Five Power Defence Arrangements

The Five Power Defence Arrangements ( FPDA ) are a series of defence relationships established by a series of bilateral agreements between ...

Australia–Chile Free Trade Agreement

The Australiaâ€"Chile Free Trade Agreement is a trade agreement between the countries of Chile and Australia. It was signed on July 30...

South Korea

South Korea (  listen ), officially the Republic of Korea (Hangul: 대한민국 ; Hanja: 大éŸ"æ°'國 ; Daehan Minguk  listen ...

Closer Economic Relations

Closer Economic Relations ( CER ) is a free trade agreement between the governments of New Zealand and Australia. It is also known as the A...

Cairns Group

The Cairns Group ( Cairns Group of Fair Trading Nations ) is an interest group of 20 agricultural exporting countries, composed of Argentin...

Shoalwater Bay

Shoalwater Bay is a large bay on the Capricorn Coast of Central Queensland, Australia 100 km north of the coastal town of Yeppoon and 628Â...

United States Armed Forces

The United States Armed Forces are the federal military forces of the United States. They consist of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Forc...

Australian Army

The Australian Army is Australia's military land force. It is part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australia...

Sixth East Asia Summit

The Sixth East Asia Summit was held in Bali, Indonesia on November 18â€"19, 2011. The East Asia Summit is a nominally annual meeting o...

Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia

The Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia is a peace treaty among Southeast Asian countries established by the founding members...

East Asia Summit

The East Asia Summit (EAS) is a forum held annually by leaders of, initially, 16 countries in the East Asian region. Membership expanded to...

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN / ˈ É'ː s i . É'ː n / AH -see-ahn , / ˈ É'ː z an> i . É'ː n /...

Australian Defence Force

The Australian Defence Force ( ADF ) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Australia. It consists of the Royal Austra...

Foreign relations of Australia

The foreign relations of Australia are influenced by its position as a leading trading nation and as a significant donor of humanitarian ai...

Lord Howe Island

Lord Howe Island ( / ˈ h aÊŠ / , local / ˈ h æ É"ː / ; formerly Lord Howe's Island ) is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcan...

Macquarie Island

Macquarie Island lies in the southwest Pacific Ocean, about half-way between New Zealand and Antarctica, at 54° 30' S, 158° 57...

Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island ( / ˈ n É"r f É™ k ˈ aɪ l É™n d / ; Norfuk: Norf'k Ailen ) is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located betwe...

Jervis Bay Territory

The Jervis Bay Territory ( / ˈ dÊ' É'r v ɨ s / or local / ˈ dÊ' Éœr v É™ s "Representation in the International Phone...

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (abbreviated as HIMI ) are an Australian external territory and volcanic group of barren...

Coral Sea Islands

The Coral Sea Islands Territory includes a group of small and mostly uninhabited tropical islands and reefs in the Coral Sea, northeast of ...

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

The Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands , also called Cocos Islands / ˈ k oʊ k ə s / and Keeling Islands , is a territory of Austr...

Christmas Island

The Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean, composed solely of that island. It has a population of...

Australian Antarctic Territory

The Australian Antarctic Territory ( AAT ) is a part of Antarctica. It was claimed by the United Kingdom and placed under the authority of ...

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

The Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands is an uninhabited external territory of Australia consisting of four low-lying tropical island...

Administrator of the Northern Territory

The Administrator of the Northern Territory is an official appointed by the Governor-General of Australia to represent the government of th...

Chief Minister

A Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national (e.g. constituent federal) entity, notably a state (and sometimes a un...

Premiers of the Australian states

The Premiers of the Australian states are the de facto heads of the executive governments in the six states of the Commonwealth of Australi...

Head of government

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Legislative council

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House of Assembly

House of Assembly is a name given to the legislature or lower house of a bicameral parliament. In some countries this may be at a subnation...

Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly is the name given in some countries to either a legislature, or to one of its branch. The name is used by a number of ...

Unicameralism

In government, unicameralism (Latin uni , one + camera , chamber) is the practice of having one legislative or parliamentary chamber. Thus,...

Parliaments of the Australian states and territories

The parliaments of the Australian states and territories are legislative bodies within the federal framework of the Commonwealth of Austral...

Mainland

Mainland is a name given to a large landmass in a region (as contrasted with a nearby island or islands), or to the largest of a group of i...

Federated state

A federated state (which may be referred to as a state, a province , a canton , a Land , etc.) is a territorial and constitutional communi...

Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for ...

Timor Sea

The Timor Sea (Indonesian: Laut Timor ; Portuguese: Mar de Timor ) is a relatively shallow sea bounded to the north by the island of Timor,...

Arafura Sea

The Arafura Sea lies west of the Pacific Ocean overlying the continental shelf between Australia and Indonesian New Guinea. Geography ...

Gulf of Carpentaria

The Gulf of Carpentaria ( 14°S 139°E ) is a large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by...

Coral Sea

The Coral Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregio...

Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surf...

Tasman Sea

The Tasman Sea (Māori: Te Tai-o-Rehua .) is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and New Zealand. It meas...

Great Australian Bight

The Great Australian Bight is a large oceanic bight, or open bay, off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainlan...

Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld ) is the second-largest and third-most-populous state in Australia. Situated in the north-east of the countr...

Australian Capital Territory

Australian Capital Territory ( ACT ) (formerly, "The Territory for the Seat of Government" and, later, the "Federal Capital ...

Hobart

Hobart ( UK: / ˈ h oÊŠ b É'r t / ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804...

Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin / ˈ d É'r w ɨ n / is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin is the largest ...

Brisbane

Brisbane / ˈ b r ɪ z b ən / is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous ci...

Melbourne

Melbourne ( / ˈ m ɛ l b ər n / ; locally: [ˈmɛ̝ɫbən] ) is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the sec...

Adelaide

Adelaide ( / ˈ æ d ə l eɪ d / AD -ə-layd ) is the capital city of the state of South Australia, in Australia and the fifth-largest ci...