Protection & Enforcement of IPRs in Australia
Commonwealth of Australia | |
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| Anthem: Advance Australia Fair[N 1] | |
.svg) Commonwealth of Australia, including the Australian territorial claim in the Antarctic | |
| Capital | Canberra 35°18′29″S 149°07′28″E / 35.30806°S 149.12444°E |
| Largest city | Sydney |
| Official languages | None at the federal level |
| National language | English[N 2] |
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| Government | Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Charles III |
| David Hurley | |
| Anthony Albanese | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Senate | |
| House of Representatives | |
| Independence from the United Kingdom | |
| 1 January 1901 | |
| 9 October 1942 (with effect from 3 September 1939) | |
| 3 March 1986 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,692,024 km2 (2,969,907 sq mi) (6th) |
• Water (%) | 1.79 (2015)[6] |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate |  25,974,600[7] (53rd) |
• 2021 census | 25,890,773[8] |
• Density | 3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi) (192nd) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2022 estimate |
• Total | $1.605 trillion[9] (18th) |
• Per capita | $61,941[9] (19th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2022 estimate |
• Total | $1.748 trillion[9] (13th) |
• Per capita | $67,464[9] (11th) |
| Gini (2018) |  32.5[10]medium · 16th |
| HDI (2021) | 0.951[11] very high · 5th |
| Currency | Australian dollar ($) (AUD) |
| Time zone | UTC+8; +9.5; +10 (Various[N 3]) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+8; +9.5; +10; +10.5; +11 (Various[N 3]) |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy yyyy-mm-dd[12] |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +61 |
| ISO 3166 code | AU |
| Internet TLD | .au |
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of 7,617,930 square kilometres (2,941,300 sq mi), Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the centre, tropical rainforests in the north-east, and mountain ranges in the south-east.