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 ...

Migrants with dementia who’ve acquired English later in life may revert to their childhood language – and many rely on family ...

The Tjapingarriwangka script was created to write Ngaanyatjarra by Robert Hancock. “The name Tjapingarriwangka means ‘message stick speech’ in Ngaanyatjarra,” according to Omniglot. Ngaanyatjarra is a ...

Australia and England are both multicultural countries where hundreds of languages are spoken. However, in both, levels of language learning at school are worryingly low. Australia has seen a major ...

Australia has issued a new 50 cent coin celebrating some of the country’s indigenous languages, many of which are at risk of extinction. The new design incorporates 14 translations of the word “coin” ...

Australia has chosen Gabrielle Brady’s climate-focused drama “The Wolves Always Come at Night” as its contender for the best ...

Foreigners outnumbered Australian students at the nation’s oldest university last year, with new figures revealing for the ...

The Malinauskas Labor Government has pledged $4 million in funding for South Australia's community language schools if ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “weak” jibe at Anthony Albanese set the tone for one of the sharpest clashes in Australia–Israeli relations in decades. The trigger was Canberra’s 2025 ...

The ongoing worldwide meeting of Catholic bishops on family is being called to explore the “vast middle ground” between never-changing church teaching and committing iconoclasm, an Australian ...