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| 18.12.2024 | Rescuers hunt for survivors in Vanuatu quake, 14 dead | PORT VILA, Vanuatu: Rescue teams dug for survivors trapped in crumpled buildings in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu on Wednesday (Dec 18) after a powerful earthquake killed at least 14 people, some of them buried in rubble and landslides.
Peo... |
| 06.12.2024 | Indosat empowers Indonesian startups on trip to Sydney | Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison has successfully hosted a SheHacks trip to Sydney, Australia, aimed at supporting five Indonesian women-led startups.
The SheHacks Validation Trip programme facilitates Indonesian female entrepreneurs' connections ... |
| 11.11.2024 | Why COP29 is so important for Australia’s climate credentials | This year’s Conference of the Parties, or COP29, which kicks off in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 11, has extra significance for Australia.
COP is an annual gathering of global leaders, businesses, non-governmental organisations and climate... |
| 01.10.2024 | Navigating the Climate Crossroads: The Mekong's Call for Resilience | The Mekong River, a lifeline for over 70 million people, is at a critical juncture. As climate change intensifies, the region faces rising sea levels, biodiversity loss, and socioeconomic vulnerabilities. The Mekong Environmental Resilience... |
| 01.10.2024 | Mekong Environmental Resilience Week 2024: Forging Partnerships for a Climate-resilient Mekong Subregion | Mekong Environmental Resilience Week 2024: Forging Partnerships for a Climate-resilient Mekong Subregion
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Bangkok, Thailand | The Mekong Environmental Resilience Week 2024 will bring together l... |
| 05.08.2024 | Is Australia’s Public Sector Ready for a Major Cyber Security Incident? | Recent investigations into the cyber security preparedness of Australian Federal Government agencies have found gaps in the public sector’s readiness for cyber security attacks or major data breaches, contributing to a focus in 2024 on impr... |
| 31.07.2024 | The Rising Tide of Cyber Threats: Navigating Ransomware and Immutability in Australia | In the digital age, data is the new gold. Yet, like gold, it attracts thieves. Cyber threats loom large, and ransomware is the wolf at the door. Australian enterprises are grappling with this menace, facing decisions that could make or brea... |
| 30.07.2024 | Ransomware Attacks Are Attracting Record Payouts in Australia. Should You Pay the Ransom? | Ransomware remains one of the most common forms of cyber attack — and it’s particularly threatening because it can be incredibly effective.
Globally, ransomware damage costs are predicted to exceed $265 billion by 2031. These attacks can af... |
| 27.06.2024 | Fixing Women or Fixing the System? The Representation of Women in Diplomacy | Australia has made remarkable strides in gender equality in diplomacy, achieving near parity in its Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. However, globally, women remain underrepresented in diplomacy, highlighting the need for continued ... |
| 24.06.2024 | Call for Applications - UN Women 2024 Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards | BANGKOK, June 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- UN Women is accepting applications for the 2024 Asia-Pacific Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Awards. These biannual awards recognize private businesses of all size and sector across the Asia-Paci... |
| 17.06.2024 | Taiwan’s Diplomatic Setback: How Much Longer Will Eswatini Maintain Diplomatic Ties with Taiwan? | Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, is the last African country maintaining diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Given China’s growing economic influence in Africa, why does Eswatini persist in its alliance with Taiwan?
The Republic of Chin... |
| 31.05.2024 | Cat Tuong Group and Wool Producers Australia Sign MOU to Strengthen Bilateral Cooperation | SYDNEY, May 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The "NAM DINH – VIETNAM INVESTMENT PROMOTION & TRADE CONFERENCE 2024" took place at the Metro Maslow Sydney Central Hotel, Australia, on May 29th, 2024. The event aimed to introduce the pot... |
| 17.05.2024 | Australia and Thailand partner to promote fintech capability | Left to right: Chatchai Khunpittiluck, Senior Executive Vice President, Digital Economy and Promotion Agency; Brian Collins, Deputy Chair, FinTech Australia; Chonladet Khemarattana, President, Thai Fintech Association; and Dr Angela Macdona... |
| 07.05.2024 | Australia Can Lead on Indigenous-led Climate Change Policies with Our ASEAN partners | An Indigenous-led climate policy, partnerered with ASEAN members, can help to fight climate change. With existing mitigation approaches slowed or abandoned, new tools are needed.
