Australia Letter

Many isolated Indigenous communities are dependent on fragile supply chains. This year, floods made that dramatically clear.

Amid early tidbits of misinformation came lessons about dodging falsities and allowing facts to build a story.

A university program seeks to improve cross-cultural understanding in Australia’s publishing industry.

“We’ll make the best of it here. And they can call it a pork roll.”

After a stunning week of rain, the Todd River in Alice Springs flows once again, bringing a beleaguered community together.

The country's domestic airlines play a crucial role in connectivity. But for the casual flier, even the journey is captivating.

Experts say that since the overpopulation of both affects native wildlife similarly, the country should use the same strategies in managing them.

“There was no single trigger that caused this,” James Gibbons, a regional executive at Warner Bros Discovery, said.

Stories about distinctive wildlife, Aboriginal mythology and idyllic Australian childhoods.

Immigrants can fill roles that are too often quickly vacated by Australians, but immigration roadblocks make becoming permanent employees impossible.

The Paris End seeks to celebrate a recovering Australian city.

Many countries are trying to figure out what to do about a more insecure, more nuclear-driven world. Australia has an idea.

A celebration of (at least occasional) shoelessness.

“Invasion Day is the reason why we’re all here today, but we must go beyond that,” one activist said.

Twelve months of counterprogramming from the Australia bureau.

A farewell, of sorts.

An online reseller has skirted the country’s restrictions on ticket sales, allowing Swifties elsewhere to buy admission to the star’s Eras Tour.

How sports can dissolve boundaries.

An endorsement from the comedian John Oliver led to a spike in votes for the eventual winner, the pūteketeke.

A surprising tale of Northern Territory chutzpah.

Australians are grumbling about a recent invasion of American-style giant pickup trucks. But even before that, vehicle sizes were increasing.

As El Niño arrives, heralding dry weather, it feels like the whole country is on edge. We’d like to hear from readers in Australia.

Hotels hold secrets, and some of them are a little stranger than others.

The relatively uncommon name of Jacinta or Jacinda is shared among many famous people in New Zealand and Australia, with most of them born in the 1970s.

The author of a new book on the diplomatic switch says that ending recognition of Taiwan affected life in unexpected ways across the island nation.

And a glimmer of high-speed hope.

An inquiry will try to draw lessons from the government response, but some question whether it will go far enough.

Offerings in art, culture, design, music and theater across the country.

Feral cats have long been recognized as a major threat to the continent’s native wildlife. But now the government is also exploring ways to rein in domestic cats.

A New Zealand lawmaker talked about the idea last week, though a union is unlikely ever to take place.