Quick Facts
• Australia’s population 21.8 million (2009)
• Economy ranked as the world’s most resilient in six of the seven years
  2002 – 2008
• Strategically positioned in the Asian Time Zone; bridges the closing of
  the USA business day and the opening of the European business day
• Highest ranking within the Asia Pacific region for industry productivity
• Top 10 in the world for ease of starting a business (number of days,
  capital and procedures required, etc)
• Multicultural population – over 200 countries represented in the
  Australian population with 25% born overseas

Source for the above: Access Economics September 2009