The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and trade (DFAT) said the security environment is getting worse, and there is a very high risk of violent demonstrations.
DFAT said only Australian in the country should also consider leaving.
Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd has strongly condemned the recent attacks on protesters in Syria, which caused the death of dozens.
He said violence against peaceful demonstrators is abhorrent and must stop.
He also said that the decision to lift the emergency law should be respected by the Syrian authorities.
His comments come in the reports of security killed at least 12 people Saturday (local time), when they fired on a lament at funeral for pro-democracy protesters who were shot dead the day before.
The lament called for an end to the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, chanting "Bashar al-Assad, you traitor!" Long live the Syria, down with Bashar! ?
Friday was far more bloody day and a month of demonstrations to demand of political freedoms and put an end to corruption, at least 100 people killed, according to activists.
The protests took place despite the decision by Mr. Assad this week to lift emergency law in place since his Baath party seizes power 48 years ago.
Two legislators and preacher also resigned to protest the killings of demonstrators.
One of the legislators to resign, Naser Hariri, said that Mr. Assad security forces trigger a "frenzy of killing in cold blood."
Mr. Hariri "security forces are sowing divisions and sectarian strife between the Syrians, Muslim and Christian, who are United in their demands for reforms and freedom", stated to Reuters.
Rezq Abdulrahman Abazeid, the mufti appointed by the Government or the Muslim preacher, for Adraa of them resigned also.
"Attributed to give fatwas (religious decrees), submit my resignation because of the fall of the martyrs and victims, the burning of the police" he told Al Jazeera.
Helped by his family and a pervasive security apparatus, Mr. El-Assad, 45, has absolute power, having ignored requests to transform the anachronistic autocratic system he inherited when he succeeded his father, President Hafez Al-Assad, in 2000.
ABC/Reuters.
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