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Austrade is inviting Australian companies interested in the Chinese market for clean technologies to apply to join the Wanwu Initiative. The Australia-China Wanwu Eco-country Initiative was created by Austrade in 2009 to help broker participation by Australian companies in Chinese clean tech projects and enable access to funding. Remediation specialists wanted David Dukes, Austrade’s trade [...]

The Australian Solar Institute and Germany’s national research centre for aeronautics and space are to share resources in developing solar technologies. Under a memorandum of understanding signed by Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Kim Carr in Berlin last week the ASI and Germany’s Deutches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR) will collaborate to [...]

As Australia’s largest trading partner, just ahead of Brazil according to Austrade’s 2010 figures, Mexico is a land of opportunity for Australian exporters. In addition its market for energy, a strong mining industry and government-backed infrastructure projects, manufacturing costs in Mexico are lower than in Brazil, China or India. Australia is also regarded as a [...]

The Australian Institute of Export and Travelex are hosting a yum cha lunch and discussion in Sydney’s Chinatown on Thursday 17 March. With the overall theme of effectively managing foreign exchange for businesses of all sizes and industry sectors, topics will include hedging, forward rates, interest rate differentials and spot rates. Attendees will also have [...]

The 2010/11 summer was a big one for tourism in Australia. Despite flooding in various parts of the country and a rising Australian dollar, we secured a visit from US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, populated summer music festivals, brought in crowds for Sydney’s New Year’s Eve and kept them for Sydney Festival. Not to [...]

The Theatre Board of the Australian Arts Council is funding Victorian theatre maker Rand Hazou to create a series of initiatives between Palestine and Australia. The series of initiatives is to include an internship with Al Kasaba theatre, originally established in Jerusalem in the 1970s as a venue for playwrights and now relocated to Ramallah [...]

Maersk is upgrading its fleet with an order for 10 new container vessels to be built by Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. The new USD190 million Triple-E class ships scheduled for delivery between 2013-15, with an option on an additional 20, will be the largest of any type currently sailing at 400 metres long, [...]

Austrade invites financial institutions to join a trade mission to Singapore, a key Asian financial hub. The three day mission will run from 11-13 May, with optional add-on programs to Indonesia and Malaysia, and will include attendance at the 12th Investment Management Association of Singapore Annual Conference, titled Investment Trends in the New Decade: What’s [...]

Trade marks are essential for every business. A trade mark can protect your brand from copying by others. Did you know: registration of your business or company name in Australia does not protect that name from copying by others. A trade mark registration is recommended to protect your brand which can be a name, logo, [...]

Tourism Australia reports a rebound in business event arrivals in 2010 compared to the previous year. Between January and November 2010 174,000 visitors arrived to attend conventions or conferences in Australia, an increase of 21 percent on the 2009 that brings the figures back to almost 2008 levels. Tourism Australia managing director Andrew McEvoy said [...]