All statements about Australia

90 statements about Australia in 60 videos, by upload date.

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2007

2007-04-11 · April 11th: EcoGeek Podcasting — Hank calls Sydney's lights-off hour mostly a photo op letting Australia claim to act while refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, adding that Americans can't talk. (playful) — 00:02:12
2007-06-21 · June 21: Gotta Get Outside! — Hank says Australia has only 62 weeks of water left, so water should be used for agriculture because we need to eat. — 00:02:48
2007-11-15 · Nov 15: Jay-Z, the Inkys, Nerdfighteria, and Venn Diagrams! — John says the news only makes him want to move to Europe, or possibly Australia. (playful) — 00:00:39
2007-11-15 · Nov 15: Jay-Z, the Inkys, Nerdfighteria, and Venn Diagrams! — John won the first International Inky Award, the Silver Inky, an Australian young adult literature award, and thanks his Australian readers and the nerdfighters who voted for Looking for Alaska. — 00:00:39
2007-11-15 · Nov 15: Jay-Z, the Inkys, Nerdfighteria, and Venn Diagrams! — John: In a segment he calls 'What's Going On in Nerdfighteria', John shows a crown the brothers' Australian secret niece made him as the toilet paper eating king of the world. (playful) — 00:01:30
2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John says Nerdfighters are about a made-of-awesome book by a woman in Australia going to a baby in the US, raising money and awareness for causes, and a supportive community of friends 'in my pants'. — 00:02:41

Also named in: October 10th: A Spoilerific Attack on Unicorns

2009

2009-02-08 · All Aboard the Fail Boat — John titles the Australia item 'Just because it's cold in your house doesn't mean global warming is a lie' news. (playful) — 00:02:24
2009-02-08 · All Aboard the Fail Boat — John: The deadliest wildfires in the history of Australia are raging in the south of the country. — 00:02:27
2009-02-08 · All Aboard the Fail Boat — John: It has been very hot, dry and windy in Australia, around 117 degrees Fahrenheit, and these conditions combined with apparent arson in at least some cases. — 00:02:32
2009-02-08 · All Aboard the Fail Boat — John: The brothers have many Nerdfighter friends living in southern Australia; John says they are both concerned and sends their thoughts and prayers. — 00:02:54
2009-02-08 · All Aboard the Fail Boat — John: Dressed as Hank (or as John in a Hank costume), John sends best wishes to cheer up Australian Nerdfighters, then shows a Nerdfighter-made John disguise. (playful) — 00:03:04
2009-02-21 (said on 2009-02-14, implied) · Paper Towns and PUPPY — announcement: John: Paper Towns is out in Australia, though apparently hard to find, and is coming out in a number of other countries. — 00:01:45
2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — announcement: John announces a Nerdfighter gathering on Sunday, May 31 in Melbourne, Australia, featuring him. — 00:00:20
2009-05-04 (said on 2009-05-03, implied) · Oinkbarf Pandemic! An Intellectual Response to Swine Flu — announcement: John tells Nerdfighters who couldn't get a ticket to the Melbourne event that there is a second event, and that he will be in Sydney on June 3. — 00:00:19
2009-05-10 · What Could You Do with a Poe Bust?! — announcement: John: In a P.S. voiced as the Poe bust, John tells Australian Nerdfighters to look in the sidebar for information about his upcoming events. (playful) — 00:01:30
2009-05-19 · Question Tuesday! — John says he must prepare for LeakyCon, then leave for Australia right after, and has a ton of work on edits of the book he is writing with David Levithan. — 00:00:00
2009-05-19 · Question Tuesday! — John: Asked about the hand sign, John says those who can't make it can use a workaround invented by the brothers' 'secret niece and nephew' in Australia, whom he'll meet soon. — 00:00:00
2009-05-24 · WROCK! — announcement: John says he is short on time because he is going to Australia, and invites Nerdfighters in Melbourne or Sydney to hang out with him (details in the sidebar). — 00:00:00
2009-06-07 · I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks! — John says he met hundreds of Nerdfighters, including Natalie (Community Channel), Frezned, and "our secret Australian family, the kiddos". — 00:02:03
2009-06-07 · I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks! — John thanks Australian Nerdfighters for making his visit so awesome. — 00:03:46

