This is a list of places (local government areas) in Australia which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Austin, United States
Christchurch, New Zealand
Himeji, Japan
Penang Island, Malaysia
Qingdao, China Nichinan, Japan Inagawa, Japan
Boulouparis, New Caledonia Ōkuma, Japan Binhai (Tianjin), China
Bint Jbeil, Lebanon
Bitola, North Macedonia
Gaiarine, Italy
Gilgandra, Australia
Glyfada, Greece
Takéo, Cambodia Yamatsuri, Japan
Beaumaris, Wales, United Kingdom Cixi, China Nazareth, United States
King's Lynn and West Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Palavas-les-Flots, France
San Marino, San Marino Littleton, United States Adachi (Tokyo), Japan Liaocheng, China Liverpool Plains, Australia Porirua, New Zealand
Suseong (Daegu), South Korea Jiaxing, China Setagaya (Tokyo), Japan Africo, Italy Badolato, Italy Cinquefrondi, Italy Gerace, Italy Geumcheon (Seoul), South Korea Martone, Italy Platì, Italy Sandakan, Malaysia Sugito, Japan Kashiwa, Japan Shangri-La, China Beijing, China Nara, Japan Wellington, New Zealand Broken Hill, Australia Colorado Springs, United States Suita, Japan Yangcheon (Seoul), South Korea Edogawa (Tokyo), Japan
Altona, Canada Ichinoseki, Japan Daqing, China Akkeshi, Japan Sasebo, Japan Walker, United States Minamata, Japan Minokamo, Japan Newcastle, Australia Toyama, Japan Wujiang (Suzhou), China Griffith, Australia
Hsinchu, Taiwan Locri, Italy Palmi, Italy Platì, Italy Riace, Italy Roccella Ionica, Italy San Giorgio Morgeto, Italy San Lorenzo, Italy Siderno, Italy Zhenjiang, China Miki, Japan Capo d'Orlando, Italy
Funchal, Portugal Molfetta, Italy Seberang Perai, Malaysia Yokosuka, Japan Saiki, Japan Jiangdu (Yangzhou), China Shibetsu, Japan Wagin, Australia Xuzhou, China Izumiōtsu, Japan Lianyungang, China Borso del Grappa, Italy Castelcucco, Italy Cavaso del Tomba, Italy Fairfield, Australia Harbin, China Monfumo, Italy Pieve del Grappa, Italy Possagno, Italy Lane Cove, Australia Yinzhou (Ningbo), China Kyōtamba, Japan Temple City, United States Lanzhou, China Anjō, JapanInner West – Marrickville [55]
Yantai, China Jinan, China Hakodate, Japan Rotorua Lakes, New Zealand [60] Round Rock, United States [61] Tanagura, Japan Eau Claire, United States
Lismore, Ireland
Makassar, Indonesia Yamatotakada, Japan Toda, Japan Ageo, Japan Tōkai, Japan
Honiara, Solomon Islands Kailua-Kona, United States Matsuura, Japan Yantai, China Jiashan, China Kokubunji, Japan Boston, United States Milan, Italy Osaka, Japan Thessaloniki, Greece Tianjin, China San'yō-Onoda, Japan Winton, Australia
Zonhoven, Belgium Bath, England, United Kingdom Brewarrina, Australia Huntington Beach, United States Jing'an (Shanghai), China Taitō (Tokyo), Japan
Eceabat, Turkey
Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea Orange, United States Timaru, New Zealand Ushiku, Japan Coventry, England, United Kingdom Fujieda, Japan Gangseo (Seoul), South Korea Penrith, England, United Kingdom Chengdu, China Houston, United States Kagoshima, Japan Kastellorizo, Greece Nanjing, China
Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom Rhodes, Greece San Diego, United States Seocho (Seoul), South Korea Vasto, Italy Handa, Japan Ōbu, Japan Bellingham, United States Tateyama, Japan Yugawara, Japan Albi, France Kastellorizo, Greece Randwick, England, United Kingdom Qinhuangdao, China Cassino, Italy Ibusuki, Japan Akō, Japan Mobara, Japan Shiwa, Japan Gapyeong, South Korea Fenland, England, United Kingdom Le Mont-Dore, New Caledonia Tatebayashi, Japan Xiamen, China Chūō (Tokyo), Japan Lakewood, United States Villers-Bretonneux, France Yamagata, Japan Florence, Italy Guangzhou, China Nagoya, Japan Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom San Francisco, United States Wellington, New Zealand Chaoyang (Beijing), China Gore, New Zealand Nashville, United States Sannohe, Japan Tamworth, England, United Kingdom Asakuchi, Japan
Borodianka, Ukraine
Ottobeuren, Germany Paju, South Korea Takatsuki, Japan Whanganui, New Zealand Yuecheng (Shaoxing), China Kunming, China Leavenworth, United States Nördlingen, Germany Matsudo, Japan Yantai, China Gangdong (Seoul), South Korea Guardia Sanframondi, Italy Suginami (Tokyo), Japan Changzhou, China Chiryū, Japan Costa Mesa, United States
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Australian vehicle registration plates, number plates and license plates are issued by state, territory, and Commonwealth governments, and the armed forces of Australia. The plates are associated with a vehicle and are generally intended to last during the time that the vehicle remains is registered in the state, though as they become unreadable they may be remade with a like for like replacement. Motor vehicle registration in Australia can be renewed monthly, quarterly, half yearly or annually depending on the state or territory where the vehicle is registered.
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