/tags/australia Australia en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 23:05:11 GMT /world/2020-03-09/a-new-private-prison-in-australia-offers-lessons-for-u-s-but-it-still-lacks-transparency Support for our series Private Prisons: Locking Down The Facts came from The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit news organization that… Mon, 09 Mar 2020 23:05:11 GMT /world/2020-03-09/a-new-private-prison-in-australia-offers-lessons-for-u-s-but-it-still-lacks-transparency Rae Ellen Bichell /world/2020-03-09/private-prisons-profit-off-incarceration-one-in-australia-shows-how-to-flip-the-script Support for our series Private Prisons: Locking Down The Facts came from The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit news organization that… Mon, 09 Mar 2020 17:12:47 GMT /world/2020-03-09/private-prisons-profit-off-incarceration-one-in-australia-shows-how-to-flip-the-script Rae Ellen Bichell /npr-news/2020-01-07/australian-fires-prompt-questions-about-protecting-houses-from-embers Massive Australian wildfires are sending embers high into the atmosphere. When they rain down, they can start new fires far from the original source, and some buildings are more flammable than others. Tue, 07 Jan 2020 20:20:00 GMT /npr-news/2020-01-07/australian-fires-prompt-questions-about-protecting-houses-from-embers Rebecca Hersher /2014-07-01/hard-boiled-hero-jack-irish-lives-and-drinks-in-a-shadowy-melbourne Crime fiction writer Peter Temple has created a resourceful Aussie investigator: Jack Irish can fight off bad guys with everything from a child's swing to a tin sheet turned fatal Frisbee. Tue, 01 Jul 2014 07:16:00 GMT /2014-07-01/hard-boiled-hero-jack-irish-lives-and-drinks-in-a-shadowy-melbourne Linda Wertheimer /business/2014-01-15/global-bumper-wheat-crop-brings-lower-prices-for-colorado-farmers Talk to any corn farmer and he or she will likely lament the dropping price of corn. But corn growers are not alone. Farmers who grow wheat are beginning… Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:10:47 GMT /business/2014-01-15/global-bumper-wheat-crop-brings-lower-prices-for-colorado-farmers Harvest Public Media /npr-news/2013-10-03/why-lots-of-grass-fed-beef-sold-in-u-s-comes-from-down-under A lot of the grass-fed beef sold in the U.S. now comes from Australia because it's cheaper and available year-round. But U.S. producers say they still have an advantage over the imported meat: a homegrown story. Thu, 03 Oct 2013 18:49:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-10-03/why-lots-of-grass-fed-beef-sold-in-u-s-comes-from-down-under Dan Charles /npr-news/2013-09-07/in-australian-vote-prime-minister-concedes-to-abbott The Liberal-National coalition secured enough support to name Tony Abbott Australia's new prime minister, in an election that ends six years of Labor rule. Sat, 07 Sep 2013 12:11:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-09-07/in-australian-vote-prime-minister-concedes-to-abbott Bill Chappell /npr-news/2013-08-20/australians-shooting-death-echoes-from-oklahoma-to-melbourne The killing of an Australian man who was in the U.S. on a baseball scholarship has brought grief to his hometown and to the small Oklahoma town where he was shot to death. Three teens have been arrested for the crime; one suspect says they simply had nothing better to do, the police report. Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:50:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-08-20/australians-shooting-death-echoes-from-oklahoma-to-melbourne Bill Chappell /npr-news/2013-08-20/how-extreme-australian-rains-made-global-sea-levels-drop Sea level has been rising steadily as a result of global warming. But in 2010 and 2011, levels dropped sharply by a quarter of an inch. A new analysis says that's because extraordinarily heavy rainfall got trapped in inland Australia. Tue, 20 Aug 2013 06:57:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-08-20/how-extreme-australian-rains-made-global-sea-levels-drop Richard Harris /npr-news/2013-08-12/suppository-gaffe-makes-politician-the-butt-of-jokes Tony Abbott, who might be Australia's next prime minister, was making the case that current prime minister Kevin Rudd has too much decision-making power. His words struck a bum note, though. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:48:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-08-12/suppository-gaffe-makes-politician-the-butt-of-jokes Mark Memmott