- The federal government has announced that it will establish a new national agency to grow Australia's domestic space industry. A working group chaired by former CSIRO chief Megan Clark will provide advice on the possible scope and structure of the agency to the federal government by the end of March next year. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/government-announces-creation-of-national-space-agency-20170924-gynx3c.html
- Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Tourism and Investment
- The Turnbull Government released the first detailed document on Australia’s place in the world in 14 years yesterday. An editorial in the Communist Party-owned tabloid, Global Times said China’s economic influence in Australia should have eased people’s concerns, according to ABC reports. It said China “could relegate ties with Australia to the back of the line, and ignore its immature outburst”. The white paper noted China’s remarkable economic growth and asserted that it had challenged the US’s position as the dominant power in the Indo-Pacific. https://www.fpwhitepaper.gov.au/, https://www.fpwhitepaper.gov.au/
- Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) is a skills assessment service provider specialising in assessments for people with trade skills gained overseas or in Australia, for the purpose of migration and skills recognition.
North Australia
- http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21656706-australia-wants-turn-its-most-remote-region-asian-investment-hub-taming-frontier On June 18th Mr Abbott’s government published a white paper outlining plans for developing northern Australia over the next 20 years. The plan drew on proposals by the Institute of Public Affairs, a libertarian think-tank. The institute has promoted its ideas in tandem with a group in Western Australia founded by Gina Rinehart, whose iron-ore wealth from the Pilbara region, in that state’s north, has made her Australia’s richest person. Both outfits want northern Australia to become a hub for Asian investment. To encourage this, they have pressed the government to make the region a “special economic zone”. They want it to have lower business and income taxes than the rest of Australia. The lobbyists have clout among Australia’s political leaders. Five months before he became prime minister in 2013, Mr Abbott told those attending a dinner at the institute, including Mrs Rinehart, that his support for northern Australia’s development was tantamount to a “big fat yes” to policies “you urged upon me”. Later in that year’s election campaign, Kevin Rudd, the former Labor prime minister, unsuccessfully tried to trump Mr Abbott by promising a 20% business-tax rate for the NT, a third lower than the national rate. Now that Mr Abbott has unveiled his plan, the government has dropped the idea of a distinct “special economic zone” (a disappointment to China, perhaps, which helped to popularise the term and may have enjoyed the notion of being invited to invest in one set up by a supplicant rich country). Andrew Robb, the trade minister, says officials “looked closely” at the idea. But Australia’s constitution bans the levying of different levels of federal tax on different states. Instead, there are pledges to invest in infrastructure such as roads and dams (to trap water from monsoon rains). One aim is to boost the population, though the target for as far in the future as 2060 is still only 4m-5m. The government wants to relax visa rules to allow mining companies to recruit more overseas workers, and to abolish caps on seasonal workers from Pacific Island nations and Timor-Leste.
- https://www.ft.com/content/2a8a9ae8-6db2-11e7-bfeb-33fe0c5b7eaa Gina Rinehart has faced down larger rivals, bureaucrats and even family to build Hancock Prospecting into a mining force. Now Australia’s richest woman is tackling a tiny foe that could derail a A$1bn plan to ship live cattle to China. The culicoides midge transmits bluetongue — a virus that affects livestock and is endemic in northern Australia, a vast area of rolling pasture larger than France, Spain and Italy combined. Mrs Rinehart owns several cattle stations in the region and wants to export up to 300,000 live cattle a year to meet surging meat demand in China
Northern territory
- Arnhem Land is one of the five regions of the Northern Territory of Australia. In 1623, Dutch East India Company captain William van Colster sailed into the Gulf of Carpentaria and Cape Arnhem is named after his ship, the Arnhem, which itself was named after the city of Arnhem in the Netherlands. The area covers about 97,000 km2 and has an estimated population of 16,000, of whom 12,000 are Yolngu, the traditional owners. The region's service hub is Nhulunbuy, east of Darwin, set up in the early 1970s as a mining town (bauxite). Other major population centres are Yirrkala (just outside Nhulunbuy), Gunbalanya (formerly Oenpelli), Ramingining, and Maningrida. A substantial proportion of the population, which is mostly Aboriginal, lives on small outstations. This outstation movement started in the early 1980s. Many Aboriginal groups moved to usually very small settlements on their traditional lands, often to escape the problems (alcohol, petrol-sniffing, idleness) on the larger townships. These population groups have very little Western influence culturally speaking, and Arnhem Land is arguably one of the last areas in Australia that could be seen as a completely separate country. Many of the region's leaders have called and continue to call for a treaty that would allow the Yolngu to operate under their own traditional laws.
