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. The country has a wide range of landscapes such as mountain ranges, deserts, and tropical rainforests.
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This is partly because, although Australia was formed at the same time as other continents, the rocks that make up its landscape are far older than the rocks that make up the landscape of other continents. (ed) 2004.
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For the country, see Pain, C.F., Villans, B.J., Roach, I.C., Worrall, L. & Wilford, J.R. (2012): Old, flat and red – Australia's distinctive landscape. (1991).
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"Kngwarreye Woman, Abstract Painter", p. 24 in "Sidney Nolan's Rainbow Serpent is larger than life" (16 June 2012), "Australian Film Commission. Since the 1970s and following the abolition of the Australia's size gives it a wide variety of landscapes, with tropical The Australian mainland and Tasmania are situated in the middle of the The climate of Australia is significantly influenced by ocean currents, including the January 2019 was the hottest month ever in Australia with average temperatures exceeding 30 °C (86 °F).Although most of Australia is semi-arid or desert, the continent includes a diverse range of habitats from Many of Australia's ecoregions, and the species within those regions, are threatened by human activities and In the Senate (the upper house), there are 76 senators: twelve each from the states and two each from the mainland territories (the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory).There are two major political groups that usually form government, federally and in the states: the Under the constitution, the states essentially have Each state and major mainland territory has its own The Commonwealth Parliament also directly administers the external territories of Australia maintains a deeply integrated relationship with neighbouring New Zealand, with free mobility of citizens between the two countries under the Along with New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Singapore, Australia is party to the In the 2016–17 budget, defence spending comprised 2% of GDP, representing the world's An emphasis on exporting commodities rather than manufactured goods has underpinned a significant increase in Australia's Australia was the only advanced economy not to experience a recession due to the In 2020 ACOSS released a new report revealing that Australia is highly urbanised, with 67% of the population living in the Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (metropolitan areas of the state and mainland territorial capital cities) in 2018.In common with many other developed countries, Australia is experiencing a demographic shift towards an older population, with more retirees and fewer people of working age.