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As 2010 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on the events of the year that affected Australian exporters. These five, in no particular order, have been chosen for the breadth of their impact although direct effects on exporters have varied. 1. Indian student attacks Two attacks on Indian students in Melbourne, seemingly racially [...]
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NSW Premier Kristina Keneally completed her first official visit to China as Premier last week, a trade mission that centred on promoting Australian business in Beijing, Shanghai, Xian and Guangzhou. Her main duty was to launch NSW Week, hosted by the Australian Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo as well as “reaffirm NSW’s strong relationship [...]
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Australia Unlimited, the brand, was launched today by Minister for Trade Simon Crean in the Australian Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo. Australia Unlimited will be the global face selling Australia to the world in the 21st century, and marks a departure from the unsuccessful 2006 ‘Where the bloody hell are you?’ campaign which saw [...]
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Minister for Trade Simon Crean has announced that Australia’s new national brand will be ‘Australia Unlimited’ to represent Australian quality, innovation and service worldwide. “Brand Australia is about selling Australia to the world and demonstrating the full versatility and diversity this nation has to offer. Being the ‘quiet achiever’ is not going to cut it [...]
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The 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, China runs from May to October this year, but what does it mean for Australia? Many of you might recall a time more than 20 years ago when families across Australia would make the pilgrimage to Brisbane for Expo 88, when the World’s Fair resided in the newly created [...]
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The Australian Institute of Export’s Future Leaders in Export (FLEx) club will take on China at its next event, which will be focused on the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. The most important international event in China after the Beijing Olympics will take place from May 1 to October 31, 2010, with more than 70 million [...]
...read moreMinister for Trade Simon Crean has announced the business advisory panel members for the government’s Building Brand Australia project, which will be chaired by David Mortimer, author of the Mortimer Review of Export Policies and Programs. The panel members are: Sandra Chipchase – CEO, Melbourne Convention and Visitors Bureau Margaret Gardner AO – Vice Chancellor [...]
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Minister for Trade Simon Crean has officially launched Australia’s pavilion for the Shanghai World Expo 2010 in China. Australia has invested $83 million in the expo, predicted to be the biggest in history. “China is going to be the fastest growing major economy this year with growth of eight percent, it is also an economy [...]
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The Australia-China Business Forum begins today in Melbourne, one of Australia’s premier events for doing business in China. The forum includes a Chinese delegates program, business matching sessions and presentations on various opportunities in China, Macau and Hong Kong and ways of leveraging the Shanghai World Expo in 2010. As one of the few growth [...]
...read moreMinister for Trade Simon Crean has released the details of the public tender for the development of an international brand for Australia. Officially posted at www.tenders.gov.au yesterday, the four-year process is currently open for expressions of interest until October 13, and then will go to a request for tender to shortlisted agencies. It requests a [...]
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