The landmark case at the United Nations Human Rights Committe... |
| 06.05.2024 | AUKUS is Much More Than Submarines | AUKUS is a historic chance for Australia as a natural key player in the Indo-Pacific to work towards long-lasting regional and national security. Australia’s own conflicted attitude towards nuclear power (and weapons) might jeopardise this ... |
| 29.04.2024 | Thinking Laterally in the Indian Ocean | Australia’s commitment to strengthening the Indian Ocean’s multilateral architecture is a long-term goal that will require patience. Australia should leverage bi- and mini-lateral cooperation in the interim to shape a region that reflects i... |
| 22.04.2024 | Impact X Summit 2024 convenes in a bid to bolster Australia's COP31 bid | SYDNEY, April 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Australia's largest climate and nature summit, Impact X, is this year aiming to bolster Australia's COP31 bid by uniting hundreds of international climate experts in supercharging Australia's net zero,... |
| 15.04.2024 | Is the Future Made in Australia Act a gamechanger? | Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Source: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas article-article-body
Australia is a trading nation. Its economy relies on a strong and open global trade environment.
Australian governments have historically rejected protectio... |
| 12.04.2024 | China may have removed tariffs on Australian wine but its market is no longer the same | China’s Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian. Source: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas article-article-body
China’s Ministry of Commerce has finally ended its tariffs on Australian wine, which had been imposed for more than three years at rates as high a... |
| 20.03.2024 | Adam Goodes' Black Excellence Fund headlines Impact Investment Summit, raises awareness on investing into Indigenous businesses | SYDNEY, March 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Football great and CEO and Founder of Indigenous Defence and Infrastructure Consortium (iDiC), Adam Goodes' Black Excellence Fund headlines this years' Impact Investment Summit as part of its goal of a... |
| 13.03.2024 | An unforgettable experience: University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Criminology students complete internship in Jakarta | SYDNEY, March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In December 2023, students from the UTS Bachelor of Criminology program completed a unique internship program in Jakarta, Indonesia, as part of the Australian Federal Government's New Colombo Plan init... |
| 06.03.2024 | “Pretty poor record”: Former Aus Post boss highlights supply chain issues affecting trade | Former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate. Source: AAP Image/ Mick Tsikas. article-article-body
Boosting trade and investment with Southeast Asia has been a key topic of conversation at the ASEAN special summit, but some members of the lo... |
| 27.02.2024 | Solomon Islands Elections: What Might a Sogavare Victory Mean for Australia? | Solomon Islands has forged closer ties with Beijing under Manasseh Sogavare’s prime ministership. While a Sogavare victory in the upcoming Solomon Islands elections will pose a continuing challenge for Australia’s Pacific Island engagement ... |
| 27.02.2024 | The Big 50: Upgrading to an ASEAN-Australia Comprehensive Special Strategic Partnership | 50 years into the relationship between ASEAN and Australia, the partnership needs to be expanded. Nowhere more is this needed than in renewable energy.
In 1974, under Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, Australia became the Association of Southea... |
| 09.02.2024 | By the numbers: Australian trade with China | Australian Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell visited China on Thursday as part of a joint effort to repair ties scarred by political rifts over the past decade. Source: Michael Godfrey/DFAT via AP article-article-body
As businesses at ... |
| 17.01.2024 | Indonesia Should Advocate for Full ASEAN Membership to the G20 | With Southeast Asia’s economic and political future, there are growing calls to invite ASEAN to take a seat at the G20. Questions however hang over ASEAN’s ability to meet the regions needs first, and, in particular, the growing security ch... |
| 22.12.2023 | Free trade deal with China “just beyond both countries”, says trade minister Craig Emerson | article-article-body
A free trade deal with China which has been under negotiation for close to nine years may never happen, trade minister Craig Emerson told a forum in Melbourne yesterday.
