Editing Local exchange trading system (section)

=== Australia ===
The [[Government of Australia]], in 1989, allocated [[AU$]]50,000 for the development of LETSystems, including the running of state conferences, the production of software, a LETSystems Training Pack, and assistance to Michael Linton to visit [[Western Australia]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}} By 1995 there were 250 LETSystems in Australia, with Western Australia having 43 separate systems serving a population of 2.3 million (although actual participation is by only a tiny fraction of that population),<ref name=trainingpack/> making it then the region with the highest LETS coverage in the world.

From around 2007, many Australian LETS groups started trading online using the [[Community Exchange System]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}} This system allows new members to sign up directly, list offers and wants, and enter trades without assistance from the administrator.

By 2011 Australia had become the most active country on the [[Community Exchange System]], prompting [[Tim Jenkin]] and Annette Loudon to set up the Australian Community Exchange System.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brislets.com/2012/08/24/setting-up-an-australian-version-of-the-community-exchange-system/|title= Setting up an Australian version of the Community Exchange System|website=BrisLETS|date= 24 August 2012|access-date=1 January 2013}}</ref> {{as of|March 2019}} there were 31 communities using CES.<ref name=CESstats>{{cite web|website=Community Exchange System|url=https://www.community-exchange.org/home/cen-statistics/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329090019/https://www.community-exchange.org/home/cen-statistics/|url-status=live|title=Community Exchange Network Statistics|access-date=30 March 2019|archive-date=29 March 2019}}</ref>