Is Australia really wider than the Moon?
The comparison works when Australia's east to west span is placed against the Moon's diameter, but it does not mean Australia is larger overall.
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Canberra was not picked by drawing a line between Sydney and Melbourne.
A constitutional limit, more than 60 candidate sites, water, landscape and an international design contest shaped the capital.
Read the full storyThe platypus was real. The disbelief was real too.
Some European naturalists suspected a hoax, but the first scientific description appeared in 1799 and accepted the animal as genuine.
Read the full storyWhy did Australia make voting compulsory?
The law followed a turnout collapse in 1922. Participation rose by about 32 percentage points at the next federal election.
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