Madonna has posted a note to Australian fans explaining why she can’t bring Confessions to Australia:
http://www.madonna.com/news/ (Posted: 13 July 2006)

I guess it is just not gonna to happy. It sadly means that I won’t get to see Madonna live, yet again. While I undersand that her kids have to get back to school, this could all have been solved by starting the tour in Australia. Some other country could have missed out then.

Now I must correct this statement: “I really did hope and expect to come to Australia during the Confessions Tour and asked my managers to try to include some shows there. I have fond memories from previous tours.” The word tours is in plural. Madonna only brought the 1993 Girlie Show tour to Australia. Multiple shows but all from the same tour. …But that little mistake can be fixed by Madonna really easily