There are no Pixar studios in Australia. Pixar is owned by the Walt Disney Company, which is based in the United States.
Because Disney bought the Pixar company.
Pixar is the name of a company that makes animated movies.
Pixar
Pixar was on the NASDAQ. However, it was acquired by the Walt Disney Company (DIS) in 2008 and is now included in that company's assets.
Disney/ Pixar is a mixture of two major movie making productions: Disney AND Pixar. Disney/ Pixar have formed together to make such movies as Finding Nemo, etc.
Pixar/ Disney.
To tell the viewers that this is a movie produced by Pixar, and released by Disney. The Walt Disney Company bought Pixar Animation in 2006, so the films produced by Pixar are owned by Disney so a movie says it's a "Disney-Pixar film" because it has the cooperation of both studios.
The official PIXAR company dates back to 1986, so as of now in 2010, 24 years.
Pixar/ Disney.
"Toy Story" was produced by the Pixar Animation Studio and Disney was the distributor of the film .
The Walt Disney Company. On January 24, 2006, Pixar entered into an agreement with The Walt Disney Company to merge the two companies. The deal was approved by shareholders of both companies and the merger became effective on May 5, 2006. Pixar is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.