2010

2010-05-14 · Advice on First Kisses, Stalkers, College Majors, and More — announcement: John says his co-author David Levithan is on tour in Australia and New Zealand right now. — 00:01:53
2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — announcement: John: Natalie Tran (Community Channel) can't come to VidCon all the way from Australia; John says they are bummed but understand. — 00:01:23
2010-07-28 · Umbrellas Amuse Me: Observations from One Day in Munich — John says what he loved that day was hyper-connectedness and ease of movement: words written in Australia become songs in Germany, his stories bring him to Munich, and travel and Skype bring people close. — 00:02:56
2010-08-02 · I Love Hank: Esther Day 2010 — announcement: John says it is Monday, August 2, 2010 (August 3 in Australia), so in Australia it is Nerdfighter Esther's 16th birthday, a.k.a. Esther Day. — 00:00:00

2011

2011-01-12 · Top Six Conjoined Twin Pairs in History — ask: John tells Nerdfighters about the devastating floods in Queensland, Australia, and points to a link in the doobly-doo to help those affected. — 00:03:47
2011-08-10 · Understanding America's Debt Problem — John explains that independent credit-rating agencies like Standard and Poor's rate debt from AAA down, and a better rating means cheaper debt: Australia pays 4% on ten-year bonds, Greece 15%. — 00:01:53

2013

2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John says that, although free health care elsewhere is said to be paid for by higher taxes, the US spends more tax money per capita on health care than Germany, Australia, the UK or Canada. — 00:00:08
2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John says the US spends about 18% of its GDP on health care, against 9% in Australia. — 00:00:55
2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John says that until the US negotiates with health-care providers as effectively as Australians and British people do, its costs will keep rising faster than anywhere else without better outcomes. — 00:06:41
2013-09-20 · 42 Amazing Maps — Hank shows a map splitting the world into seven regions of about one billion people each, with North America, South America and Australia together making up one. — 00:00:57
2013-09-20 · 42 Amazing Maps — Hank says Australia is mostly empty: only 2% of people live in the highlighted area of the map. — 00:01:09

2014

2014-03-18 · Is the American Dream Real? — John says Canada's pay gap is worse than the US's, while women make 83 cents per men's dollar in Australia, 84 in the UK, 85 in Sweden and 97.5 in Slovenia. — 00:02:00
2014-12-30 · Racism in the United States: By the Numbers — In the description John adds that hiring studies like the name-swapped resume study have found similar results in the UK and in Australia. — video description

2015

2015-01-02 · Why is The Alphabet In Alphabetical Order? Eight Completely Arbitrary Things — Hank says 2015 means nothing: Earth's orbit is an ellipse with no beginning point, and the day has nothing to do with the year, as New Year's in Australia shows. (playful) — 00:00:01
2015-03-24 · Is Obamacare Working? The Affordable Care Act Five Years Later — John says that in 2009 more of his US tax dollars went to health care than would have in Japan, the UK or Australia, yet the US did not get their universal health care. — 00:00:13
2015-03-24 · Is Obamacare Working? The Affordable Care Act Five Years Later — John says the US spent more than 17% of GDP on health care, while Canada, France, Australia and the Netherlands spend under 10% with similar or better outcomes. — 00:01:38
2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY — announcement: John: Correcting himself, John says the movie is already out in Brazil, Australia and elsewhere, critics have seen it and reviews are great; Variety said it was better than The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:01:27
2015-08-11 (said on 2015-08-10, implied) · 454 Days: Understanding America's Ridiculous Political Campaigns — John says none of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Nigeria or Australia has campaign cycles lasting longer than 100 days. — 00:00:55
2015-09-08 · Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World — John calls Australia's refugee record truly abysmal and possibly in violation of international law. (hedged) — 00:05:49
2015-09-08 · Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World — John: The powerful are at fault when the oppressed and marginalized die for it; Aylan Kurdi would be alive had the EU, Canada, Australia, the US or Brazil welcomed his family. — 00:07:02
2015-09-24 · Continents are Dumb — Hank: In America, at least, people are taught there are seven continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and Antarctica. (hedged) — 00:00:38
2015-09-24 · Continents are Dumb — Hank says the definition makes some sense for Australia, but doesn't know whether it is a really big island or a really tiny continent. (unsure) — 00:01:16
2015-09-24 · Continents are Dumb — Hank: Antarctica is an archipelago under the ice, and its biggest island is smaller than Australia. — 00:01:23

2016

2016-12-01 (said on 2016-12-02, implied) · See you in Amsterdam, Melbourne, or Anaheim!! (also Boston) — announcement: Hank announces in the promo that VidCon US returns to the Anaheim Convention Center on June 21-24, and that VidCon goes global: Europe in Amsterdam April 8-9, Australia in Melbourne September 9-10. — 00:01:15
2016-12-01 (said on 2016-12-02, implied) · See you in Amsterdam, Melbourne, or Anaheim!! (also Boston) — ask: Hank says tickets are now available for VidCon US, VidCon Europe and VidCon Australia, and hopes to see viewers there. — 00:01:42

