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Australia Day
Australia Day, 26 January, is Australia's national public holiday marking the 1788 raising of the Union Jack at Sydney Cove; also called Invasion Day or Survival Day by First Nations people, and the subject of a long-running change-the-date debate.
Australia First Party
Australia First Party (AFP), founded 1996, attributed to Graeme Campbell; Australian nationalist minor party with eight core policies; led later by Jim Saleam; federally deregistered 2022, NSW local-government registration only as of 2024.
Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Australia in Eurovision: the country has competed in the Eurovision Song Contest since 2015 via SBS, with Dami Im's 2nd place in 2016 its best result.
Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026
Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 featured Delta Goodrem performing "Eclipse" in Vienna. She placed fourth in the Grand Final, marking its best result since 2016.
Australia men's national basketball team
Australia men's national basketball team, the Boomers, governed by Basketball Australia; debuted at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, won FIBA Oceania 19 times, took bronze at Tokyo 2020, and won the FIBA Asia Cup in 2017, 2022, and 2025.
Australia men's national soccer team
Socceroos, Australia's men's national soccer team under Football Australia in the AFC. Seven World Cups; best finish Round of 16 (2006, 2022); 2026 Group D second place, Round of 32 exit to Egypt on penalties; coach Tony Popovic.
Australia national cricket team
Australia national cricket team, the men's side run by Cricket Australia; played the first Test in 1877, contests the Ashes, and is the only team to win the World Cup, Champions Trophy, T20 World Cup, and World Test Championship.
Australia national netball team
Australian Diamonds (Origin Australian Diamonds), Australia's national netball team under Netball Australia. World number one; four Commonwealth Games golds (1998, 2002, 2014, 2022), first bronze at Glasgow 2026; coach Stacey Marinkovich, captain Liz Watson.
Australia national rugby league team
Australia national rugby league team, the Kangaroos, Australia's men's international rugby league side run by the ARLC/NRL since 1908; multiple World Cup winners, record 104 wins over New Zealand, 2026 World Cup host and defending champion.
Australia national rugby union team
Australia national rugby union team, the Wallabies, Australia's men's Test rugby side since 1899. Two-time Rugby World Cup champions (1991, 1999), first pool-stage exit in 2023, coached by Les Kiss, ranked 6th, hosting RWC 2027.
Australia Pacific LNG Terminal
The Australia Pacific LNG terminal is a two-train LNG export facility on Curtis Island near Gladstone, Queensland, exporting coal seam gas to Asia since January 2016.
Australia Post
Australia Post, formally the Australian Postal Corporation, is the Australian Government-owned postal service, created on 1 July 1975 when the Postmaster-General's Department split into separate postal and telecommunications bodies.
Australia v England ODI (5 January 1971)
The Australia v England ODI of 5 January 1971 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was the first One Day International, won by Australia by 5 wickets.
Australia women's national cricket team
Australia women's national cricket team, the Southern Stars, Australia's Test, ODI and T20I side. Seven Women's T20 World Cup titles in ten editions, 14 women's World Cups overall, 2026 champions at Lord's, and top of the ICC ODI and T20I rankings.
Australia women's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team, the Matildas (CommBank Matildas), Football Australia's senior women's football team; 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup champions, 2023 home World Cup semifinalists, nine straight World Cup qualifications, all-time FIFA ranking of fourth.
Australia Zoo
Australia Zoo, at Beerwah on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, is the Irwin family wildlife park, founded as the 1970 Beerwah Reptile Park and renamed Australia Zoo in 1998 during The Crocodile Hunter era.
Australia–China relations
Australia–China relations: diplomatic ties established 21 December 1972 under Whitlam via Paris communiqué; China is Australia's largest trading partner ($326B two-way trade in 2025, ChAFTA 2015), marked by the 2020–2022 trade-rupture crisis and recovery under Albanese.
Australia–India cricket rivalry
Australia–India cricket rivalry: men's cricket contest across Tests, ODIs and T20Is, played in Tests for the Border–Gavaskar Trophy (since 1996-97). Australia lead overall Tests 48-33 and ODIs 86-59; India lead T20Is 22-12 and Tests since 2001.
Australia–Indonesia border
The Australia–Indonesia border is the world's longest maritime boundary, set by 1971 and 1972 seabed treaties on natural prolongation, leaving the Timor Gap, covered by the 1989 Timor Gap Treaty and the unratified 1997 Perth Treaty.
Australia–New Zealand relations
Australia–New Zealand relations: trans-Tasman alliance under ANZUS, ANZCERTA free trade, Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement, Pacific Step-up and Pacific Reset, and Closer Defence Relations to 2035.
Australia–Papua New Guinea relations
Australia–Papua New Guinea relations cover colonial administration to 1975 independence, the 2023 Bilateral Security Agreement, and the 2025 Pukpuk Mutual Defence Treaty alliance, plus Australia's role as PNG's largest development partner with $707 million in ODA.
Australia–Solomon Islands Maritime Boundary Agreement
Australia–Solomon Islands Maritime Boundary Agreement (Honiara, 13 September 1988; [1989] ATS 12; entry into force 14 April 1989). Coral Sea treaty delimiting the Australian Fishing Zone and Solomon Islands EEZ and continental shelf along geodesics through points U, V, and R1, with cross-boundary resource sharing and peaceful dispute settlement clauses.
Australia–Timor-Leste spying scandal
The Australia–Timor-Leste spying scandal: alleged 2004 ASIS bugging of Timorese treaty negotiators in Dili, exposed by Witness K and lawyer Bernard Collaery, leading to 2013 ASIO raids, an ICJ case, prosecutions dropped in 2022, and the 2018 maritime treaty.
Australia–United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement
The Australia–United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement is a bilateral trade agreement signed in December 2021 and in force since 31 May 2023, eliminating most tariffs.
Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement
The Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) is a trade treaty signed in 2004 and in force since 2005, which eliminated most tariffs between the two countries.
Australia's Got Talent
Australia's Got Talent is the Australian version of the Got Talent franchise, premiering 18 February 2007 on the Seven Network; ten seasons through 2022, a $250,000 AUD prize, hosts including Grant Denyer and Ricki-Lee Coulter.
Australia's Next Top Model
Australia's Next Top Model was the Australian adaptation of America's Next Top Model, broadcast on FOX8 from 2005 to 2016 across ten cycles and 107 episodes; hosts included Jodhi Meares, Sarah Murdoch, and Jennifer Hawkins, with its cycle 6 live-finale winner announcement error as a defining moment.
Australia's Voice
Australia's Voice is an Australian political party founded by Senator Fatima Payman, launched October 2024 after she quit Labor over Gaza, registered with the AEC on 17 December 2024, and holding one Senate seat after the 2025 election.
Australian Aboriginal avoidance practices
Australian Aboriginal avoidance practices are customary rules restricting interaction between certain kin, strictest between a man and his mother-in-law, using special speech registers, sign language, and bodily distancing.
Australian Aboriginal culture
Australian Aboriginal culture: the languages, Dreaming law, Country, kinship, songlines and art of Australia's Aboriginal peoples, occupying the continent for at least 65,000 years, comprising over 500 nations, distinct from Torres Strait Islander cultures, and maintained today through revitalisation and contemporary art.