Export freight is one thing, but when you factor in our own freight infrastructure, too, it’s a whole new ball game. Joe Parkes examines the issues, takes note of possible freight solutions on the horizon, and checks that all the paperwork exporters need is in order to get your exports to market. An ancient Chinese […]
Foreign exchange can easily turn into a nightmare for exporters. Cameron Cooper looks at foreign exchange management options for riding the highs and lows of currency fluctuation. Our national pride rises and falls with the fortunes of the Australian dollar. Think back to 2000, when the little Aussie battler got the staggers, hovering around a […]
When it comes to the manufactures export industry, finds the news is very good or very bad. It depends on many factors but one of the most important is how manufactures exporters are tackling our perennial tyranny of distance. Has the China-led explosion of manufacturing in the developing world quashed Australia’s hopes for a thriving […]
‘Good morning Vietnam’ is on the lips of Australian exporters as they wake up to Vietnam’s export opportunities. Find out about this fast-growing economy to make the most of exporting to Vietnam. Vietnam’s transition from a centrally-planned to market-based economy has been anything but smooth. Modern day Vietnam still has numerous challenges to face. However, […]
Despite the ugly business that is sometimes the beauty world, Shelly Barrett has kept her focus on enhancing beauty. But exactly how did Barrett turn ModelCo into an international success. Shelley Barrett has been in business since she was 21. Running her own modelling agencies for 10 years gave her the chance to get up […]
The government’s Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) recently signed the financial intelligence units of the Czech Republic, Germany, Mexico, and St Kitts and Nevis to memoranda of understanding (MOU), allowing access to financial information for Australian law enforcement and other relevant government agencies. The MOU will assist in the detection and prosecution of […]
The Malaysian Government has enlisted the help of the Australian Institute for Commercialisation (AIC) to provide strategic advice on a number of key innovation and collaboration policies and initiatives. With the government-owned Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM) Berhard, the AIC will develop and implement a Malaysian pilot project based on the AIC’s […]
In a speech presented at the Asia Society AustralAsia Centre annual dinner, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd spoke of developing an Asia-Pacific regional community by 2020 due to the Asian region’s increasing global significance. “We need to have a vision for an Asia-Pacific community, a vision that embraces a regional institution which is able to engage […]
Australian design firm HBO+EMTB has been appointed master planner of a new biotech park in the city of Vadodara, India. At 280 hectares, it will be the largest Indian biotech park when complete. The appointment includes master planning, landscape and urban design and architectural design of key facilities including laboratories and ancillary commercial buildings. The […]
Projected growth of ICT spending in Asia is 10.5 percent per annum until at least 2011, according to figures released by Austrade. “There’s been a significant growth in Australian exports of ICT goods and services to Asia over the past three years,” says Peter Harrison, Austrade national manager for ICT. “In 2006/07, Australia’s ICT exports […]
