Australia’s fall from Lucky Country to Cruel Country

They were young men – call them Liam and Ben – best mates, far from home, full of chutzpah and crazy self-belief.

• Elizabeth Farrelly

They’d been through a lot together and landed on this idyllic-looking tropical island.

One day they were swimming near a waterfall when, stupidly, Liam drowned.

He was a poor swimmer, got stuck under a…

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