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Welcome
Welcome to the Australian Embassy in Austria. The Embassy in Vienna is accredited to:
The Australian Prime Minister has announced that the Federal Elections will be held on 21 August 2010.
If you would like to vote in person, you can do so by attending the Australian Embassy in Vienna and completing a pre-poll vote. Visitors to the Embassy will undergo a security check similar to an airport check in, please bring your identification.
The Embassy will be open for pre-poll voting from Monday 9 August to Friday 13 August and Monday 16 August to Friday 20 August 2010. Voting hours will be 1.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. during these days. Please note that the Embassy will not be open for voting on Saturday 21 August 2010.
If you are unable to attend the Embassy in Vienna during the above times, you can apply for a postal vote. You will first need to complete a postal vote application form (available on the AEC website) and send it to the Australian Embassy Vienna by mail, fax or email. Postal vote application forms need to be received by the Australian Embassy no later than midday on 19 August 2010. Upon receipt of your postal vote application form, the Australian Embassy will send you the voting certificate and ballot paper.
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has informed the Embassy that the ballot papers should be available in the first week of August, so the voting certificates and ballot papers will be sent to you any time from then.
For further information, please see the AEC website, or contact the Assistant Returning Officer, Shani Reynolds +43 (01) 50674113 or by email Shani.Reynolds@dfat.gov.au
On 24 June 2010, the Hon Julia Gillard MP was sworn in as Prime Minister by the Governor-General, succeeding the Hon Kevin Rudd MP.
Vacancies
The Australian Embassy is currently looking for a
1) Driver/Handyman (Assistent der Sachverwaltung/Chauffeur) and an
2) Intern for a period of 6 months to support the bilateral/policy team.
For full details, including a job description, please refer here.
JOINT STATEMENT BY GARETH EVANS AND YORIKO KAWAGUCHI, CO-CHAIRS
5th Meeting of the Commission, Vienna, 2-4 July 2010
The International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament held its final meeting in Vienna on 2-4 July 2010 to review progress made in meeting its mandate of re-energizing global efforts towards the goal of eliminating nuclear threats.
The Commission’s findings – and recommendations as to how its action agendas for the future, as set out in its December 2009 report, could best be followed through – are set out in a Communiqué, which can be downloaded here.
The Commission recommends the establishment of a Global Centre on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament to focus and encourage the continuing interest of the whole international community – governments and civil society alike – in eliminating nuclear threats once and for all.
The primary role of the Centre would be to publish, and conduct advocacy related to, an annual “report card” evaluating the performance of both nuclear-armed and non-nuclear-armed states, and relevant international organizations, against the action agendas in the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference Final Document and, amongst other sources, the Commission’s report.
The other major role of the Centre would be to lead worldwide research aimed at refining and developing a Nuclear Weapons Convention, with the aim of having a robust model available to inform and guide multilateral disarmament negotiations as they gain momentum.
Following the Commission meeting, Co-chairs Gareth Evans and Yoriko Kawaguchi briefed Austria’s Foreign Minister Dr Michael Spindelegger, the International Atomic Energy Agency and other key Vienna-based nuclear agencies, including the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization on the outcome of the final Commission meeting.
For detailed background on the Commission, an independent global panel established by the Governments of Australia and Japan, and the full text of its report, see www.icnnd.org
Promoting Australia's bid to host the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cup
Football Federation Australia (FFA) is leading Australia's bid to host the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cup. The FIFA Executive Committee will decide on the successful bid nations in December 2010. For more information on FFA's official bid, please refer to the FFA website at: www.australia2018-2022.com.au
Events
For Events with an Australian angle in our countries of accreditation, please refer to the website's events section.
Embassy Contact Details
For contact details and information about the Embassy and our Honorary Consulates in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia please refer to the About Us section in the menu on the left.
Enquiries regarding Australia's relations with Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Ukraine should be directed to the Embassy in Vienna.
Registration and Services for Australians
The Australian Embassy in Vienna encourages Australians visiting or living in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Ukraine to register on-line.
For Information on how Australians can apply for a passport, please refer to our Services for Australians section.
Visas, migration and citizenship
The Embassy’s Visa & Migration office processes visa applications from nationals and residents of the following countries:
Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia
It also processes tourist/visitor, student and other temporary stay visa applications from nationals and residents of Hungary. (Family migration applications for Hungarians are processed by the Australian Embassy in Berlin.)
Nationals and residents of Kosovo may lodge applications at the Visa Office in Vienna or at the Australian Embassy in Berlin or at the Australian Embassy in Belgrade.
Nationals and residents of Ukraine should lodge applications at the Australian Embassy in Moscow.
All citizenship by descent applications for Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Slovakia and Slovenia are processed at the Australian High Commission in London.
More information in English about Australian visas, immigration and citizenship is contained in the Visas and Migration section of our website. For contact details for the Visa & Migration Office in other languages, see: Visa office contact details - multilingual information (D, BiH, CZ, HU, RKS, SK, SI, UKR)
