Tridgell was also a leader in hacking the TiVo to make it work in Australia, which uses the PAL video format.

For example the United States uses NTSC-M, the UK uses PAL-I, France uses SECAM-L, much of Western Europe and Australia uses PAL-B / G, most of Eastern Europe uses PAL-D / K or SECAM-D / K and so on.

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia uses a stylized image of the Southern Cross as a corporate logo.

The 2006 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy " uses the term ' colonialism ' to describe the process of European settlement and political control over the rest of the world, including Americas, Australia, and parts of Africa and Asia.

Australia also uses the term " creature of statute " to describe some governmental bodies.

Foster's Lager uses the slogan " The Amber Nectar " in Australia and the UK, and " Australian for Beer ", performed by Bob Ingersole, elsewhere overseas.

In contrast, South Australia uses district and region for its rural LGA units, while Tasmania uses municipality.

Exception to this are New Zealand, which changed in 1993 to use mixed-member proportional representation ; Israel, which has always used country wide proportional representation ; and Australia, which uses preferential voting.

In Australia, which uses a single transferable vote proportional representation system, they avoided the need for an electoral threshold by establishing smaller electorates with each multi-member electorate returning fewer members of a Parliament and as such requiring a higher quota percentage in order to be elected.

As Australia also uses a ranked voting system supporters of minor parties are not disenfranchised as their votes are redistributed to other candidates according to the voter's nominated order of preference which can then form part of another candidates winning quota.

This followed a wider trend of escalating food prices around the globe, driven in part by climatic conditions such as drought in Australia, the diversion of arable land to other uses ( such as producing government-subsidised bio-oil crops ), and later by some food-producing nations placing bans or restrictions on exports in order to satisfy their own consumers.

In Australia, the rights to the Magnavox brand are not owned by Philips but by Mistral Ltd, a Hong Kong trading company that uses it to sell audio / video equipment of a different make.

In some countries, screw caps are often seen as a cheap alternative destined only for the low grade wines ; however, in Australia, for example, the majority of non-sparkling wine production now uses these caps as a cork alternative.

: Australia, Botswana, British West Indies, Brunei, Canada ( English-speaking ), Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea ( both North and South ), Lebanon, Luxembourg ( uses both marks officially ), Macau ( in Chinese and English text ), Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland ( when the amount is in Swiss francs ), Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States ( including insular areas ), Zimbabwe.

Australia used this style up until the 1970s ; now it uses the SI style.

Virgin Atlantic uses a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing widebodied jets and operates between the United Kingdom and North America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia from its bases at Gatwick and Heathrow airports.

The town of Eidsvold in Queensland, Australia still uses this old spelling.

It still covers its the entire range it occupied when Europeans arrived in Australia in 1788 and it often comes into conflict with agriculture as it uses the more fertile districts that now carry crops or exotic pasture grasses which kangaroos readily eat.

Qantas is deeply involved in the airline's operations to this day ; Air Vanuatu uses Qantas ' Frequent Flyer program, Qantas codeshares on Air Vanuatu's flights from Australia, and provides maintenance and pilot training services as well.

The flag uses the Canberra city colours of blue and gold ( which also happen to be the heraldic colours of Australia ).

The word " Reserve " is also often included, such as the Reserve Bank of India, Reserve Bank of Australia, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the South African Reserve Bank, and U. S. Federal Reserve System.

According to a decision by The Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany of September 21, 2001, in the version from May 15, 2008, this also applies to PhDs that were awarded in Australia, Israel, Japan, or Canada.

* Geoscience Australia, Australian Federal Agency

Firearm laws in Australia are enforced at a Federal and State level.

* John Young ( judge ), former Federal Court of Australia judge

* 1942 – The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of income tax in Australia as the State Income Tax is abolished.

On 5 September 2005, the Federal Court of Australia issued a landmark ruling that Sharman, though not itself guilty of copyright infringement, had " authorized " Kazaa users illegally to swap copyrighted songs.

On 5 December 2005, the Federal Court of Australia ceased downloads of Kazaa in Australia after Sharman Networks failed to modify their software by the December 5 deadline.

The NTA established the National Native Title Tribunal ( NTTA ) to make native title determinations in the first instance, appealable to the Federal Court of Australia, and thereafter the High Court.

For example in Australia, methadone maintenance treatment ( MMT ) is delivered by private pharmacies for a nominal fee to the client ( regardless of the fact it is free as it is subsidised by the Federal government ).

Since the 2010 South Australian State election, the Nationals in South Australia have no representative in either the House of Assembly or the Upper House or at a Federal level.

On 19 September 2006, the Federal Court of Australia brought down a judgment recognising Noongar native title over the Perth metropolitan area, in the case of Bennell v State of Western Australia FCA 1243.

The only other possibility for Western Australia would have been to declare a rebellion against the Australian Federal Government.

* January 26 – The Labor League Conference opens in Sydney, Australia, with plans to form a Federal Labor Party.

* March 2 ( beginning ) – Groups of officials inspect towns around Australia in order to find a location for the new Federal capital.

* January 30 – John Howard becomes leader of the Liberal Party of Australia to challenge Paul Keating for the 1996 Federal Election and the position of Prime Minister of Australia.

* May 9 – Andrew Peacock deposes John Howard as Federal Opposition Leader of Australia.

Local government is the 3rd type of government in Australia, after Federal and State.

This is an American law, however, the Federal Trade Commission has made it clear that the requirements of COPPA will apply to foreign-operated web sites if such sites " are directed to children in the U. S. or knowingly collect information from children in the U. S ." Other countries like Australia have made similar laws protecting children under 13 online.

Together with the Federal Magistrates Court, it covers family law matters in all states and territories of Australia except Western Australia.

In 2008, the federal Attorney-General announced a review of the delivery of family law services by the Family Court of Australia and the Federal Magistrates Court.