The QS World 2016-17 comprehensive rankings for Australia are outline below:

The top three in this category are – The Australian National University, The University of Melbourne & The University of Sydney

Aus Rank	University	QS Rank 2016	QS Rank 2015	QS Rank 2014
1	Australian National University	22	19	25
2	University of Melbourne	42	42	33
3	University of Sydney	46	45	37
4	University of New South Wales	49	46	48
5	University of Queensland	51	46	43
6	Monash University	65	67	70
7	University of Western Australia	102	98	89
8	University of Adelaide	125	113	100
9	University of Technology Sydney	193	218	264
10	University of Wollongong	218	243	283
11	University of Newcastle	245	256	257
12	Macquarie University	247	229	254
13	RMIT University	252	273	304
14	Queensland University of Technology	276	263	285
15	University of South Australia	288	288	333
16	Curtin University	306	284	331
17	Griffith University	336	329	324
18	James Cook University	340	387	350
19	Deakin University	355	324	360
20	University of Tasmania	370	379	401-410
21	La Trobe University	386	394	401-410
22	Swinburne University of Technology	441-450	501-550	551-600
23	Bond University	461-470	501-550	471-480
24	Murdoch University	501-550	551-600	551-600
25=	Charles Darwin University	551-600	551-600	551-600
25=	Flinders University	551-600	501-550	481-490
25=	University of Canberra	551-600	551-600	651-700
25=	Western Sydney University	551-600	651-700	651-700
29	CQUniversity	601-650
30	Victoria University	651-700	601-650	701+
31=	Australian Catholic University	701+
31=	Charles Sturt University	701+	701+	701+
31=	Edith Cowan University	701+	701+	701+
31=	University of New England	701+	651-700	701+
31=	University of Southern Queensland	701+	701+	701+

Source: QS World University Rankings (opens in new window)

US News Australian University Rankings 2017

US News has expanded its rankings for 2017 and now includes 1,000 world global universities for comparison. Australia has done quite well out of this along with individual universiites improving their positions.

Key Features for Australia:

Australia has 7 universities in the top 100, an increase of 1
Australia has 23 universities in the top 500, an increase of 4
University of Melbourne maintains its position as Australia’s top ranked university improving from 40 to 36=
University of Sydney moves into the top 50 dropping from 51 to 45=

Aus Rank	University	(World Rank 2016)	World Rank 2017
1	University of Melbourne	40	36=
2	University of Sydney	51	45=
3	University of Queensland	52	52
4	Monash University	84=	79
5=	Australian National University	80=	80=
5=	University of New South Wales	90=	80=
7	University of Western Australia	128=	95=
8	University of Adelaide	184=	152=
9	Macquarie University	322=	267=
10	James Cook University	354=	273
11	University of Technology Sydney	448=	294
12	Curtin University	346=	297=
13	Griffith University	401=	307=
14	Deakin University	381=	309=
15=	The University of Newcastle	366=	313=
15=	University of Wollongong	346=	313=
17	Queensland University of Technology	339	319=
18	University of Tasmania	366=	323
19	Western Sydney University		384=
20=	Swinburne University of Technology		433=
20=	University of South Australia	479=	433=
22	Flinders University		471
23	RMIT University		486=
24	La Trobe University		534=
25	Victoria University		613=
26	Murdoch University		625=
27	University of New England		691=
28	Edith Cowan University		706=
29	Charles Darwin University		803=
30	Charles Sturt University		854=
31	Southern Cross University		896=