A comprehensive free trade deal, which would allo... |
| 22.12.2023 | Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement: What it means for businesses | article-article-body
Australian agribusinesses, law firms, accountants and telecommunications companies are likely to receive a boost from the signing of a free trade agreement with South Korea, but rice farmers and car manufacturers will r... |
| 22.12.2023 | Too good to be true: weighing up Australia’s exposure to China | article-article-body
Australia exported A$94.4 billion in goods to China last year, making China by far the single most important destination for Australian merchandise.
Similarly, China is also the most important destination for Australian... |
| 22.12.2023 | Economic Pulse: Three myths about Australian exports | article-article-body
In recent years in Australia, we’ve come to use the strength of our exports as a proxy for the strength of our economy.
Our mining exports helped us avoid the global financial crisis, we commonly tell ourselves. The hig... |
| 22.12.2023 | What the Australia-Japan Free Trade Agreement means for your business | article-article-body
Australia’s relationship with Japan has entered a new phase, with Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday signing a free trade agreement between the countries.
While the Japan-Austral... |
| 22.12.2023 | The inside view from a trade delegation to the Gulf States | article-article-body
I have just spent the last week travelling to three Gulf States as part of a CEO delegation that accompanied Trade Minister Andrew Robb on a visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. I am spendin... |
| 08.12.2023 | Adding Australian Multiculturalism to Canberra’s Statecraft | The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s first multicultural ambassador will enable Australia to project its unique multicultural soft power to the world. At a time of growing unpredictability, a more inclusive statecraft will contribu... |
| 23.10.2023 | Skills and trade boon: Australia and Indonesia ink pilot mobility deal | Source: Adobe Stock article-article-body
An expanded free trade agreement (FTA) between Australia and Indonesia will give more opportunities for businesses from both nations to lift their skills and expertise and make stronger intercultural... |
| 11.10.2023 | New Innovation Visa opens to attract tech talent from the UK | Under the recently signed Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement, the Innovation and Early Careers Skills Exchange Pilot (IECSEP) has been established to open doors for UK professionals eyeing a career in Australia.
IECSEP will be in... |
| 04.10.2023 | Wine In India – Consumption Rates Increasing Along With Wine Knowledge | Sonal Holland, MW – CEO and Founder of Sonal Holland Wine Academy in IndiaHolland |
| 20.07.2023 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS A CYBER SECURE SAMOA | Apia, SAMOA – In collaboration with Samoa’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and its Samoa Computer Emergency Response Team (SamCERT) Division, Australia is working together with Samoa to strengthen its cybersecu... |
| 15.07.2023 | Reviving Trepang Diplomacy in the Australia-Indonesia Trade Relationship | The historic Makassan-Yolngu relationship between Indonesian fishermen and Australian First Nations peoples is often overlooked. In moving forward, acknowledging and reviving trepang diplomacy is crucial for the strengthening of the modern-... |
| 23.06.2023 | AUSTRALIA’S GOVERNOR-GENERAL VISITS THE SAMOA FAMILY HEALTH ASSOCIATION AND THE SOON-TO-BE LAUNCHED SAMOA DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL LABORATORY | SAMOA, June 22 - Apia, SAMOA – His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) and Her Excellency Mrs. Linda Hurley, were pleased to meet the team at the Samoa Family Health Association (SFHA) as well as tour the soon-to-be... |
| 22.06.2023 | Inaugural Attachés will Operationalise Australian First Nations Diplomacy | Australia has a great opportunity to boost its relationships with Southeast Asian and Pacific Islands countries with the implementation of a First Nations foreign policy doctrine. To ensure its success, the government must empower the diplo... |
| 19.06.2023 | The Persistence of Sexual Violence in Conflict: Ending the Zero-Sum Approach | 19 June is the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. Sexual violence is one of the deadliest types of violence in conflict, and one of the most silenced and least condemned.
