The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. This week’s issue is written by Livia Albeck-Ripka, a reporter with the bureau.

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It was less than a week ago that Scott Morrison’s victory shocked many Australians, leaving the country scrambling for explanations and asking: Are Australian cities out of touch with their rural counterparts? What happened to the so-called climate change election? Is our democracy becoming more populist?

Since then, the surprise win has dominated the news. But unsurprisingly, other things also happened — things that may save us yet from election news fatigue.

Like the very important news that, after a long battle with Melbourne and Brisbane, Sydney has finally secured the Australian premiere of “Hamilton” — the hip-hop musical about the rise and fall of one of America’s founding fathers, for which tickets in New York City can cost hundreds of dollars.