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| Land area: |
7.69 million km 2 |
| Population: |
20.00 million |
| Language: |
English |
| Currency: |
Australian dollars (A$) |
| Gross Domestic Product |
$716 billion (US$375 billion) |
| National colours: |
Green and gold |
| Time : |
Australia has three time zones:
East: GMT + 10
Central: GMT + 9.5
West: GMT + 8 |
| Flight time Sydney-Perth: |
5 hours |
| Flight time Adelaide-Darwin: |
3 hours 40 minutes |
| Workforce: |
Almost 10 million |
| Registered motor vehicles : |
12.46 million |
| People with mobile phones: |
12.7 million |
| Households with Internet access: |
37 per cent |
| Adults accessing Internet/year: |
56 per cent |
| Households with computers: |
67 per cent |
| Inflation rate: |
3.2 per cent |
| Items handled by postal service: |
4.9 billion per year |
| Overseas visitors (2002): |
4.94 million |
| Highest point: |
2228 metres above sea level (Mount Kosciuszko, New South Wales) |
| Lowest point: |
15 metres below sea level (dry bed of Lake Eyre, South Australia) |
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