The report provides an overview of recent developments in immersion second language education in Australia, contrasting the Australian experience with the Canadian one. Particular attention is paid to some developments that may have significance for the future of foreign language teaching, such as "cold-start" late immersion programs in secondary schools; teacher training for immersion language instruction; in-country intensive/immersion language programs; a study comparing the effectiveness of intensive and immersion approaches; the emergence of the Australian Association of Language Immersion Teachers; and publication of the association's journal as a forum for discussion. It is concluded that there is a danger that the lack of monitoring of the effectiveness of immersion experiments at primary and secondary levels could lead to waning interest of funding authorities. The most promising developments seen at the higher education level are the development of teacher training programs with content-based instruction in the target language and an emerging focus on combining intensive and immersion instruction at this level. (Author/MSE)