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Australia’s biggest claim to media fame is as the country of origin for News Corp media mogul Rupert Murdoch. It is not the most sophisticated media market in the world, but a good quality of life means more agencies are also seeing greater levels of creativity coming from the region.

Australia Market Data


Ad Spend by Medium

Australia ad spend share

Adspend Trends ($bn)

Australia ad spend trends
1,200 No. of consumer magazines 

80.1% Online penetration

TOP MEDIA

Rankings for Television, Newspapers, Magazines, Websites, Advertisers and Agencies.


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AustraliaAustralia Profile

  • Population 21 million
  • Capital City Canberra
  • Language English
  • Currency Australian dollars (AUD)
  • Time zone GMT+10 hours
  • Dialing Code +19
  • Internet Country Code.au
  • GDP per head $38,500
  • Annual Growth 0.80%
  • Exchange rate to $ 1.29 Australian dollars per US $
  • 2009 Adspend (USD 000)$7,439