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Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) will open a new office in Indonesia to service Australia’s third-largest beef export market in time for Christmas. MLA general manager of international markets and economic services Peter Barnard said the new office in Jakarta would be “about providing support and creating a partnership between the export industry in Australia [...]
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has begun proceedings against Thai Airways over alleged price-fixing of air freight. In a statement, the ACCC alleged that between 2001 and 2006, Thai Airways entered into arrangements or understandings with other international air cargo carriers in specific countries that had the purpose or effect of fixing the [...]
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This year has proved tumultuous for Indonesia, with the presidential election and Jakarta hotel bombings taking centre stage. In the aftermath, how is the Indonesian market positioned for Australian exporters? Find out some of the trade opportunities available from our northern neighbour presents
...read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith has denied that payments proposed to Indonesia for taking on asylum seekers is ‘bounty’ for doing the dirty work. The funds given by Australia to Indonesia will be used to assist with the cost of detention, processing and settlement of refugees, he said: “I don’t think we should categorise [...]
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Minister for Education Julia Gillard yesterday announced funding of $46,000 through the School Languages Program (SLP), to extend and update the 2005-2008 National Statement and Plan for Languages Education in Australian Schools. Together with the new National Curriculum being developed for languages and the significant new investment in Asian languages, this funding will help to [...]
...read moreMinister for Education Julia Gillard has announced $1.8 million in grants for 141 schools nationwide in Round One of the government’s Becoming Asia Literate: Grants to Schools outreach program. Round One includes 86 projects in 141 primary and secondary schools promoting the teaching and learning of Asian languages and/or studies of Asia. The program targets [...]
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The world’s Halal food trade is upwards of US$60 billion per year and growing. Ian Murray explores the huge market potentials of Halal products and the opportunities available for Australian exporters.
...read moreThe Australian Federal Police (AFP) have launched an investigation into the 1975 deaths of five Australian journalists in Balibo, East Timor, more than 18 months after a NSW coronial inquest concluded Indonesian forces had killed them to cover up their invasion of East Timor. Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith indicated that the AFP operates [...]
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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has hinted at strengthening its operations in Indonesia, the Saturday Herald Sun reports.
...read moreAustralian Minister for Trade Simon Crean believes Asia’s economic recovery, and capacity to maintain open trade, will drive global economic recovery. Crean spoke between sessions at last week’s Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) conference and said the significant growth potential of Asia was key to global revival. Beyond China and India, he predicted [...]
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