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Austrade is offering assistance to small and medium businesses which were affected by the recent cyclone and floods in Queensland or fires in Western Australia. Some businesses affected by flooding in Victoria, Tasmania and NSW are also eligible. If the headquarters of your business is in a disaster-affected area, you can take advantage of Austrade’s [...]
...read moreTrade Minister Craig Emerson has announced Austrade will offer special assistance to disaster-affected exporters. Floods, cyclones and bushfires affected small and medium-sized enterprises over the Australian summer, damaging their profit margins and reducing their export capacity. “While a broader recovery effort is underway, the Australian economy has suffered billions of dollars in lost output,” Emerson [...]
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Freight company Maersk has advised that with closure of the Port of Brisbane export of goods overseas from the port has come to a standstill. General manager of Port of Brisbane operations Peter Kyte has advised port businesses to consider sending home non-essential staff or ceasing operations, according to their risk assessment. The port closed [...]
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The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has reissued its travel advice for people who plan to visit Haiti. Due to last week’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake near Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, DFAT has added the disaster to a list of reasons for travellers to reconsider their visit. “On 12 January 2010, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake [...]
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The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has announced a $10 million emergency relief package to people affected by the Haiti earthquake. A release by the department stated that Australia’s emergency humanitarian funding will be provided to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the United Nations, Australian NGOs and [...]
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