10 design hotels with more than just good looks
From a concrete-hewn desert camp to a verdant “vertical forest” hotel, these luxe lodgings make for a truly memorable stay.
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Tasmania is a renewables utopia. So why does it pay so much for power?
Tasmanians should be feeling a decarbonised warm inner glow. Instead, they are paying an increasingly high price to keep alive a green scheme aimed at helping the mainland catch up.
Are protests in China the beginning of the end for Xi Jinping?
The hard-heads say don’t hold your breath. But if we put it in the perspective, not only of recent Chinese history but of global history, the demonstrations look encouraging.
‘Nuclear weapons are back, and in a disturbingly visceral way’
We are entering a dark new nuclear age, where Vladimir Putin is showing the way for despots around the world who will increasingly see nuclear weapons as the key to their survival.
Celebrating the rise of women in Hollywood
Some of the industry’s biggest female achievers carried the torch for a truer onscreen representation of their place in the world at the annual Women in Film awards in Los Angeles.
Chef Jordan Toft’s decadent festive feast
The leading chef drew on memories of his own family festivities on the NSW coast to create a Christmas menu exclusively for WISH.
Inside Australia’s ultimate beach house
As holiday rentals go, The House on Lizard Island is as private as you can get while still enjoying the amenities of a five-star resort.
Talking up the Voice to those it’s meant to serve
Linda Burney is on a cross-continental mission to persuade those in remote communities that a ‘yes’ vote will close the gap – we join her on a visit to the remote APY lands.
A 700km winter traverse of the Australian Alps by ski and foot
In 1997, aged 34, Huw Kingston traversed the Australian Alps — 25 years later the scenery and the adventurer have changed
The enemy in the ground
These Ukrainian women are risking their lives to rid their country of unexploded ordnance.
Just a man, a balloon and the sun
After decades of ‘eco-suicide’, Tomas Saraceno — once an artist-in-residence at NASA — is on a mission for self-powered flight: ‘You don’t need $2 billion. For $20 you can take off tomorrow.’
Voice a dagger to the heart of liberalism
The Indigenous voice project represents a tragic wrong-turn in Australia towards the sterile, chaotic entropy of identity politics.
The chips are down for China
Forget Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Covid or war in Taiwan. A package of US export restrictions is set to kneecap China.
Welcome to Maldivian paradise
Whether you prefer the sweet seclusion of a private island or over-water villas with a village atmosphere, options abound at a trio of five-star retreats.
‘Entirely different story’ of Aboriginal past
From ‘industrial scale’ mining to permanent settlements and an Indigenous Silk Road, eye-opening archaeological discoveries are changing what we know about how early Aborigines lived.
Reform is not enough for secular Iranians anymore
Reining in the witch-hunters of the morality police isn’t going to cut it this time. Young Iranians are increasingly determined to topple Islamic rule.
‘Substantial amount’ of FTX assets stolen or missing
The failed crypto exchange ‘was in the control of inexperienced, unsophisticated and compromised individuals,’ FTX’s lawyer has told a bankruptcy hearing.
How one 910-carat diamond became 25 pieces of jewellery
The transformation of a giant diamond into the heart of Van Cleef & Arpels’ new high jewellery collection took time, patience and the rarest of skills.
Inside America’s struggle to wean itself off Chinese solar
US climate envoy John Kerry calls it a matter of national security. But to compete in a business dominated by its geopolitical rival, America must build a supply chain nearly from scratch.
FTX founder attempts to raise fresh cash despite bankruptcy
Alongside a few remaining employees, Sam Bankman-Fried spent the weekend calling around in search of new commitments from investors.
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