Over twenty years ago, UN Security... |
| 24.05.2023 | Looking for a Win on International Cooperation? Australia Can Lead on Combatting IUU Fishing | Australia has an opportunity to build on its strong diplomatic foundations on regional and international issues. Taking the lead to address illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing is one international public good Australia can provide ... |
| 27.04.2023 | HB11 Energy signs Australia-Spain bilateral laser fusion energy agreement, secures federal grant for $1.76M project | SYDNEY, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Australia's first laser fusion energy company HB11 Energy has signed a bilateral agreement with the University of Salamanca (USAL) and the Spanish Pulsed Lasers Centre (CLPU), to accelerate laser fusio... |
| 15.12.2022 | La Trobe students awarded prestigious scholarship | These La Trobe students are among the 150 Australian recipients awarded for 2023, announced at a ceremony held in Canberra last week, representing the largest cohort of scholars since the NCP Scholarship initiative began in 2014.
The ceremo... |
| 13.12.2022 | Australian winemakers turn their attention from China to India amid a new trade deal | Source: supplied.
Australian winemakers welcome the Albanese government’s new trade pact with India but say it will be no substitute for the once lucrative export market to China, which was worth $1.1 billion before plummeting 92% in value ... |
| 01.12.2022 | Australia’s new free trade deal with India to come into effect from December 29 | Anthony Albanese with India’s prime minister Narendra Modi. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)
Changes to domestic laws in India will mean a new free trade deal with Australia will come into effect by the end of next month.
The Australia-India Economi... |
| 20.11.2022 | India, Australia To Explore Talks On Digital Services Trade | Australian Minister calls digital trade a ‘real worthwhile agenda’ as it explores digital services pact with India
Australia looking at improved access for service suppliers and modern investor protections for companies
On a previous occasi... |
| 15.11.2022 | Wine, barley, beef and lobster exporters hope for China trade sanctions relief at Xi-Albanese meeting | Source: AP/Mark Schiefelbein.
Australia will focus on China’s punishing trade sanctions when Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says.
Albanese will meet his Chinese counterpart this... |
| 07.11.2022 | In 2023, Asia Pacific Will Look To Balance Transformation With Customer And Employee Expectations | In 2022, Asia mostly avoided the rising inflation and threat of recession that major economies in North America and Europe faced. However, we expect that in 2023, the ongoing war in Europe, resulting global economic slowdown, and always-ris... |
| 19.10.2022 | Australia committed to military cooperation with Indonesia | Melbourne, Australia – Australia says it will continue to provide military training, conduct joint exercises and export weapons to Indonesia despite increased violence and allegations of human rights abuses in West Papua, in the far east of... |
| 12.08.2022 | Exclusive: Whitehall frustration at Johnson’s October deadline for UK-India trade deal | Whitehall officials have raised concerns about Boris Johnson’s October deadline for a UK-India trade deal, with suggestions the PM’s “freestyling” could mean a lighter agreement than originally hoped. |
| 08.08.2022 | PRESS RELEASE: AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEERS RETURN TO SAMOA | SAMOA, August 7 - APIA, SAMOA – 8 AUG 2022: We are pleased to welcome the Australian Volunteers Program back to Samoa with the arrival of Jennifer Rodger, an Australian Epidemiologist and Public Health specialist who will serve with Samoa’s... |
| 01.08.2022 | The War in Ukraine: A New Paradigm of Sanctions Practice | The war in Ukraine has disrupted the international order, reenergizing the NATO alliance and reimagining the specter of war in Europe. It has also triggered a warp-speed rollout of sanctions, which have, alongside the export of weapons and ... |
| 16.06.2022 | Focus on Melbourne: Unlocking the door to Australia for Asia’s growing companies | Melbourne is fast becoming a hub for major tech companies from Asia, including Alibaba, SoftBank, NCS, and Bukalapak.
Hosting a vibrant innovation ecosystem, the city offers various investment opportunities in technology, health, advanced m... |
| 16.06.2022 | JOINT PRESS RELEASE: Launch of the Samoa Gender Partnership Program – an initiative of Tautua: Supporting Human Development for All | SAMOA, June 16 - 16 June 2022: Today the Governments of Samoa and Australia launched the Samoa Gender Partnership Program, the first initiative under the new eight-year partnership between the two governments, Tautua – Human Development for... |
| 17.05.2022 | Migrant workers are coming back to Australia, but the system needs fixing to curb rampant exploitation | If the COVID-19 years have taught us anything about migration, it is that Australia depends on it. About 7% of our workforce holds a temporary visa. When many international students, backpackers and other temporary visa holders suddenly lef... |
| 06.05.2022 | Australia needs to ramp up investment in agtech now, or risk being left behind | Source: David Maunsell
2022 is set to be a watershed year for the global agtech sector, with record investment behind technology and startups aiming to transform agriculture. Australia cannot risk being left behind. Industry and government ... |
| 05.04.2022 | What the new free trade deal with India means for Australia | Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Source: AAP/Lukas Coch.
