The Australian

A Different Country is a landmark collection drawn from the journalism of The Australian, bringing together the masthead's most significant reporting and commentary on the seismic impact of the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks and the profound aftershocks felt across Australia and the world. Across two turbulent years, The Australian's correspondents and columnists documented a story that reshaped geopolitics, tested...

In the early afternoon of December 14, 2025, a news photographer sent images to The Australian's picture desk showing a sparkling day at Bondi Beach. It was a Sunday, the second weekend of summer, when Sydney is at its showy best. Among the photographs of that day, there is a frame of hundreds of relaxed beachgoers leaning back on their...