Australia maintains a steady demand for fax services, driven by continued reliance in healthcare, legal, financial, and government sectors. While the country is highly digitised in many areas of business and daily life, fax persists where regulatory compliance, secure document transmission, and verifiable delivery remain essential -- particularly in industries that handle sensitive personal information.
Healthcare is the most prominent driver of fax usage in Australia. Hospitals, general practices, specialist clinics, pathology labs, and pharmacies routinely use fax to exchange patient records, referrals, test results, and prescriptions. The Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) under the Privacy Act 1988 impose strict obligations on how personal health information is collected, used, and disclosed. Many healthcare providers continue to treat fax as a compliant and familiar channel for transmitting sensitive patient data, especially among smaller practices and regional providers where digital health infrastructure has not been fully adopted. While the My Health Record system and other digital health initiatives are modernising information exchange, fax remains firmly embedded in day-to-day clinical workflows across much of the country.
The legal profession is another significant user. Australian law firms, barristers, courts, and tribunals use fax for contracts, court filings, affidavits, legal notices, and correspondence. Faxed documents are accepted as evidence of timely delivery in many Australian jurisdictions, and the transmission confirmation provides a verifiable record that email cannot easily replicate. For time-sensitive filings -- where proving the exact moment of submission matters -- fax continues to offer a level of certainty that many legal practitioners rely on. For guidance on preparing legal documents for fax, see our guide on how to fax legal documents online.
Government agencies at the federal, state, and local levels maintain active fax lines. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO), Centrelink, state government departments, and local councils accept fax for various official submissions, applications, and correspondence. While the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) has driven significant progress in moving government services online, fax remains a supported channel in many administrative workflows -- particularly for processes involving third parties or legacy systems.
Financial services round out the picture. Banks, insurance companies, superannuation funds, and mortgage brokers use fax for account documents, claims, loan applications, and compliance-related correspondence where secure, auditable delivery is expected by regulators such as APRA and ASIC.
For anyone sending a fax to Australia, the country code is +61, and the leading zero of the area code must be dropped when dialling internationally. For example, a Sydney number beginning with 02 becomes +61 2 followed by the local number. For detailed formatting instructions, see our guide on how to send an international fax online.
JustFax Online makes it simple to send a fax to Australia from anywhere in the world. Upload your document -- PDF, PNG, JPEG, or TIFF -- enter the Australian fax number with the country code +61, and send. No account, no subscription, no app required. You pay a flat rate for the first four pages, with additional pages priced separately. If delivery fails after all retry attempts, you are not charged. To get started, see our step-by-step guide to sending a fax online.