Bill Bryson (admittedly many years ago) once discussed our uselessness at reporting what's going on in other countries by comparing how often a given newspaper had headline about them and other things. I believe at that point we were broadly as interested in Aussie current affairs as we were in bananas.
Probably a bit better now with all the internet and 24 hour news and whatnot to fill.
There's only so many ways to write "Boris Johnson is a fucking cunt" after all.