How a Remote Australian Town Nearly Ran Out of Food
Many isolated Indigenous communities are dependent on fragile supply chains. This year, floods made that dramatically clear.
By Julia Bergin
Many isolated Indigenous communities are dependent on fragile supply chains. This year, floods made that dramatically clear.
By Julia Bergin
Amid early tidbits of misinformation came lessons about dodging falsities and allowing facts to build a story.
By Damien Cave
A university program seeks to improve cross-cultural understanding in Australia’s publishing industry.
By Julia Bergin
“We’ll make the best of it here. And they can call it a pork roll.”
By Natasha Frost
After a stunning week of rain, the Todd River in Alice Springs flows once again, bringing a beleaguered community together.
By Julia Bergin
The country's domestic airlines play a crucial role in connectivity. But for the casual flier, even the journey is captivating.
By Natasha Frost
Experts say that since the overpopulation of both affects native wildlife similarly, the country should use the same strategies in managing them.
By Julia Bergin
“There was no single trigger that caused this,” James Gibbons, a regional executive at Warner Bros Discovery, said.
By Natasha Frost
Stories about distinctive wildlife, Aboriginal mythology and idyllic Australian childhoods.
By Natasha Frost
Immigrants can fill roles that are too often quickly vacated by Australians, but immigration roadblocks make becoming permanent employees impossible.
By Julia Bergin
The Paris End seeks to celebrate a recovering Australian city.
By Natasha Frost
Many countries are trying to figure out what to do about a more insecure, more nuclear-driven world. Australia has an idea.
By Damien Cave
A celebration of (at least occasional) shoelessness.
By Natasha Frost
“Invasion Day is the reason why we’re all here today, but we must go beyond that,” one activist said.
By Julia Bergin
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Twelve months of counterprogramming from the Australia bureau.
By Natasha Frost
A farewell, of sorts.
By Yan Zhuang
An online reseller has skirted the country’s restrictions on ticket sales, allowing Swifties elsewhere to buy admission to the star’s Eras Tour.
By Natasha Frost
How sports can dissolve boundaries.
By Vivek Shankar
An endorsement from the comedian John Oliver led to a spike in votes for the eventual winner, the pūteketeke.
By Yan Zhuang
A surprising tale of Northern Territory chutzpah.
By Natasha Frost
Australians are grumbling about a recent invasion of American-style giant pickup trucks. But even before that, vehicle sizes were increasing.
By Yan Zhuang
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.
By Yan Zhuang
Hotels hold secrets, and some of them are a little stranger than others.
By Damien Cave
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.
By Natasha Frost
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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.
By Yan Zhuang
And a glimmer of high-speed hope.
By Natasha Frost
An inquiry will try to draw lessons from the government response, but some question whether it will go far enough.
By Yan Zhuang
Offerings in art, culture, design, music and theater across the country.
By Natasha Frost
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.
By Yan Zhuang
A New Zealand lawmaker talked about the idea last week, though a union is unlikely ever to take place.
By Natasha Frost
Longtime racial tensions are hindering a push to add an advisory body for Indigenous people’s issues to the Constitution, an Aboriginal activist says.
By Yan Zhuang
Australia’s national women’s soccer team have walked away with the nation’s hearts clasped firmly in their hands.
By Natasha Frost
The author of a new book exploring that possibility says it would raise existential questions about the current alliance with America, with huge implications for Australia’s regional and global standing.
By Yan Zhuang
Proposed changes to the E-3 visa have worried some expatriates.
By Natasha Frost
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The largest-ever Women’s World Cup tournament highlights the growing professionalization of the sport. A sportswriter shares his thoughts.
By Yan Zhuang
To the average voter, ScoMo might sound more comfortable than “Prime Minister Morrison.”
By Natasha Frost
More than 150 years ago, an Australian tour to England captured the attention of Britons.
By Natasha Frost
Tipping is not unheard-of in Australia, but an increasing number of apps and payment platforms are actively asking for an extra dollar, or five, on bills.
By Yan Zhuang
Shipping sunshine? Alan Finkel’s take on the nation’s possible future as a leader in clean energy.
By Natasha Frost
Love stories, survival reality and stop motion animation: What we’re enjoying.
By Yan Zhuang
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