The Kookaburras will be aiming to put their group stage flop against the Netherlands behind them when the two countries lock horns in Friday night's semi-final showdown in hockey's World League Finals in India.
Ric Charlesworth's team booked their spot in the penultimate round when they came from two goals down to beat India 7-2 in the quarter-finals.
During the group stage, the Kookaburras failed to convert any of their seven penalty corners in a 1-0 loss to the Netherlands.
Dutch goalkeeper Jaap Stockmann was unpassable in that game, but the Kookaburras were left kicking themselves for missing so many golden chances.
The Netherlands enter the match against Australia full of confidence after beating world No.1 Germany 2-1 in their last-eight showdown.
New Zealand will take on England in the other semi-final.
Charlesworth described his team's start against India as messy, but was pleased with how they responded after going two goals down.
Russell Ford scored two goals, while Nick Budgeon, Jason Wilson, Glenn Turner, Simon Orchard and Jake Whetton also got on the scoresheet.
The Kookaburras entered the tournament missing a host of their best players, with five-time World Player of the Year Jamie Dwyer, Matthew Swann, Olympic gold medallist Rob Hammond and double Olympic bronze medallist Fergus Kavanagh all absent.
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