Australia’s future to 2066 Treasury acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community.
Placing the Pacific at the centre of Australia’s foreign policy, the Pacific Step-up is lifting Australia’s engagement in, and partnership with, our region to help grow economies, build resilience and enhance regional stability.
Today, Australia is one of the globe’s most multicultural countries with world-class cuisine and a dynamic creative sector that reflects its varied origins. Australians’ passion for sport and for the vast outdoors are now matched by excellence in research, design, innovation and science.
The Embassy of Australia in Washington, D.C. published this book in response to the thousands of letters received from American school children asking about Australia. It is aimed at middle schoolers, but children from a wider age range will find it fun to read and look at the illustrations.
A Press Release summarizing the views of the Executive Board as expressed during its February 9, 2026 consideration of the staff report that concluded the Article IV consultation with Australia.
We’ve chosen 50 different indicators to help us better understand how we are faring as we pursue a more healthy, secure, sustainable, cohesive and prosperous Australia. These measures are in addition to, not instead of, all the other traditional ways we measure our economy, like GDP and employment.
Australia has the second-largest bauxite reserve in the world at 3.9 billion tons in 2024. The country has six bauxite mines, and in 2021, the Weipa Mine and Huntly Mine were the two highest producing bauxite mines in the world.