O’Neil’s Sri Lanka trip focuses on people smuggling and bilateral relations Community & Social Home Affairs minister Clare O’Neil has used an overseas trip this week to underscore Australia’s ‘strong support’ of Sri Lanka and reiterate that Australia’s border-protection
Premium Insights and analysis What form will a budget in another pandemic year take with an election on the horizon? March 29, 2022 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry EY’s new Oceania chief economist, fresh from her last gig at Austrade, speaks to The Mandarin about the key portfolios that will keep public servants
Diversifying trade and investment options key to securing regional supply chains, ministers say March 17, 2022 By Melissa Coade Federal A videoconference between the respective trade ministers of Australia, Japan and India has underscored the importance of supply chain disruptions in the Indo-Pacific region. As
Forum canvases Australia’s strategic and economic partnership with PNG September 6, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal A ministerial forum between officials from PNG and Australia has been described by the foreign minister as an event that continued to ‘advance the special
Australia-Singapore trial to simplify cross-border trade a success August 19, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology A blockchain trial initiated by the Australian and Singaporean governments has shown that trade documents can be exchanged across two digital-verification systems, reducing cross-border transaction
Caroline Edwards joins Vic government in diplomatic role August 2, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Foreign Affairs & Immigration The Victorian government has appointed former commonwealth public servant Caroline Edwards to a senior trade role in New York. Caroline Edwards
Australia sends Tony Abbott on trade trip to India August 2, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Former prime minister Tony Abbott will head to India on behalf of the federal government this month, where he will work to strengthen Australia’s economic
Premium Insights and analysis Understanding why public sentiment on Beijing has soured June 24, 2021 By Melissa Coade Culture An annual temperature check of Australian attitudes ‘towards the world around us’ has marked a shift in the public mood towards Beijing, with confidence in
Australian alpaca farmers to benefit from trade deal with Chile June 18, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry Australia has inked a deal allowing the live export of alpacas to Chile, which the commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) says
DTA boss departs to take on trade role June 18, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry Digital Transformation Agency CEO Randall Brugeaud has been appointed to lead a new taskforce that aims to simplify trade and cut red tape. The Simplified
Indonesian supermarkets to stock WA fresh produce May 17, 2021 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry West Australian fruit, including a variety of table grapes, Bravo apples and premium onions, will hit the shelves of a high-end Indonesian supermarket in June
Protectionist trade policies won’t benefit Australia, ABARES says April 19, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry New research from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has found that Australia will continue to benefit from international supply
Government trialling machine learning tech to detect pests at shipping ports March 2, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Energy & Environment The federal government is working with a Canberra-based company to trial machine learning technology that aims to detect pests at Australian shipping ports. The trial
Morrison and Malaysian counterpart to increase trade under elevated partnership January 28, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Australia and Malaysia will remove trade barriers, increase collaboration between law-enforcement agencies, and ink a new cyber security deal as part of a decision to
