G’day, mate! Do you fancy having a ripper Straya accent, like Kate Winslet in “The Dressmaker” or Dev Patel in “Lion”? Taking on a role that requires an Australian-English accent can be a challenge ...

Dudes, dudines and dudettes of Australia, we need to talk about border security. Our long-time frenemies—the Americans (hey bae!)—seem to be taking over our English. For many Aussies, our linguistic ...

Readers reflect on the country’s many different accents. By Yan Zhuang The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. Last week, I wrote about ...

Carly Steele received funding from the Australian Government Research Training Program and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language to conduct this research as ...

Misty Adoniou works for the University of Canberra. She has received funding from government and non-government organisations to research refugee orientation, spelling, writing and teacher standards.

It took a while for Australians to appreciate their linguistic distinctiveness. The editors at the Australian National Dictionary Center work to document it. By Damien Cave CANBERRA, Australia — ...