumbin Wind Farm is located in far north Queensland in wet tropical forests. Arc Energy, a subsidiary of Korea Zinc recently pulled their application for a 94 turbine wind farm from the approval process. Locals believe it will most likely be resubmitted in a different configuration and poses an ecological risk to the integrity of the adjacent Wet Tropics World heritage Area. Picture: Steven Nowakowski

See for yourself: the green energy wave roaring across regional Australia

We’ve long heard the numbers behind Australia’s renewables rollout. This is what it will look like.

Christine Middap

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Clarke Creek Wind Farm is situated north west of Rockhampton and high up on the southern end of the Connors Range. The Clarke Creek Wind Farm will consist of 195 turbines and will clear 1,519ha of old growth forest. The project is owned by Squadron Energy (Twiggy Forrest). The Clarke Creek Wind Farm was originally rejected by Minister for Environment Sussan Ley citing unacceptable impacts to threatened species, in particular the koala. Tanya Plibersek subsequently approved it. Picture: Steven Nowakowksi

‘Out of control’: scientists plead over wind and solar farm destruction

Ardent supporters of action on climate change are warning of another looming crisis: damage to sensitive ecosystems to make way for renewable energy. They say it’s time for a rethink.

Christine Middap

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