Reuters

Aboriginal children must learn English: Australian minister

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Aboriginal children should be forced to learn English to escape lives of poverty and inequality, said Australia's indigenous affairs minister. "Too many still only have a ...
The Conversation

Invisible language learners: what educators need to know about many First Nations children

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 ...
The New York Times

The ‘Hard Yakka’ of Defining Australian English’s Many Quirks

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 — ...
The Conversation

Oi! We’re not lazy yarners, so let’s kill the cringe and love our Aussie accent(s)

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
BBC

Learning English from the News

Children under the age of 16 in Australia are no longer allowed to have social media accounts – by law. The ban includes TikTok, X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and Threads. The Australian ...