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Is Australian English under threat from the Americans? It's not as simple as you might think

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 ...
SBS

Is Australian English different from English?

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” ...
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 Diplomat

Australia’s Foreign Language Deficit

Even as Australia steps up its engagement in the Asia-Pacific region few Australians are learning languages that reflect their place in the Asian century. Currently 12.8 percent of students in year 12 ...
BBC

Beyond the Cringe

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 Conversation

FactCheck: do ‘over a million’ people in Australia not speak English ‘well or at all’?

Ingrid Piller receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Humboldt Foundation. Amanda Muller does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...