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Workforce Australia is an Australian Government-funded network of organisations (private and community, and originally also government) that are contracted by the Australian Government, through the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR), to deliver employment services to unemployed job seekers on Government income support payments and employers.
Sydney received 8.2 million visitors in 2016, an 11.4 per cent increase from 2015. The main sources of Sydney's tourists were from north-east and south-east Asia. [3] The Vivid Sydney festival, held annually each winter, attracted 1.7 million visitors in 2015–it is the biggest festival in Australia and one of the biggest of its kind in the world. [4]
On 18 April 2005, Seek was floated on the Australian Securities Exchange with a market capitalisation of $587 million. [4] In May 2022, it moved its head office to a newly-constructed building in Cremorne, Victoria. [5] In June 2024, SEEK sold its holdings in the Latin American job-boards OCC (Mexico) and Catho (Brazil). [6]
The position of United States Ambassador to Australia has existed since 1940.U.S.–Australian relations have been close throughout the history of Australia.Before World War II, Australia was closely aligned with the United Kingdom, but it has strengthened its relationship with the United States since 1942, as Britain's influence in Asia has declined and the United States' influence has increased.
Australia's universal healthcare, strict regulations of guns and drugs and more active lifestyle give it a life expectancy edge over other nations. Australians outlive Americans by up to 5 years ...
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to ...
The first university established in Australia was the University of Sydney in 1850, followed in 1853 by the University of Melbourne. Prior to federation in 1901 two more universities were established: the University of Adelaide (1874) and the University of Tasmania (1890). At the time of federation, Australia's population was 3,788,100 and ...
At the 2000 U.S. Census, 60,965 Australian-born people were enumerated in the United States, of which 15,315 were citizens. Around 40% of Australian Americans had entered the United States before 1980. [6] Since 2010, a Little Australia has emerged and is growing in Nolita, Manhattan, New York City. [7]