2017

2017-05-09 · Your Neighborhood, Your Life Expectancy — John cites a study of life expectancy variation within countries over time: in most rich nations, such as Canada, Germany and Australia, it has declined since 1980 while rising steadily in the US, and the highest-income Americans live very slightly longer than high-income Canadians. — video description
2017-06-16 · When Will You Die? — Hank says that since people are supposed to die, a better measure, which Australia uses, is Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL). — video description
2017-08-22 · The Causes of Cholera — John admits he pays more attention to crises in distant Europe or Australia than elsewhere because people there feel close to him: he watches them on YouTube and reads their Reddit posts. — 00:03:24
2017-09-01 · What Everyone Gets Wrong About Global Warming — Hank says he is going to Australia and will see Australians at VidCon Australia. — 00:03:23
2017-09-08 · How to Win Australia — Hank is setting off for Australia, getting on the plane in Denver. — 00:00:04
2017-09-15 · My Butt Has Some Complaints About Australia — Hank says the whole VidCon Australia experience was so nice and he loves Australians. — 00:00:28
2017-10-10 · Turtles All the Way Down!!! A Reunion Video — announcement: John: On Tuesday, October 10, 2017, from a New York City hotel floor, John announces Turtles All the Way Down is out in the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and several other countries. — 00:00:00

2018

2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — announcement: Hank: The book comes out at the same time in Canada, the US and the UK, he thinks also Australia; translations may have other dates. (hedged) — 00:03:26
2018-02-16 · Thoughts from VERY Dead Animals — Kallie Moore: Kallie says the collection's oldest specimen is a bacterial mat from Australia, about 2.75 billion years old: this is what life was. (hedged) — 00:03:13
2018-03-02 · The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! — announcement: Hank: All the English-language publishers like the cover, so it will be the same in the UK, Canada and Australia. — 00:03:51
2018-03-30 · The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Thoughts from Amsterdam — announcement: Hank is excited for VidCon in Anaheim and Australia later this year (2018), preparing speeches on defining success and making content that gets attention without harming viewers. (hedged) — 00:01:27
2018-06-12 · Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup — John: Australia's team is called the Socceroos, which makes them hard to dislike. (playful) — 00:00:21
2018-08-21 · SYSTEMS!!!! — John: About 11% of Sierra Leone's economy goes to health-care spending, a share similar to the UK, Australia or France. — 00:02:00
2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — announcement: Hank is nearly on his way to VidCon Australia, where tickets are still available. — 00:02:42
2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — announcement: Hank: After Australia, VidCon comes to London in February. — 00:02:55
2018-08-31 · Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne — announcement: Hank is in Melbourne, Australia, by the convention center where VidCon is happening as the video is released. — 00:00:00
2018-08-31 · Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne — announcement: Hank's Australian publisher Hachette asked him to answer questions about his book, out in under 30 days, and he does so with Australian voices because he loves the accent. — 00:00:12

