The national web portal australia.gov.au is an outstanding effort from the government of Australia to link and aid its citizens to services and information of the government at home, work and elsewhere. It links to information and services on over 700 Australian Government websites as well as selected state and territory resources. As the go-to site for a nation of six states and 10 territories, australia.gov.au has much ground to cover -- literally and figuratively. The portal is adorned with a slew of features viz. an internal search engine; more than 800 links to public sites; separate directories of federal, state, territory and city sites and departments; travel information; weather updates; current and historical country information; an alphabetical list of government contact numbers by subject; an e-mail subscription service for news and media releases; and a really simple syndication (RSS) delivery option for news and pod casts. RSS enables people to receive news articles, headlines and other data via XML technology. In an e-Governance survey designed by the UN in 2008 gauged Australia.gov.au for delivering outstanding e-services to its citizens.Australia.gov.au impressed surveyors with its comprehensiveness, information, links to government resources and how it serves as the gateway to other integrated portals, such as the national job search site, jobsearch.gov.au, and the Centrelink citizen information and services portal, www.centrelink.gov.au.