A huge increase in business between India and Australia is expected over the next decade under a new trade agreement signed with the world’s fastest-growing economy over the weekend.
As... |
| 05.03.2022 | What Sanctions Has the World Put on Russia? | Over the past week, the United States and its allies have responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with some unprecedented actions of their own. But instead of engaging militarily, they have struck back at Russia’s economy.
The sanctions h... |
| 19.01.2022 | Critics say UK trade deal could increase government reliance on overseas consultants | UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Primer Minister Scott Morrison. Source: AP/Leon Neal Pool.
The Australia-UK free trade agreement is set to give consultancies in both countries access to more government work, unlocking contrac... |
| 16.12.2021 | Tapping into Indonesia's growing red meat and cattle sector | Tapping into Indonesia's growing red meat and cattle sector
16 December 2021
Key points:
Indonesia's large and rapidly expanding middle class consumer base and ongoing infrastructure development will support long-term import demand growth f... |
| 25.11.2021 | Taliban Trolls World With Afghan Marijuana Factory ‘News’ | Masters of Afghanistan after outlasting the United States military in unconventional warfare for nearly 20 years, the Taliban are also formidable opponents online. |
| 22.10.2021 | A “looming war” for low-skilled workers: Why Australia needs to rethink its migration system | Source: Shutterstock/branislavpudar.
Australia has been built on immigration. In recent years it has been skilled migration, and that will continue to be important to us, especially as we recover from the COVID-19 economic malaise.
Skilled ... |
| 11.10.2021 | Growing up in detention: Casualties of Australia’s refugee system | “My father’s friend made a decision for me — he put me on a boat.” Mehdi looks up straight at the camera, speaking via Zoom from a detention facility in Brisbane.
The same thing happened to his cousin, Adnan.
It was this life-changing momen... |
| 05.10.2021 | Six years on, Australia is back in talks with India for an interim free trade deal | Treasurer Josh Frydenberg with Piyush Goyal, India’s commerce and industry minister. Source: AAP/Mick Tsikas
Australia is set to enter into an interim trade deal with India, after negotiations stalled six years ago.
Australia and India laun... |
| 24.09.2021 | Legal Mechanisms of AUKUS Explained | On Sept. 15, the Biden administration unveiled a new strategic security pact between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. The agreement, dubbed AUKUS, sets out to deepen defense ties between the three countries by integratin... |
| 03.09.2021 | Whitehall’s patchy record on tech is letting down Britain’s innovative spirit | The UK is a hub for innovation, yet the government has a patchy record when it comes to the implementation of technology. |
| 16.07.2021 | Could the World’s Largest Green Energy Hub Redefine How Companies Work With Indigenous People? | For the world to reach net zero emissions, huge fields of solar panels and towering wind turbines will need to cover vast tracts of the Earth. In much of the world, that means building in places where Indigenous people live and have rights ... |
| 07.06.2021 | Closed border is costing the Australian economy $36.5 million a day, economists warn | Source: Unsplash/Pascal Meier.
Australia doesn’t expect to reopen its international borders until well into 2022.
The border has been closed since March 2020. That decision has been instrumental in the nation containing COVID-19, but there ... |
| 02.06.2021 | Australia weighs taking China to the WTO again — this time for a dispute over wine | China’s commerce ministry in March announced anti-dumping tariffs between 116.2% and 218.4% on Australian wine imports, measures that are set to last for five years.
China is the top destination for Australian wine exports.