- Yuendumu is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia.[9][10] It ranks as one of the larger remote communities in central Australia and has a thriving community of Aboriginal artists. Yuendumu lies 293 km northwest of Alice Springs on the Tanami Road, and is a community largely made up of the Warlpiri and Anmatyerr Aboriginal people, with a population of 759 at the 2016 Australian census.[2] Yuendumu is located within the Yuendumu Aboriginal Lands Trust area on traditional Anmatyerr land and includes numerous outstations.It was established in 1946 by the Native Affairs Branch of the Australian Government to deliver rations and welfare services.[13] In 1947 a Baptist mission was established there.[14] By 1955 many of the Aboriginal people had settled in the town. Today, some of the services and facilities available in Yuendumu include three community stores, Yuendumu Mediation Centre, school,[15] airstrip, swimming pool,[16] the Warlukurlangu art centre, an Aboriginal media organisation (PAW Media), a church, an elderly people's program, women's centre and safe house.
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20161111/PDF/a10_screen.pdf位於澳洲最北部“門户”——北領地政府省長邁克爾．剛納日前在北京接受本報專訪。他本人對中澳貿易合作給出高度評價，並稱中國在澳投資不僅能給當地人民創造更多就業機會、裨益澳洲北部發展政策，同時也符合中國目前正在實施的“一帶一路”戰略，相信此種投資合作會締造雙贏。 剛納表示，作為中澳交流“門户”北領地，圍繞着達爾文港與中國展開的合作層出不窮。達爾文港是澳北部地區最大港口，2014-2015年度貨物運輸量為340萬噸，其中一半是中國貨物貿易，大部分為礦石。他認為，達爾文港得天獨厚的地理優勢堪當石油天然氣、礦產、食物等出口中國乃至亞洲的樞紐地位，中企對此港口投資，定能促進北領地地區經濟發展。
- gas
- Australia’s Northern Territory on Tuesday lifted a nearly two-year moratorium on fracking to extract gas, unlocking vast onshore reserves in the resource-rich region and raising the possibility of other provinces following suit. The Northern Territory (NT), a 1.4 million sq km (540,000 sq miles) expanse of outback extending from the center of Australia to its northern coastline, had banned hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, in September, 2016 amid concerns the drilling method could harm the environment.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-gas/australias-northern-territory-lifts-fracking-ban-idUSKBN1HN360
New South wales
- government
- department of premier and cabinet, export development and services participated in 2015 hktdc food fair
- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/mar/03/third-death-confirmed-in-australias-rockmelon-listeria-outbreak, https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20180307/20324453食安中心發言人稱，根據澳洲當局提供資料，本港進口商永記食品有限公司、ETAK International Ltd.、永康和及明記棧有限公司曾進口受影響產品到港，中心隨即聯絡該四間進口商跟進
- The area which is now Eurobodalla Shire was originally the home of the South Coast Bugelli-Manji and Yuin Aboriginal peoples[citation needed]. The Council signed a Commitment to Indigenous Australians and a Local Agreement with the Aboriginal Community.The Eurobodalla Shire Council was formed in 1913 with the responsibility for administering local government functions along 110 kilometres (68 mi) of the NSW coast between Durras and Wallaga Lake.
- 1942年6月8日には大日本帝国海軍の伊号第二十一潜水艦の攻撃を受けた。1989年12月28日にはオーストラリア史上最大の地震（ニューカッスル地震）に襲われ、甚大な被害を出した。2007年6月8日には温帯低気圧による暴風雨により死者9名、河川の氾濫、浸水、タンカーの座礁などが起こった。
- scmp remember a day column - 11mar1979 - Petitions were raised and tensions ran high in the isolated New South Wales township of Yanco after favourite local chefs were arrested. Five Hong Kong Chinese were detained as illegal immigrants, after authorities were alerted to the chefs’ presence by the restaurant’s reputation as a popular dining spot. The townspeople said they could not face the thought of going back to local fare and started a campaign to stop the cooks from being deported.https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3001704/east-german-spy-lovers-prince-charles-chased-bikini-model
Queensland
- government
- trade and investment queensland
- *********Chinchilla is a town and a locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.The town (approximately 300 kilometres (190 mi) west-northwest of Brisbane) was established in 1877. As the railway pushed west across the Darling Downs from Toowoomba and Dalby, a temporary construction camp was established on the banks of Charley's Creek which developed into a town. Agriculture is the mainstay of the community, with beef and pork production, wool growing, and horticulture traditionally underwriting the local economy. However, with the recent resources boom, the Kogan Creek Power Station (and other coal and gas projects) have begun to inject welcome cash into the town and Chinchilla is experiencing mass growth and development. House prices in Chinchilla have boomed as a result of the need to house new workers. Chinchilla is known as the 'Melon Capital of Australia', and plays host to a Melon Festival every second year in February. The town name is a corruption of the Aboriginal word "tintinchilla" or "jinchilla" indicating cypress pine, possibly recorded by explorer and naturalist Ludwig Leichhardt. Chinchilla Post Office opened on 3 January 1878.
