A country is defined as “a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory,” and since 1901, the Commonwealth of Australia—as it’s officially known—has fit that description.

So does this mean that Australia is still the ‘lucky country’ or should we abandon our belief in the label? I think in many ways, we still are the lucky country, but we have a large number of ...

That is what Australia represented to him. The overwhelming majority of Australians, although inevitably acknowledging the injustices of its past, are proud of what this country has achieved and ...