2019

2019-09-20 · Why Does Australia... (this video is bad, I'm sorry) — Hank films from Melbourne, Australia, first saying it is Tuesday and then correcting himself: it is Friday. — 00:00:00
2019-09-20 · Why Does Australia... (this video is bad, I'm sorry) — The description says Hank is in Australia about to go to sleep and hopes this dumb video isn't terrible. — video description
2019-09-20 · Why Does Australia... (this video is bad, I'm sorry) — Hank modifies the bit: he types 'why is Australia' into Twitter search and answers what comes up. (playful) — 00:00:45
2019-09-20 · Why Does Australia... (this video is bad, I'm sorry) — Hank: A tweet asks why Australia is performing, which Hank believes is about Eurovision; he wonders when Australia joined Europe and quips that Europe is just an idea. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:55
2019-09-20 · Why Does Australia... (this video is bad, I'm sorry) — Hank explains continents are less dense rock floating on the Earth's jelly-like interior; their movement is fairly random but extensively modelled. — 00:01:22
2019-09-20 · Why Does Australia... (this video is bad, I'm sorry) — Hank: Answering Gabby's tweet about slow Australian movie releases, Hank calls it ludicrous that in a global world content is still released by continent. — 00:01:55
2019-09-20 · Why Does Australia... (this video is bad, I'm sorry) — Hank: Answering Sigrid's question about Australia's obsession with fairies, Hank lists fairy floss, fairy bread, fairy penguins, fairy lights, and 'the fairies', which he assumes are boats. (playful) — 00:02:15
2019-09-20 · Why Does Australia... (this video is bad, I'm sorry) — Hank discovers The Fairies, an Australian children's franchise, and mocks its YouTube description calling it both international and unique. (playful) — 00:02:58
2019-09-27 · Crisis — Hank is very tired and 'Australia hungover': he jokes about too many VBs, then says he just didn't sleep enough. (playful) — 00:01:50
2019-10-08 · Looking for Alaska (...with Alaska) — announcement: The description lists further outlets: HBO in Central Europe, the Nordics and Spain, BBC3 in the UK and Stan in Australia (October 19th). — video description
2019-10-08 · Looking for Alaska (...with Alaska) — announcement: John: The series also comes out on BBC3 in the UK and in Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and many other places; more info in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:29
2019-10-11 · Your Life Will be Better After you Know About Frogmouths — recommendation: The description thanks Birdlife Australia for footage and recommends its work making Australia good for native birds. — video description
2019-10-11 · Your Life Will be Better After you Know About Frogmouths — Hank says Australia's tawny frogmouth has two further defences: pecking at the enemy and spraying poop all over it. — 00:02:20
2019-11-05 · Letting It Snow with Kiernan Shipka, Shameik Moore, Anna Akana, and Blogbrother John Green — a guest: Asked for a favourite gas station snack, a cast member jokes Australia has no gas stations, then names honey soy chicken chips. (playful) — 00:02:53
2019-11-19 · Kylie Jenner Shows Me What's Wrong with Reddit — John says the Gold Coast Bulletin published a story claiming a small Australian Rise and Shine t-shirt company got a cease and desist letter from Jenner. — 00:01:44

2020

2020-04-17 · The Rarest Fish in the World is an Anglerfish! — Hank says handfish, a kind of anglerfish, live in only one place in the world, southeastern Australia, and are not doing great. — 00:01:02
2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules — Hank describes Takapourewa, or Stephens Island, at the tip of islands off the north coast of New Zealand's South Island: isolated from the isolated, an ecological experiment Earth accidentally designed. — 00:00:00

2021

2021-11-12 · Everything a Normal Person Needs to Know About Helium — Hank says helium drilling found a reserve in Tanzania big enough to fill 1.5 million MRI machines, with more resources found in Canada and Australia. — 00:02:55

2022

2022-11-18 · How Much Does Humanity Weigh? — Hank says the extinction is much debated, but humans definitely contributed: it coincided closely with humans' arrival in North and South America and, separately, Australia. — 00:02:06

2024

2024-07-26 · Hank Green's Top 7 Best Coconut Tree Facts!! — Hank says it is not certain where coconuts evolved, but before people moved them (for fresh water on voyages, and taste) they were probably confined to Southeast Asia and Indonesia, maybe Australia and southern India. (hedged) — 00:02:05
2024-11-13 · Some New Things… — announcement: Hank says Good Store's tea and coffee only ship to the US, Canada and Europe; they might start shipping tea overseas, since tea keeps its quality far longer than coffee. (hedged) — 00:14:21

2025

2025-09-12 · This Might Actually be Happening — Hank says evidence of Earth's earliest life rests on isotopic fractionation in 3.5-billion-year-old rocks in Australia and South Africa, the oldest rocks, since Earth constantly recycles rock. — 00:10:42
2025-11-04 · The Real Question — John says we know exactly how to drive down TB rates and have done it all over the world, from Chile to Japan to Australia to the United States; the world lacks sufficient money to do it globally. — 00:00:58

2026

2026-06-09 · Your 1-Sentence Guide to EVERY TEAM in the 2026 World Cup — John: Australia's nickname, the Socceroos, is one of the best in the game. — 00:02:26
2026-06-09 · Your 1-Sentence Guide to EVERY TEAM in the 2026 World Cup — John: Australia aren't expected to win a game, but John thinks they will win one, possibly against the US, and make the knockout rounds. — 00:02:26
2026-06-09 · Your 1-Sentence Guide to EVERY TEAM in the 2026 World Cup — John: Paraguay are defensive-minded and tactically smart, but John is unsure where their goals will come from, as for the US, Australia and Turkey in their group. — 00:03:24
2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion — John says the US men's team has beaten Paraguay and Australia at the World Cup. — 00:00:51
2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion — John: Asked whether the US is good at soccer now, John says he has no idea how good Paraguay and Australia are. (unsure) — 00:02:23

Also named in: 2026 P4A Changes! (Plus...GAMES!)

Also named in other years (nothing said): THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. (2012-12-17)