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Oceania > Australia > Government

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Administrative divisions
6 states and 2 territories*; Australian Capital Territory*, New South Wales, Northern Territory*, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Ambassadors from Finland > Current Finnish Ambassadors > Ambassador Glen Lindholm
Ambassadors from Israel > Current Israeli Ambassadors > Israeli Ambassador Naftali Tamir
ambassadors to the United States > Ambassador
Dennis Richardson
Capital city
Canberra
Capital city > Daylight saving time
+1hr, begins last Sunday in October; ends last Sunday in March
Capital city > Geographic coordinates 35 17 S, 149 08 E
Capital city > Name Canberra
Capital city > Note
Australia is divided into three time zones
Capital city > Time difference
UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Commonwealth Heads of Government > Current Heads > Head of Government John Howard
Commonwealth Heads of Government > Current Heads > Title Prime Minister
Constitution
9 July 1900, effective 1 January 1901
Constitutional monarchy > current constitutional monarchies > Last constitution established 1901
Constitutional monarchy > current constitutional monarchies > Monarch selected by
Hereditary succession directed by constitution
Constitutional monarchy > current constitutional monarchies > Type of monarchy Kingdom
Copyright > Reference s. 33,
Corruption 8.8 [9th of 160]
countries' copyright length > Usual term of copyright protection
70 pma;
50 pma (death before 1955)
photographs 50 pd
Diplomatic representation from the US > Chief of mission
Ambassador Robert D. McCALLUM, Jr.

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: List of Ambassadors from Finland ; Wikipedia: Ambassadors from Israel ; Wikipedia: List of ambassadors to the United States ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Wikipedia: Commonwealth Heads of Government ; Wikipedia: Constitutional monarchy ; Wikipedia: List of countries' copyright length ; Transparency International

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Australia, Commonwealth of Australia

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