The Australian Government

Australia

Official language: English

Notice: Regional and municipal governments of this country are not covered by this database.

General Resources:

Australian Commonwealth Government Entry Point

Federal Institutions:

Governor General of Australia
Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia
- House of Representatives
- Senate
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
- Prime Minister
- Office of the Status of Women (OSW)
- Merit Protection and Review Agency (MPRA)
- Public Service and Merit Protection Commission (PSMPC)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC)
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
- Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation
- Coordination Committee on Science and Technology (CCST)
- Inspector General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS)
- Commonwealth Ombudsman
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE)
- Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS)
- Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS)
- National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (NRA)
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
- Office of the Australian Chief Veterinary Officer
Attorney-General's Department
- Australian Federal Police (AFP)
- Australian Protective Service (APS)
- Australian Customs Service (ACS)
- Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia (ITSA)
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)
- Office of Film & Literature Classification (OFLC)
- Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC)
- Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)
- Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC)
- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
- Privacy Commissioner
- Copyright Law Review Committee
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA)
- Australian Communications Authority (ACA)
- Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA)
- National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE)
- Australian Film Commission (AFC)
- Australia Council
- Online Council (OC)
- National Archives of Australia
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
- Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)
Department of Defence (DOD)
- Australian Army
- Royal Australian Air Force
- Royal Australian Navy
- Emergency Management Australia (EMA)
- Defence Signals Directorate (DSD)
- Defence Intelligence Organisation (DIO)
- Defence Acquisition Organisation (DAO)
- Defence Estate Organisation (DEO)
- Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO)
- Defence Community Organisation (DCO)
- Defence Housing Authority (DHA)
Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA)
- National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR)
- Australian National Training Authority (ANTA)
- Australian Research Council (ARC)
- National Board for Employment, Education and Training (NBEET)
Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business (DEWRSB)
- Office of the Employment Advocate (OEA)
- National Occupational Health & Safety Commission (NOHSC)
- Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC)
Department of the Environment and Heritage
- Bureau of Meteorology
- Australian Antarctic Division
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA)
- Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO)
- Australian Heritage Commission (AHC)
- National Environment Protection Council (NEPC)
Department of Family and Community Services (DFCS)
- Centrelink
- Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service (CRS)
- Child Support Agency (CSA)
- Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)
Department of Finance and Administration (DoFA)
- Office of Asset Sales and Information Technology Outsourcing (OASITO)
- Office of Government Information and Advertising (OGIA)
- Office for Government Online (OGO)
- Australian National Audit Office (ANAO)
- Australian Valuation Office (AVO)
- Australian Government Publishing Service (AGPS)
- National Procurement Board (NPB)
- Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
- Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
- Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
Department of Health and Aged Care (DHAC)
- Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
- Office of Hearing Services (OHS)
- Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services (OATSIHS)
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
- Health Insurance Commission (HIC)
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
- Medicare Services Advisory Committee (MSAC)
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA)
- Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA)
- National Multicultural Advisory Council (NMAC)
Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR)
- Ionospheric Prediction Service (IPS)
- Australian Sports Drug Agency (ASDA)
- Australian Surveying and Land Information Group (AUSLIG)
- Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
- Intellectual Property (IP) Australia
- Invest Australia
- Bureau of Tourism Research (BTR)
- Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
- National Standards Commission (NSC)
- Australian Tourist Commission (ATC) <additional site
- Australian Sports Commission
- Australian Science, Technology and Engineering Council (ASTEC)
- AusIndustry
- Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC)
Department of Transport and Regional Services (DoTRS)
- Bureau of Transport Economics (BTE)
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)
- National Office of Local Government (NOLG)
- National Capital Authority
- Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA)
- National Road Transport Commission (NRTC)
- International Air Services Commission (IASC)
- National Marine Safety Committee (NMSC)
Department of the Treasury
- Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
- Productivity Commission (PC)
  - Commonwealth Competitive Neutrality Complaints Office (CCNCO)
  - Office of Regulation Review (ORR)
- National Competition Council (NCC)
- Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
- Royal Australian Mint
Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA)
Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)
Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT)
National Native Title Tribunal
Migration Review Tribunal (MRT)
Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT)
High Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Family Court of Australia

State Institutions:

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Representations in Foreign Countries:

Political Parties:

Additional Information:

General Information:

The World Factbook (by the CIA)
Atlapedia Online (by Latimer Clarke Corporation)
Information Please: Countries of the World (by Information Please LLC)

Political Information:

The Political Reference Almanac (by Keynote Publishing Co.)
Elections around the World (by Wilfried Derksen)
Political Resources on the Net (by Roberto Cicciomessere)
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members (by the CIA)
Political Leaders (by Roberto Ortíz de Zárate)

Information from Encyclopedias:

Encyclopædia Britannica (by Britannica.com Inc.)
Compton's Encyclopedia Online (by The Learning Company, Inc.)
Funk & Wagnalls Multimedia Encyclopedia (by Versaware Technologies Inc.)
Hutchinson Encyclopedia (by Helicon Publishing Ltd.)

Touristic Information:

World Travel Guide (by Columbus Press Ltd.)
Lonely Planet Destinations (by Lonely Planet Publications)
Atevo Travel Destinations (by Atevo, Inc.)

Information on Human Rights:

Amnesty International Publications (by Amnesty International)
Freedom in the World (by Freedom House)

Other Information:

Ethnologue: Languages of the World (by Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.)
Flags Of The World (by Giuseppe Bottasini, Rob Raeside, Mark Sensen and others)
World Flag Database (by Graham Bartram)