Snowy Mountains
‘I am a rock star’: Meet Patrick Halgren, the showman of the Paralympics
The loudest athlete at the Paralympics, Halgren speaks about his twin brother’s death and learning to ski in Australia.
- Frances Howe
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‘Ball bearings in the snow’: The role of climate change in deadly avalanches
More than a dozen people have died in avalanches on two different continents this week alone. What causes the deadly snow slides, and is climate change making it worse?
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
- Tony Wright’s Column
- Political leadership
Will Angus Taylor look to his grandfather for guidance on immigration?
The new Liberal Party leader’s great role model, his grandfather William Hudson, brought tens of thousands of immigrants to a xenophobic White Australia.
- Tony Wright
- The Last Word
- Tragedy
The boys from ruined Europe whose dreams died in the Snowy Mountains
These are the faces of the many workers who died building Australia’s greatest engineering project. As Tony Wright reports, one man is determined to ensure they are remembered properly.
- Tony Wright
- Tony Wright’s Column
- Friendship
Escaping the press gallery lows to revel in the high life
What 17 years of ‘Old Farts’ weekends taught Tony Wright and a group of political journalists about life.
- Tony Wright
Multibillion-dollar Snowy 2.0 project suffers yet another cost blowout
The price tag of the mega pumped hydro project has spiked from the $2 billion forecast by Malcolm Turnbull.
- Mike Foley
Polar winds bring snow and wind gusts up to 120km/h
An Antarctic blast has swept across NSW and Victoria, blanketing Oberon and Orange in snow just before the start of spring.
August to bring more rain and snow, but for farmers it’s ‘storm Lotto’
The heavy rain stretching along the east coast is a harbinger of a wetter-than-average August and start to spring.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Australia’s highest chairlift has transformed skiing on this mountain
Mount Perisher has everything you look for in an Australian snow resort, but it had one big problem – until now.
- Jim Darby
Australia’s highest lift ready as ski resort rivalries heat up after snow
As the resorts celebrate a strong start to ski season, here’s what’s new on the mountains this year.
- Kate Allman