Both the Austral... |
| 19.05.2021 | New free trade agreement will see fresh WA produce in Indonesian supermarkets | A Coles fresh food aisle. Source: supplied
Fresh produce from Western Australian — including a variety of table grapes, Bravo apples and premium onions — will hit the shelves of a high-end Indonesian supermarket in June thanks to a new free... |
| 21.04.2021 | An Off-the-Shelf Guide to Extended Continental Shelves and the Arctic | On March 31, the Russian Federation partially revised its submission for an “extended” continental shelf in the Arctic, further overlapping Russia’s claims with Canada’s and Denmark’s. Despite political and academic experts calling for a ca... |
| 20.04.2021 | Australia Backs Big Emitters to Lead Way to Net-Zero Emissions
Australia Backs Big Emitters to Lead Way to Net-Zero Emissions | (Bloomberg) -- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed he will attend President Joe Biden’s climate summit this week, as pressure mounts on his coal-industry backing government to commit to a hard target for net-zero emissions.
“... |
| 12.03.2021 | France, Cyber Operations and Sovereignty: The ‘Purist’ Approach to Sovereignty and Contradictory State Practice | In the context of cyber operations, there is a debate between those who consider sovereignty to be an underlying principle of international law from which other primary rules emanate, and those who consider it to be a primary rule of custom... |
| 17.01.2021 | Has Prince Charles’ Nature Pledge Been Undermined By Including Fossil Fuel Producers? | Prince Charles announced a nature pledge for business on Monday, that controversially included major ... [+] fossil fuel producersGetty Images |
| 30.12.2020 | Israel, Cyberattacks and International Law | In April 2020, a serious cyberattack hit Israel’s water infrastructure facilities. Iran, Israeli officials alleged, had carried out the attack with the goal of tampering with the water chlorine levels—and Israel reportedly responded with a ... |
| 23.12.2020 | Water Wars: Flirting in the Taiwan Strait | This month saw some notable military activity in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait, continued diplomatic efforts by the United States and its partners to push back against China, and a renewed emphasis by the U.S. Navy on countering Chi... |
| 27.11.2020 | China Ratchets Up The Pressure As Australia Stands Firm On Its Sovereign Interests | Prime Minister Scott Morrison holds a news conference in the prime minister's courtyard on November ... [+] 13, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. Sam Mooy/Getty Images |
| 27.11.2020 | Australian Border Force and Singapore partner on blockchain trial to boost trade efficiency | Australian Border Force commissioner Michael Outram. Source: AAP/Mick Tsikas.
The Australian Border Force (ABF) has this week joined up with the Singaporean government to launch a blockchain trial as part of the Commonwealth’s broader plan ... |
| 26.11.2020 | Australia Begins Blockchain Trial With Singapore for Cross Border Trade | The Australian Border Force (ABF) begins a blockchain trial for cross border trade with Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA).
This partnership is in line with the bilateral Australia-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement.
A... |
| 25.11.2020 | Australia and Singapore to Trial 'Paperless' Trade Using Blockchain Technology | The Australian Border Force (ABF), the country's customs and border protection agency, wants to simplify cross-border trade with Singapore using blockchain technology.
Under the Australia-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement (DEA), a blockch... |
| 24.11.2020 | DHL Express strengthens trans-Tasman airfreight capacity with new service connecting Australia and New Zealand | The dedicated route will connect Melbourne to Auckland and
Christchurch five nights a week, providing a faster delivery and more efficient
shipment collection time for Australian and New Zealand businesses
New service launch follows 49% gro... |
| 30.09.2020 | Norway tries to seal FTA with China this year, but complications abound | There’s speculation in Beijing diplomatic circles this month as to whether China will sign a free trade deal with Norway this year.
Negotiators have been working on the deal for more than a decade, but the talks were paused after the Nobel ... |
| 15.09.2020 | Australian business leaders caught up in China’s mass surveillance: Here’s what it means | Source: Pexels/Soumil Kumar
By Bruce Baer Arnold, University of Canberra
National security is like sausage-making. We might enjoy the tasty product, but want to look away from the manufacturing.
Recent news that Chinese company Zhenhua Data... |
| 20.08.2020 | The dumping scandal facing Aussie winemakers in China | It’s on again. This time it’s Australia’s wine industry that’s under investigation in China for allegedly violating anti-dumping rules. The investigation has sent shock waves through the wine industry and beyond.
