Australias identity crisis: Still lucky, still lost

Australia once swaggered with sunburnt certainty. Now, it's a nation in flip-flops, fumbling for a purpose in a world thats stopped laughing at the accent, writesVince Hooper.

ONCE UPON A TIME, Australia knew who it was. A plucky, sunburnt frontier of sheep, surfboards and mild xenophobia where the prime minister could wrestle a crocodile, down a pint and still sign a trade deal before lunch.

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