General Country Information
Capital: Canberra
Population: 20,434,176
Form of Government: Federal Parliamentary Democracy
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone- main lines: 11.46 million (2005)
Telephone- mobile: 18.42 million (2005)
Internet hosts: 7.773 million (2006)
Internet users: 14.664 million (2006)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.65
World Rank 2005/2006: 22
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
ACROD (National Industry Association for Disability Services)
acrodnat@acrod.org.au
Australian Association of the Deaf (AAD)
aad@aad.org.au
Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET)
enquiries@adcet.edu.au
Australian Federation of Disability Organizations (AFDO)
office@afdo.org.au
Australian Learning Disability Association (ALDA)
info@postoffice.utas.edu.au
Australian Quadriplegic Association (AQA)
no contact information currently available
Blind Citizens Australia (BCA)
bca@bca.org.au
Blind Welfare Association of South Australia
info@blindwelfare.org.au
Brain Injury Australia (BIA)
admin@bia.net.au
Brain Injury Network of Southern Australia Inc (BINSA)
info@binsa.org
Deaf Children Australia
info@deafchildren.org.au
Disability Advocacy Service Hunter (DASH)
dash@dash.org.au
Disability Australia Ltd.
info@dpi.org.au
Information on Disability-Equipment Access Services (IDEAS INC)
ideas@australis.net.au
Multiple Sclerosis Australia (MS Australia)
public@mssociety.com.au
National Council on Intellectual Disability (NCID)
no contact information currently available
National Institute of Deaf Studies (NIDS)
V.Barcelo@latrobe.edu.au
Royal Society for the Blind of Southern Australia (RSB)
adavis@rsb.org.au
Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind (RVIB)
rvib@rvib.org.au
Victorian Council of Deaf People (VCOD)
info@vcod.com.au
Victorian Deaf Society (VICDEAF)
info@vicdeaf.com.au
Vision Australia Foundation
brighton@visionaustralia.org.au
Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA)
wwda@wwda.org.au