The ACT Government is a member of the Council of Australian Governments.

In 1988, when the ACT gained self-government, Jervis Bay became a separate territory administered by the Australian Government Minister responsible for Territories, presently the Minister for Home Affairs ( Australia ).

In 1907 the Australian Government awarded McCormick £ 100 for his composition.

The ad hominem argument was particularly used by the Howard Government against members of the Australian Labor Party.

The Australian Federal Government is considering changes to the Australian Criminal Code that would classify any plants containing any amount of DMT as " controlled plants ".

* 1909 – New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signed the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

The Australian Government was merely asked, as a matter of courtesy, whether they approved of the choice or not.

Governors-General were expected to exercise a supervisory role over the Australian Government in the manner of a colonial Governor.

As a result of decisions made at the 1926 Imperial Conference, the Governor-General ceased to be the diplomatic representative of the British Government, and the British right of supervision over Australian affairs was abolished.

All communication between the Australian colonies and the British Government was meant to go through the Governor-General, and the other colonies had Lieutenant-Governors.

Before the war ended, the Australian Government took steps to encourage an Australian automotive industry.

Both GM and Ford provided studies to the Australian Government outlining the production of the first Australian designed car.

The Australian Government tried to revive the industry with the Button car plan, which encouraged car makers to focus on producing fewer models at higher, more economical volumes, and to export cars.

During the 1990s Holden, other Australian automakers and trade unionists pressured the Australian Government to halt the lowering of car import tariffs.

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

The premises must meet the Australian Government Standards.

* Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia-For service to the South Australian Government by

The Australian Government maintains authority on the island through an Administrator ( currently Owen Walsh ) who is appointed by the Governor-General of Australia.

Arguably inelegant implementation makes the future of OBE unclear, and at odds with the Australian Government in Canberra.

In January 2007, the Western Australian Government responded to the massive opposition by teachers and parents to its implementation of an OBE system by stating that it would allow year 11 and 12 students to be graded traditionally.

The malignancy of such a landscape has been beautifully described by the Australian Charles Bean.

This Australian team, led by Bradman, who turned 40 during his final tour of England, has gone down in history as The Invincibles.

Although English has no official status in the Constitution, Australian English is Australia's de facto official language and is the first language of the majority of the population.

The ACT has internal self-government, but Australia's Constitution does not afford the territory government the full legislative independence provided to Australian states.

The practice of the Australian states — for example, New South Wales and Victoria — has been, when legislating to repeal some imperial statutes so far as they still applied in Australia, to provide that imperial statutes concerning the royal succession remain in force.

Although Tasmanian AFL Bid has been ongoing, the AFL's focus has become gaining marketshare in lucrative and broadcasting rights in two populous Australian states, introducing clubs on the Gold Coast, Queensland ( Gold Coast Football Club ) and in Greater Western Sydney ( Greater Western Sydney Football Club ).

As the size of the Australian diaspora has increased, so has the number of clubs outside Australia.

Australian football has attracted more overall interest among Australians ( as measured by the Sweeney Sports report ) than any other football code, and, when compared with all sports throughout the nation, has consistently ranked first in the winter reports, and most recently third behind cricket and swimming in summer.

This foundation includes the Clinton Foundation HIV and AIDS Initiative ( CHAI ), which strives to combat that disease, and has worked with the Australian government toward that end.

Currently scoring blows in amateur boxing are subjectively counted by ringside judges, but the Australian Institute for Sport has demonstrated a prototype of an Automated Boxing Scoring System, which introduces scoring objectivity, improves safety, and arguably makes the sport more interesting to spectators.

The word bunyip has been used in other Australian contexts, including The Bunyip newspaper as the banner of a local weekly newspaper published in the town of Gawler, South Australia.

* Yowie, or Wowee, a creature that has its origins in Australian Aboriginal mythology

A reserves team has played in the Northern Conference of the North East Australian Football League since the competition was established in 2011.

The Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation has been working with the University of Sydney to develop baits to train native animals not to eat the toads.

Since its original introduction, the cane toad has had a particularly marked effect on Australian biodiversity.

The stadium has been used by the Australian national football team for some friendly matches due to a large expatriate population living in England ( mainly in London ).

The Australian Internet Safety Advisory Body has information about " practical advice on Internet safety, parental control and filters for the protection of children, students and families " that also includes public libraries.

In Australian slang the term for an English person is " pommy ", which has been proposed as a rhyme on " pomegranate " rhyming with " immigrant ".

In contrast to other common law nations, Australian double jeopardy law has been held to extend to the prevention of prosecution for perjury following a previous acquittal where a finding of perjury would controvert the previous acquittal.

Australian Rules Football has had a presence in the city since 1999 and there are now three clubs in the Capital ; the Dublin Demons, the South Dublin Swans and the West Dublin Saints.

Darcsyde Productions is a small-scale Australian web development and publishing concern, based in Melbourne, which has specialised in creating websites and role-playing games ( RPGs ).