Australia reached the last 16 at the 2006 finals in Germany where they were knocked out by eventual champions Italy following a controversial injury-time penalty.
"We certainly want to achieve at least what we achieved last time and go beyond that," Buckley told the Australian Associated Press on Thursday.
"If we don't aspire to that I think people should be critical of us."
"If Pim is not the coach beyond the World Cup our first priority is to get someone in place who would take us to the Asia Cup and take us to the (2014) World Cup," said Buckley.
"We don't to get into caretaker situations. It is a global market. You've got to look at who is available when they are available."
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