US carriers are the main ones who grant status matches, in Skyteam's case DL which will match you up to Gold (STE+ and will give you access to ST lounges except on domestic US flights).
The first post in this thread (
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...er-thread.html) gives the details of what you have to send to DL.
I don't think there's an ST program which is like BD or AA, although redeeming DL miles on ST partners (if you can convince DL phone agents that their partners are actually members of ST) is definitely one of their better uses - and being in Australia you can redeem them for Virgin Australia TPAC flights at much better rates than on DL's own metal.