Australia were represented by 10 athletes, which made it their largest ever Winter Paralympic Games contingent.

Prior to the games, the Australian Paralympic Committee set a target of two medals, down from the seven that were won four years earlier in Salt Lake City.

This was due to the retirement of three-time medallist Bart Bunting, as well as changes made to the disability classification system.

Notable Australian performances included: The 2006 Winter Paralympics took place in Turin, Italy.

The ceremony was attended by an audience of approximately 25,000 people,[6] and was officially opened by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.

In addition, the ABC held a one-hour special highlights broadcast of the opening ceremony and day 1 of competition.

[10] The 2006 Paralympics also saw history made, with the IPC in conjunction with Narrowtep Inc., launching a live internet television channel dedicated to the broadcasting of the Games free around the world via web-stream.

[11] President of the IPC Sir Phillip Craven officially launched the channel on February 20, 2006, stating "For the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games, ParalympicSport.TV is expected to provide over 100 hours of live coverage from all four winter sports - Alpine skiing, Ice Sledge Hockey, Nordic Skiing and Wheelchair Curling - as well as the Opening and Closing ceremonies."

As of 2016 the channel is no longer active, however the IPC do still live stream Paralympic games on their official YouTube page.

For the vision impaired event, athletes compete with a guide and are split into 3 classifications: B1-3, with B1 skiers having limited visual acuity in both eyes.

[15][16] The Alpine skiing events were held at the Kandhar Banchetta - Giovanni Nasi slope, at the Borgata venue in Sestriere, 100 km from the city of Turin.

[16] Shannon Dallas was Australia's sole competitor in the sitting classification events, while Scott Adams, Dean Calabrese, Toby Kane, Marty Mayberry, Michael Milton, Cameron Rahles-Rahbula, Nicholas Watts, and Emily Jansen all competed in the standing events.

The qualification of James Millar into the cross-country event marked the first time an Australian had qualified for the discipline since Peter Rickards in the 1980 Winter Paralympics.

In 2014, Milton returned to the Australian Winter Paralympic Team as a ski coach for the Sochi games.