With no email or social media in 1965, Brian Robson lost touch with two friends who took part in a reckless scheme: They nailed him…
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Australia’s Worst Floods in Decades Quicken Concerns About Climate Change
WINDSOR, Australia — Kelly Miller stood in her doorway on Monday, watching the water rise to within a few inches of the century-old home where…
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Australian Minister Settles Defamation Complaint for ‘Lying Cow’ Remark
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s defense minister on Friday settled a defamation complaint and agreed to pay damages to a former aide whom she called a…
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In Australia, Hollywood Stars Have Found an Escape From the Virus. Who’s Jealous?
MELBOURNE, Australia — In the photo posted to Instagram, the actors Chris Hemsworth, Idris Elba and Matt Damon, all wearing 1980s-style sweats, embrace. They are…
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10 Years After Christchurch Quake, a Hush Where 8,000 Homes Once Stood
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — First the houses and cars vanished. Fences, driveways and the other remaining markers of suburban life followed. Now, only stretches of…
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Parliament House Rape Claim Roils Australian Government
MELBOURNE, Australia — A former government staff member’s account of being raped in Australia’s Parliament building sent shock waves through the country’s halls of power…
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Australia’s ‘Rebel Reverend’ Goes Viral With Barbed Liberal Messages
GOSFORD, Australia — The Rev. Rod Bower, Australia’s most famous gadfly in a clerical collar, strolled behind a crowd of demonstrators at a busy street…
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One Case, Total Lockdown: Australia’s Lessons for a Pandemic World
The country’s short, sharp responses have repeatedly subdued the virus and allowed a return to near normalcy. Now its model is being applied to Perth,…
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From the Capitol to Australian Skies, Misinformation Finds Supporters
The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. This week’s issue is written by Yan…
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Australia Tweaks Anthem to Recognize Indigenous History
The lyrics of Australia’s national anthem have been altered by one word to recognize the country’s Indigenous history, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Thursday. Until…
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International students in Australia prepare to spend the holidays away from family
It’s been a rough year surviving the pandemic away from home. By Yan Zhuang The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau.…
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‘Nightmare’ Australia Housing Lockdown Called Breach of Human Rights
MELBOURNE, Australia — The sudden lockdown this summer of nine public housing towers in Melbourne that left 3,000 people without adequate food and medication and…
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Australia Condemns Lurid Tweet by Chinese Official as ‘Disgusting Slur’
MELBOURNE, Australia — Labeling it a “disgusting slur,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia denounced on Monday what he called a fabricated image posted to…
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Escaping the Virus, Almost
The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. In early July, I drove to Sydney…
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