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 ...

Is Australian English different from English? This article explores how Aussie slang and idioms reflect national identity and challenge traditional ideas of what counts as “English”. From “larrikin” ...

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 ...

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 ...

Presenter Melvyn Bragg In the 1950s of premier Robert Menzies, the approved sound of Australian English was more Westminster than Woolloomooloo. These were the last days of the so-called "colonial ...

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 ...

Australians all speak fast, shorten words, have broad accents and are hard to understand, right? Not quite! Find out some of the unique ways Australians speak English. English sounds different ...

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 ...