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       international: country code - 61; submarine cables to New Zealand,

       Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia; satellite earth stations - 10

       Intelsat (4 Indian Ocean and 6 Pacific Ocean), 2 Inmarsat (Indian

       and Pacific Ocean regions) (1998)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998)

      Radios:

       25.5 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       104 (1997)

      Televisions:

       10.15 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .au

      Internet hosts:

       2,847,763 (2003)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       571 (2002)

      Internet users:

       9.472 million (2002)

      Transportation Australia

      Railways:

       total: 44,015 km (5,290 km electrified)

       broad gauge: 1,957 km 1.600-m gauge

       standard gauge: 27,095 km 1.435-m gauge (2,828 km electrified)

       dual gauge: 213 km dual gauge (2003)

       narrow gauge: 14,957 km 1.067-m gauge (2,462 km electrified)

      Highways:

       total: 811,603 km

       paved: 314,090 km (including 18,619 km of expressways)

       unpaved: 497,513 km (1999 est.)

      Waterways:

       2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling

       river systems) (2004)

      Pipelines:

       condensate/gas 492 km; gas 28,680 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km;

       oil 4,773 km; oil/gas/water 110 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Devonport (Tasmania),

       Fremantle, Geelong, Hobart (Tasmania), Launceston (Tasmania),

       Mackay, Melbourne, Sydney, Townsville

      Merchant marine:

       total: 52 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,531,461 GRT/1,999,409 DWT

       foreign-owned: United Kingdom 2, United States 12

       registered in other countries: 60 (2004 est.)

       by type: bulk 20, cargo 5, chemical tanker 3, combination bulk 2,

       container 3, liquefied gas 4, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 7, roll

       on/roll off 6

      Airports:

       444 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 305 over 3,047 m: 10 2,438 to 3,047 m: 12 1,524 to 2,437 m: 131 914 to 1,523 m: 139 under 914 m: 13 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 143 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 914 to 1,523 m: 112 under 914 m: 14 (2004 est.)

      Military Australia

      Military branches:

       Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian Air Force,

       new Special Operations Command (announced in December 2002)

      Military manpower - military age and obligation:

       16 years of age for voluntary service (2001)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 5,061,810 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 4,356,671 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 140,182 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $14,120.1 million (2003)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       2.8% (2003)

      Transnational Issues Australia

      Disputes - international:

       the 1999 maritime delimitation established partial maritime

       boundaries with East Timor over part of the Timor Gap but temporary

       resource-sharing agreements over an unreconciled area grant

       Australia 90% share of exploited gas reserves and hamper creation of

       a southern maritime boundary with Indonesia (see Ashmore and Cartier

       Islands disputes); Australia asserts a territorial claim to

       Antarctica and to its continental shelf (see Antarctica)

      Illicit drugs:

       Tasmania is one of the world's major suppliers of licit opiate

       products; government maintains strict controls over areas of opium

       poppy cultivation and output of poppy straw concentrate

      This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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      @Austria

      Introduction Austria

      Background:

       Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire,

       Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World

       War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent

       occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria's status

       remained unclear for a decade. A State Treaty signed in 1955 ended

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