Information for U.S. Media

Sections on this page

• Biographical information for key officials
• U.S. Government Websites
• Australian Government Websites
• Event venues and tourism info
• Miscellaneous links

Fast facts

• Current local time in Canberra, ACT
• Current local time in Darwin, NT
• Current local time in Washington DC, USA

Biographical info for key officials

Australia

• Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard
• Prime Minister Julia Gillard [biography]
• Hon Julia Gillard (Member for Lalor, VIC)
• Second Gillard Ministry


• Deputy Prime Minister & Treasurer Wayne Swan
• Deputy PM & Treasurer Wayne Swan [biography]
• Hon Wayne Swan MP (Member for Lilley, QLD)


• Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Kevin Rudd MP
• Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Kevin Rudd [biography]
• Hon Kevin Rudd MP (Member for Griffith, QLD)


• Australian Minister for Defence Stephen Smith MP
• Australian Minister for Defence Stephen Smith [biography]
• Hon Stephen Smith MP (Member for Perth, WA)


• Leader of the Opposition Tony Abbott
• Hon Tony Abbott (Member for Warringah, NSW)
• Coalition Shadow Ministry

United States of America

• U.S. Ambassador to Australia Jeffrey L. Bleich
• United States-Australia relations
• AUSMIN: Australian-US Ministerial Meetings [history]


• Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
• Assistant Secretary of State for EAP Affairs Kurt M. Campbell
• Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta
• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin E. Dempsey
• Commander, US Pacific Fleet, Admiral Patrick M. Walsh

U.S. Government Websites

General information about Australia from the U.S. government

• Australia: A guide to the United States' history of recognition, diplomatic, and consular relations
• Australia: background & U.S. relations
• Australia
• Australia [links to info]
• Australia: background note
• Australia: CIA world factbook
• Australia: country specific information
• Australia: energy analysis brief
• Health information for travelers to Australia
• Presidential visits to Australia
• Secretary of State visits to Australia
• Chiefs of Mission in Australia 1940-

Defense

• Strategic defense reviews
• Dept. of Defense
• Proliferation Security Initiative

Economics & trade

• Australia: free trade agreement
• Final text of the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement
• Trade in goods (imports, exports & trade balance) with Australia
• National Export Initiative [Export.gov]
• National Export Initiative [International Trade Administration]
• National Export Initiative [White House]
• Trans-Pacific Partnership

Environment & climate change

• Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development & Climate [international partners]
• U.S.-Australia Climate Action Partnership

Australian Government Websites

General information about Australia

• Access to Australian government info & services
• Australia's system of government
• Fact sheets on the Australian government
• Parliament of Australia: an overview


• Dept. of Foreign Affairs & Trade
• Dept. of the Prime Minister & Cabinet
• Documents on Australian foreign policy [DFAT]
• Embassy of Australia in Washington, D.C.
• Prime Minister of Australia
• Past Prime Ministers of Australia


• United States of America-born community in Australia

Defense

• Australian Defence Force Posture Review
• Dept. of Defence
• Proliferation Security Initiative

Economics & trade

• Australia - United States Free Trade Agreement
• Dept. of Foreign Affairs & Trade
• Trans-Pacific Partnership
• International trade in goods & services [ABS 5368.0]

Environment & climate change

• Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development & Climate [REH]
• Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development & Climate [APH]

General information about the USA from the Australian government

• Australia - United States relations [DFAT]
• Country brief: United States of America [DFAT]
• Australia - US relationship
• Travel information about the United States

Event venues and tourism info

Event venues - Canberra

• Parliament House
• Australian War Memorial
• The Lodge [Archived GOA website]

Event venues - Darwin

• RAAF Base
• Darwin Bombing Memorial - USS Peary

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

• ACT government
• Katy Gallagher, Chief Minister
• Canberra tourist info
• History of Canberra

Darwin, Northern Territory

• Darwin City Council
• Graeme Sawyer, Lord Mayor of Darwin
• Darwin tourist info
• History of Darwin
• Northern Territory economic briefs


• Proposed WWII Defence of Darwin Experience
• Australia's war 1939-45: air raids
• Bombing of Darwin

Miscellaneous

• American Chamber of Commerce in Australia
• Australian-American Fulbright Commission
• United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney

Last update 7 November 2011