South Australia
- !!!!!! 毛絲鼠屬（Chinchilla），別名絨鼠、栗鼠，又稱龍貓 Chinchillas are either of two species (Chinchilla chinchilla and Chinchilla lanigera) of crepuscular rodents of the parvorder Caviomorpha. They are slightly larger and more robust than ground squirrels, and are native to the Andes mountains in South America. They live in colonies called "herds" at high elevations of up to 4,270 m (14,000 ft). Historically, chinchillas lived in an area that included parts of Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, and Chile, but today, colonies in the wild are known only in Chile.[4] Along with their relatives, viscachas, they make up the family Chinchillidae. They are also related to the chinchilla rat. The chinchilla has the densest fur of all mammals that live on land. In the water, the sea otter has a denser coat. The chinchilla is named after the Chincha people of the Andes, who once wore its dense, velvet-like fur.[6] By the end of the 19th century, chinchillas had become quite rare after being hunted for their ultra-soft fur.[7] Most chinchillas currently used by the fur industry for clothing and other accessories are farm-raised.[8] Domestic chinchillas descended from C. lanigera are sometimes kept as pets, and may be considered a type of pocket pet.
South Australia
- government
- primary industries and regions sa
- adelaide
- The City of Charles Sturt is a local government area in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, stretching to the coast.The council was formed on 1 January 1997 as a result of the amalgamation of the City of Hindmarsh Woodville and the City of Henley and Grange. It comprises a mix of residential, industrial and commercial areas and had a population of 111,759 in 2016. The first local government to be established in the area was the District Council of Hindmarsh (established in 1853),[4]covering the north west suburbs of Adelaide south of the port and north of the Torrens. The boundaries of the Hindmarsh district council were remarkably similar to the boundaries of the City of Charles Sturt, but the intervening years from 1874 to 1997 saw several divisions and amalgamations in the original council area, leading to the current boundaries. In 1874 the Town of Hindmarsh seceded from the original district council, the latter changing its name to District Council of Woodville a year later.[5][6] The Town of Hindmarsh included the near-city communities of Hindmarsh, Bowden, Brompton, Croydon and what would become Renown Park.
Tasmania
- government
- Department of State Growth
western australia
- Westralia is a common contraction of Western Australia. Note its specific uses in names of ships, companies, etc
- Mandurah (/ˈmændʒərə/) is a coastal city in Western Australia, situated approximately 72 kilometres (45 mi) south of the state capital, Perth. It is the state's second-largest city, with a population just ahead of that of Bunbury. Mandurah's central business district is located on the Mandurah Estuary, which is an outlet for the Peel Inlet and Harvey Estuary. The city takes its name from a Noongar word meaning "meeting place" or "trading place". A townsite for Mandurah was laid out in 1831, two years after the establishment of the Swan River Colony, but attracted few residents. Until the post-war boom of the 1950s and 1960s it was little more than a small fishing village. In subsequent years, Mandurah's reputation for boating and fishing attracted a large number of retirees, especially to the canal developments in the city's south. The 1000-hectare suburb of Halls Head was developed during the 1980s by the Parry Corporation and the state Government Employees Superannuation Board—one of the notorious WA Inc deals which later gave rise to a royal commission.[2]:4–69 Along with four other local government areas (Boddington, Murray, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, and Waroona), the City of Mandurah is included in the wider Peel region. Mandurah is sometimes grouped together with Perth for statistical purposes, especially since the extension of the Kwinana Freeway and the completion of the Mandurah railway line in the late 2000s. The two cities now form a conurbation along the Indian Ocean coastline, although the Perth metropolitan area officially ends at Singleton.
- Westralia is a common contraction of Western Australia. Note its specific uses in names of ships, companies, etc
- Mandurah (/ˈmændʒərə/) is a coastal city in Western Australia, situated approximately 72 kilometres (45 mi) south of the state capital, Perth. It is the state's second-largest city, with a population just ahead of that of Bunbury. Mandurah's central business district is located on the Mandurah Estuary, which is an outlet for the Peel Inlet and Harvey Estuary. The city takes its name from a Noongar word meaning "meeting place" or "trading place". A townsite for Mandurah was laid out in 1831, two years after the establishment of the Swan River Colony, but attracted few residents. Until the post-war boom of the 1950s and 1960s it was little more than a small fishing village. In subsequent years, Mandurah's reputation for boating and fishing attracted a large number of retirees, especially to the canal developments in the city's south. The 1000-hectare suburb of Halls Head was developed during the 1980s by the Parry Corporation and the state Government Employees Superannuation Board—one of the notorious WA Inc deals which later gave rise to a royal commission.[2]:4–69 Along with four other local government areas (Boddington, Murray, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, and Waroona), the City of Mandurah is included in the wider Peel region. Mandurah is sometimes grouped together with Perth for statistical purposes, especially since the extension of the Kwinana Freeway and the completion of the Mandurah railway line in the late 2000s. The two cities now form a conurbation along the Indian Ocean coastline, although the Perth metropolitan area officially ends at Singleton.
