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Description
The purpose of this talk is to outline the needs for CTA science, and the collaboration opportunities in various research topics provided by CTA, in a multi-instrumental perspective. After providing a general panorama of the MWL synergies for CTA science, we will focus on some potential, specific linkages to Australian Astronomy, regarding, in particular, its large infrastructure of ground-based optical and radio facilities. Australian facilities can play a key role in enabling some of CTA key science goals and in participating on CTA early discoveries and observational planning. From one side, the various radio and optical surveys, and the monitoring programmes carried out with Australian instruments, provide a multi-band view of the Southern Sky that is fundamental for carrying on CTA Galactic science. On the other hand, the longitude covered by the Australian ground-based instruments provide an indispensable complement to the CTA Transients and Multi-Messenger follow-up programmes, particularly in the radio domain. The presentation will aim to outline these most important interfaces that CTA could establish with the Australian Astronomical Community, and provide the necessary data to inform the discussions on possible avenues for collaboration.
