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Australian Communications Authority
The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) was Australia's telecommunications and spectrum regulator from 1997 to 2005, when it merged with the Australian Broadcasting Authority to form ACMA.
Australian Convict Sites
Australian Convict Sites is a serial World Heritage property of eleven penal sites across Australia, inscribed in 2010 as the outstanding surviving example of British convict transportation.
Australian cricket team in India in 2000–01
Australia in India 2000-01: Steve Waugh's tour, Feb-Apr 2001, three Tests and five ODIs. Australia led 1-0 after Mumbai but lost the Border-Gavaskar series 2-1 to India via Kolkata and Chennai; Harbhajan Singh took 32 wickets; Australia won the ODI series 3-2.
Australian cricket team in India in 2009–10
Australia in India 2009-10: seven-ODI tour, 25 Oct-11 Nov 2009, Australia won 4-2 under Ricky Ponting; Dhoni's 124 at Nagpur and Tendulkar's 175 at Hyderabad were the standout innings.
Australian cricket team in India in 2019–20
Australian cricket team in India in 2019-20: three-ODI tour, 14-19 January 2020, at Mumbai, Rajkot, and Bengaluru. Australia won the first ODI by 10 wickets behind Finch and Warner centuries; India took the series 2-1.
Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2026–27
Australia men's cricket tour of South Africa 2026-27: three ODIs (24-30 Sep) and three Tests (9-31 Oct) at Durban, Johannesburg, Potchefstroom, Gqeberha and Cape Town; first Test tour there since 2018, WTC 2025-27 rematch.
Australian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2026
Australia's 2026 tour of Zimbabwe: a three-ODI series at Harare Sports Club, September 15-20, 2026, won 3-0 by Australia, its first ODI visit to Zimbabwe in over a decade.
Australian cuisine
Australian cuisine: the fusion food culture of Australia, blending native bush ingredients (lemon myrtle, wattleseed, macadamia) with British, European, and Asian influences; known for meat pies (270 million a year), lamingtons, barbecues, and café coffee culture, without a single unified national cuisine.
Australian Curriculum
The Australian Curriculum is Australia's national F-10 school curriculum developed by ACARA, with eight learning areas, seven general capabilities, and three cross-curriculum priorities; Version 9.0 was endorsed 1 April 2022.
Australian Defence Force
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is Australia's military, comprising the Navy, Army, and Air Force under the Chief of the Defence Force. Over 61,000 full-time personnel; transforming to an integrated, focused force under the 2024 National Defence Strategy.
Australian Defence Force ranks
Australian Defence Force ranks: the officer and other-rank structures of the RAN, Army, and RAAF, set out in Defence Act 1903 Schedule 1, with O-1 to O-10 equivalency codes and E10 warrant officers.
Australian Democrats
The Australian Democrats, also known as the Australian Democrats Party, is a centrist party founded in 1977 by Don Chipp that lost federal parliamentary representation in 2008.
Australian Department
The Australian Department is one of nine phytogeographic sections of the Batumi Botanical Garden in Georgia, growing Australian plants like eucalypts, acacias, and bottle trees.
Australian dollar
The Australian dollar, also known as the Aussie dollar, is the decimal currency of Australia, issued by the Reserve Bank of Australia since 1960 and decimalised in 1966.
Australian Energy Market Operator
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) is Australia's independent operator of the National Electricity Market and gas markets, established in 2009 and operating Western Australia's system since 2015.
Australian Energy Regulator
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) regulates Australia's electricity and gas networks and monitors wholesale and retail markets nationwide except Western Australia, having begun operations in 2005.
Australian English
Australian English is the national variety of English spoken by people born and raised in Australia, originating in the late 18th-century convict settlement, with Broad, General, and Cultivated accent types and vocabulary from British dialects and Aboriginal languages.
Australian family law
Australian family law, governed by the Family Law Act 1975, covers no-fault divorce, children's best interests, property settlement, and child support, with major reforms commencing May 2024 and June 2025.
Australian Federal Police
Australian Federal Police (AFP): Australia's national policing agency, created by the AFP Act 1979 from the Commonwealth Police and ACT Police; enforces Commonwealth law, polices the ACT, and is overseen by the Ombudsman and NACC.
Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Employees
The Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Employees (AFULE) is an Australian trade union representing traincrew in Queensland, tracing its origins to an 1861 drivers' association.
Australian feminist writing
Australian feminist writing is the body of literature, criticism, and publishing by and about Australian women under feminism's influence, with its formative era in the 1970s and 1980s.
Australian feral camel
Australian feral camel: wild dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) in arid Australia, introduced from 1840, released after camel trains ended; over 3.3 million km² range, culled under the National Feral Camel Action Plan.
Australian Figure Skating Championships
Australian Figure Skating Championships (AFSC), Australia's national figure skating titles run by Ice Skating Australia; singles, pairs, ice dance, solo dance, and synchro from Basic Novice to Senior; AFSC 2026 in Perth, separate Adult championships since 2026.
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) is the Australian Government statutory agency managing Commonwealth commercial fisheries from three nautical miles offshore to the Australian Fishing Zone, operating since 1992.
Australian flag debate
Australian flag debate: ongoing dispute over replacing the Australian National Flag, chosen in 1901 and confirmed by the Flags Act 1953, with a design omitting the Union Jack; polling shows majority retention.
Australian Football League
Australian Football League (AFL), formerly the Victorian Football League (VFL, 1897-1990): Australia's national governing body for Australian football and its 18-club top-tier competition, run by an independent Commission since 1984.
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte): serial UNESCO World Heritage property, inscribed 1994, pairing Riversleigh, Queensland (Oligocene-Miocene mammals) with Naracoorte, South Australia (Pleistocene megafauna), over 2,000 km apart.
Australian frontier wars
The Australian frontier wars: violent conflicts between Indigenous Australians and British settlers, soldiers, and colonial police from 1788 to the 1930s, with at least 20,000 Indigenous deaths and ongoing commemoration debates.
Australian funnel-web spider
Australian funnel-web spiders (Atracidae; Atrax, Hadronyche, Illawarra), 38 species in eastern Australia, 1–5 cm, burrow-building; include the Sydney funnel-web Atrax robustus, whose male venom (robustoxin) is deadly to humans; antivenom since 1981.
Australian general purpose frigate program
The Australian general purpose frigate program (SEA 3000) is a Royal Australian Navy acquisition of eleven Upgraded Mogami-class frigates from Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to replace the Anzac class.