Broadly speaking, anti-dump... |
| 03.08.2020 | Europe's Incertitude in Cyberspace | On July 7, a grand jury in the Eastern District of Washington charged Li Xiaoyu and Dong Jiazhi—both citizens and residents of China—with running a decade-long global computer intrusion campaign, involving the theft of terabytes of intellec... |
| 02.07.2020 | DHL Global Forwarding’s multimodal solution reduces cost for Australian and New Zealand importers | This Europe-Pacific AIR-SEA service saves importers approximately 60% in cost compared to air freight and the same savings in transit time compared to using ocean freight
SINGAPORE
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| 24.05.2020 | China’s Failed Pandemic Response in Africa | Editor’s Note: As the United States retreats from its traditional global leadership role, China is filling the void. Perhaps nowhere has China’s growing influence been more apparent than in Africa, where China’s economic and security clout ... |
| 08.05.2020 | Protecting the Rules-Based Order at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea | “It is just a piece of waste paper. You may just chuck it in the bin, leave it on the shelf, or put it in archives.” Those words were spoken by Liu Zhenmin, then the vice foreign minister for the People’s Republic of China, at a July 2016 p... |
| 07.05.2020 | Pooling resources and manufacturing locally: How an Australia-New Zealand bubble could lessen our dependence on China | By Hongzhi Gao, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Monica Ren, Macquarie University
When it comes to our economic over-reliance on China, New Zealand consumers need look no further than their most popular big-box chain... |
| 27.10.2019 | China’s Advance Into the Antarctic | Editor’s Note: Major powers have never fought over Antarctica, and indeed its peaceful status is a diplomatic success that has lasted decades. David Fishman, a former Brookings intern, argues that this may be changing, a development driven ... |
| 01.10.2019 | A Federal Backstop for Insuring Against Cyberattacks? | The effects of warfare can be felt well beyond the battlefield. Businesses are interrupted, property damaged, lives lost—and those at risk often seek to protect themselves through insurance. The premiums that insurers charge, however, rarel... |
| 03.01.2019 | Cross-Border Privacy Rules in Asia: An Overview | The United States, Canada and Mexico recently completed negotiations on a new trade agreement, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), to supersede NAFTA. While the treaty is pending ratification in the legislative bodies of the ... |
| 03.12.2018 | Australia’s diplomats at odds with crypto bill | The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has said it “is pleased to endorse” international movements for a stable cyber environment free from state interference - a position which appears to put it at odds with some provisions of ... |
| 18.06.2018 | Open Source Industry Australia Says Zombie TPP Could Destroy Free Software Licensing | It seems incredible, but the TPP trade deal is still staggering on, zombie-like. It’s official name is now the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), but even the Australian government just calls it T... |
| 23.04.2018 | Defence progresses its space awareness projects | Defence has mounted an initial business case to deploy a space situational awareness mission system of its own.
The agency is in various stages of planning to deploy “indigenous” ground-based optical sensors to track space objects and their... |
| 05.04.2018 | Insects and Blockchain Win Big at the First Mekong AgriTech Challenge | Editor’s Note: Cal Foulner and William Taing are the cofounders of Beanstalk AgTech, an agriculture innovation practice based in Australia, bringing together startups, producers, and investors across the Asia Pacific.
The Mekong AgriTech Ch... |
| 12.12.2017 | Australian tech startups stand to lose out in proposed copyright reforms | The Australian government quietly introduced the Copyright Amendment (Service Providers) Bill 2017 to the Senate on Wednesday. If enacted, the bill will extend the scope of Australia’s copyright safe harbours – very slightly.
Safe harbours ... |
| 04.10.2017 | Australia tackles regional cyber resilience | Australia's inaugural cyber engagement strategy will see the federal government pursue a coordinated approach to reinforcing cyber resilience with its international partners, placing a particular focus on the Indo-Pacific region.
Foreign Mi... |
| 14.09.2017 | SparkLabs Group launches an agricultural tech accelerator called Cultiv8 in Australia | SparkLabs Group, which claims to be the largest startup accelerator group in Asia, is stepping into agricultural tech with a new program created in partnership with the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries. Called SparkLabs Cult... |
