Significant Sights: Crossing Australia’s Nullarbor
SAMANTHA ELLEY reflects on one of Australia’s great journeys…
Updated: Australia rejects Indigenous referendum
Updated: 8am (AEDT)Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia on Saturday decisively rejected a proposal to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution, in a major setback to the country’s efforts for reconciliation with its First Peoples. Australians had to vote “Yes” or “No” in the referendum, the first in almost a quarter of a century, on the question of […]
Australia swelters in spring heat wave, temperatures set to break records
Sydney, AustraliaReuters A spring heat wave across large parts of Australia’s south-east, including Sydney, will intensify on Monday, the weather bureau said, with temperatures expected to peak up to 16 degrees Celsius above the September average. Australia is baking through a rising heat wave which has been building in the country’s outback interior over the […]
SNAPSHOT: HINDMARSH ISLAND, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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SNAPSHOT: THE BREAKAWAYS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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