Well, it is an American show. I like to think of myself as fairly aware of languages and dialects, and while I can tell the difference between English and Australian, I do have a hard time distinguishing between Australian, Kiwi, and, to some extent, South African (depending, of course). So, I wouldn't be surprised if the producers and director thought, "screw it, no one will tell."

Assuming that you're Australian yourself, I find your comment amusing. The reason being that many other Aussie imdb posters on other message boards have commented on actual Aussie actors saying that their Australian accent "sucks" or sounds like an American doing an Aussie accent.
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Yeah, I got confused watching "Tak: The Hideous New Girl" on Invader Zim. She went through three accentsAustralian, British, and American. It's was all over the place, but I still thought it was ok.

Olivia as Nicole Wallace doesn't speak in an Australian accent, she speaks with an English accent because she stole the English Elizabeth Hitchen's identity.
Bush. Like a rock. Only dumber.

OMG I totally agree! It's the thing that annoys me the most about television! All bloody shows totally butcher the Australian accent (esp. LOST). I'm not trying to bag out Olivia, I think she's great, but srsly, an Australian accent, pfft.

'Im Stargate Barbie and we're all dead!'-Amanda Tapping

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LOL! - re: Bush remark!
I never knew Olivia had an accent until I saw her in the movie "The Big Green".
She was great portraying "Kevin Arnold's" older sister on the "Wonder Years".
I think it takes a great knack (and talent) to be able to speak w/o an accent, as Olivia has proven.
Kudos to her!!!!

She's not trying to put on an Aussie accent. She plays a British character (Nicole Wallace) who stole the identity of an Australian (Elizabeth Hitchens, as Goran and Eames discover) while living down under. The accent is very obviously Brit - as it is her natural speaking voice.
No, you got it backwards: Nicole Wallace is Australian and Elizabeth Hitchens was British.
Give Bush the finger! Buy a Dixie Chicks CD!

She's not trying to put on an Aussie accent. She plays a British character (Nicole Wallace) who stole the identity of an Australian (Elizabeth Hitchens, as Goran and Eames discover) while living down under. The accent is very obviously Brit - as it is her natural speaking voice.

American show, and most Americans can't tell the difference. Wasn't Australia where the English originally sent their malcontents? the English accent wasn't anything I really noticed.
She's very pretty. I thought that she was Rosanna Arquette and am glad I checked. Rosanna doesn't have the sparkle that this chick has, imo.

That's beep yes we can. I'm American and I knew her Australian accent was bad.

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I'm betting you only think you can
I have Scottish relatives to account for my Scottish accent and my Aussie friends say my Aussie accent is good. My accents are good enough to fool Americans and Candians into thinking I'm not English or American.
Here's my signature.

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I'm an American can do damn good Australian and Scottish accents!
No offense, but I'm betting you only think you can - the same way SNL, Whose Line (UK) and The Simpsons think they can.
If anyone has heard Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe speak it baffles me that the closest any non-Australian entertainer can get to an Australian accent is a bizarre cockney/kiwi hybrid.
Awhile back I saw the usually excellent Dana Carvey on Leno trying to impersonate Steve Irwin and it was woeful - akin to a high schooler trying to do Schwarzenegger or Chappelle - but of course the audience were none the wiser and lapped it up.

Strike a light.
I notice there is a fair bit of cockatooing about accents going on here, lets just say that nothing drains me billabong faster than some-one doing a fake Aussie accent fair dinkum.
Hollywood just doesn't have a fair grasp of the Go-anna when it comes to the Aussie slang and its always overdone.
Get's me blood boiling just thinking about it STRUTH mate. any way I hads me rant and I better go as I can feel myself getting me dingoes in twist and that just aint right Mate so G'day to you all

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Yes we canor, I should say, I can. Don't generalize!

americans cant tell the difference between an australian, south african, or englishman

I didn't even know she was British or born in the U.K. until I saw the biography. The funniest episode on "The Single Guy" was when her character was auditionin' & the director shouted, "That's the worst British accent I've ever heard!" I assumed d'Abo was (North) American based on her appearance on "The Wonder Years."

Speaking of her accent in "Point Of No Return", I noticed that it's the same as the one Jennifer Coolidge uses in "A Mighty Wind". Does anyone know where that accent comes from?
I'm guessing German.
Bush. Li111cke a rock. Only dumber.

Speaking of her accent in "Point Of No Return", I noticed that it's the same as the one Jennifer Coolidge uses in "A Mighty Wind". Does anyone know where that accent comes from? My closest guess is Hungarian, because it strikes me as being Gabor-esque.

I agree with Charming Slayer. The closest I've heard is more like a New Zealand accent (Fush und Chups), or a slightly anglicised South African accent.
I think Olivia is a good actress, but her Australian accent is almost non-existent. At least she's avoided doing uber-ocker 'Crocodile Hunter' accent, i really hate that accent. I've been told by non-Australians that I don't have an Australian accent over the years, and I know a lot of Australians who have had the same thing happen. They seem genuinely shocked that we don't run around saying "crikey!" and "strewth!". I've even been accused of putting on an Aussie accent when I've said "G'day" or "mate"!