Lisa Martin

My ode to Australian ugg boots in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald…🇦🇺

Rare earths hopeful in eye of Greenland political storm A stalled rare earths project puts an Australian junior miner at the centre of an election in an Atlantic territory caught in a web of geopolitical tensions.

Why the Greenland 🇬🇱 election will be closely watched in Australia 🇦🇺… my feature story for Australian Associated Press.

aapnews.aap.com.au/news/rare-ea...

Walcha: a sexual abuse and domestic violence blind spot | New England Times Women who have suffered sexual and domestic violence in Walcha have felt discouraged from reporting abuse at night because the local police station does not operate around the clock, and they feared T...

Part 3 www.netimes.com.au/2025/02/14/w...?

Breaking the Indigenous family violence cycle in New England | New England Times An indigenous men’s behaviour change program in the New England region could be the missing piece of the puzzle to put the brakes on a domestic violence scourge, but a funding shortfall is robbing fam...

Part 2 www.netimes.com.au/2025/02/13/b...?

For the past four months, I've been taking a deep dive into the scourge of domestic violence in the New England region of NSW in Australia.

Read part 1 of my journalism investigation here:

www.netimes.com.au/2025/02/12/r...

Latest from me in The Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers…

To mark Australian-born Mary's first anniversary as Denmark's Queen, I devised a royal-related tour of Copenhagen for News Corp Australia's ESCAPE travel section.

www.escape.com.au/destinations...

My remedy to combat Danish winter blues 🇩🇰 🥶🤧❄️… sunrise swim at Bondi Beach. 🇦🇺☀️🌊

Why is it important to learn Danish when you live in Denmark (or any local language if you live abroad)?

So you know that the drunk woman yelling at you in the pub bathroom at 1am is complimenting you on your hat.

A cracking time at The Nutcracker @ Tivoli. Former Queen 👑 Margrethe is such a talented costume designer. 🩰Loved the dancing spinning tops. 🇩🇰

We are reliving the magic of the “Miracle in Madrid” this morning. 30 years ago today. @odenseboldklub.bsky.social what an excitement machine!

Jeg elsker Jule Hygge. Laver familie julekonfekt?

I have started watching Norwegian Netflix series, with subtitles, to practise my Danish. The differences in pronunciation between 🇩🇰 and 🇳🇴 are wild. Enjoying Hjem til Jul, especially the cameo from Danish actress Ghita Nørby. (Seeing Matador has given me serious Danish cred).

Hilariously Bjarne’s wife Susan has turned down the heater in the car because 18 degrees is too hot for “an Eskimo” like him.

Here is the feed of the landing: www.youtube.com/live/W6aDQkO...

And this is Bjarne still going live from his car as he recharges his battery: www.youtube.com/live/BcUk3uT...

The return flight is due to take off at some point this evening. It’s delayed… ✈️

Bjarne looks really cold. And fireworks 🧨 🧨 are going off in Nuuk. It’s minus -2 in Nuuk.

Bjarne says the inauguration of the 2200m runway in Greenland’s capital is an historic day. The old 950m runway couldn’t allow large passenger aircraft. Previously all international flights operated out of Kangerlussuaq. 🇬🇱✈️

Bjarne has 45 per cent battery left. A fellow Aussie is watching Bjarne’s feed from South Australia where the local time is 2.12am. 🇬🇱🇩🇰🇦🇺

Bjarne predicting big traffic jams in Nuuk as people head home from plane spotting.

Bjarne has just put his gloves back on and lit up a well deserved ciggy after his hour + long broadcast.
He’ll be able to sleep well tonight after waiting for this moment for many many months. His woots of joy, when the plane landed, have filled my cup on a dark and grey Copenhagen wintery day.

🛬 The first direct flight between Copenhagen and Nuuk Airport in Greenland has landed. Huge crowds have assembled. Enjoying the live feed and festive commentary from Bjarne who is on the ground. Bjarne is so excited he is crying. 😭

I was a little worried the first time I saw unattended prams outside while it was snowing. lol.

Today is my one year anniversary in the Danish kingdom 🇩🇰. Snow flurries ❄️ are still a novelty. But I am now a proper Viking with all the heat tech wardrobe essentials and proper snow boots. Off to enjoy winter hygge.