- 澳洲西部城鎮曼德拉（Mandurah）一間華人商店遭童黨搶劫，期間一名華裔女店員被斧頭劈中臉部，臉骨嚴重損傷、塌陷，搶救後檢回一命，但恐會毀容。警方在現場抓獲三名涉案少年，發現他們只偷了幾包香煙。其中二人目前已被拘留，案件仍在調查。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20181128/00180_021.html
- Monkey Mia, in Australia, where it was the dolphins who deliberately courted the attention of the people frequenting the beaches there, by bringing them fish in order to entice them to come out and play with the dolphins. https://www.quora.com/Why-do-dolphins-and-whales-protect-humans-and-how-do-they-know-that-humans-need-help
Victoria
- government
- department of state development, business and innovation
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VM_0267_Stratford_-_Avon_River_valley.jpg?uselang=fr Sur la rivière Avon près de Stratford
- no chinese but has 吳語version
external territory
- The Territory of Christmas Island is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. Christmas Island has a population of just over 2,000 residents, the majority of whom live in settlements on the northern tip of the island. The main settlement is Flying Fish Cove. Around two-thirds of the island's population are Malaysian Chinese, with significant numbers of Malays and white Australians as well as smaller numbers of Malaysian Indians and Eurasians.
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20171227/00269_002.html在澳洲聖誕島（Christmas Island）工作與生活約三年的八十後台妹張惠晴
- The islands have been called the Cocos Islands (from 1622), the Keeling Islands (from 1703), the Cocos–Keeling Islands (since James Horsburgh in 1805) and the Keeling–Cocos Islands (19th century).[2] Cocosrefers to the abundant coconut trees, while Keeling is William Keeling, who discovered the islands in 1609. John Clunies-Ross, who sailed there in the Borneo in 1825, called the group the Borneo Coral Isles, restricting Keeling to North Keeling, and calling South Keeling "the Cocos properly so called". The form Cocos (Keeling) Islands, attested from 1916,[6] was made official by the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955. The territory's Malay name is Pulu Kokos (Keeling). Sign boards on the island also feature Malay translations.
- hkej 14may18 shum article on the island and obor
Diplomatic missions
- http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1654932/australian-government-moves-curb-unrealistic-requests-embassies, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2014-12/04/content_19021582.htm
Company
- conglomerate
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2015-02/17/content_19610645.htm The Victor Smorgon Group, a privately owned industrial leader with diversified businesses inAustralia, is looking for trade and investment opportunities again in China after it quit the steelbusiness in the world's second-largest economy some two decades ago, according to a seniorcompany executive. "We are planning to export agricultural products to the Chinese market, as well as seeking otherinvestment opportunities, as both countries are highly complementary in the agricultural industry,"said Peter Edwards, managing director of Victor Smorgon Group.
With plenty of land, natural resources and an advanced technology and management system,Australia, whose agricultural industry has great advantages in terms of cattle farming and plantingcrops, would provide agricultural products to consumers in China, where demand is growing forhigh-quality foodstuffs, according to Edwards. One of the latest developments in VSG's strategy in China is a cooperative project, called "MyCow in Australia", in which Chinese consumers are allowed to feed and manage their cattle untilthe beef is finally delivered, according to Edwards. He said that the company also plans to export other products such as green vegetables, blue fintuna and fruit juice to China. Harvey norman
- http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d6181392-5098-11e5-8642-453585f2cfcd.html After four decades of expansion, which saw Harvey Norman grow into one of Australia’s few multinational successes, the business hit trouble. Heavy losses at its Irish division following the global financial crisis; the fall in popularity of big ticket items such as plasma televisions and computers; and online competition dented profits, causing its market value to plummet from A$7bn in 2007 to below A$2bn by early 2012. One rival branded Mr Harvey a “whingeing dinosaur” for failing to master internet retailing. Some commentators called on him to follow the advice of his company’s catchy “Go, Harvey” advertising jingle and leave more than a half century of retailing behind.
- Wesfarmers Limited is an Australian conglomerate, headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, with interests predominantly in Australian and New Zealand retail, chemicals, fertilisers, coal mining and industrial and safety products.
- asx
- http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5b4d48ae-f62d-11e5-9afe-dd2472ea263d.html Canberra is ending the Australian Securities Exchange monopoly on equity clearing and relaxing ownership restrictions in a decision that removes a potential hurdle to the ASX’s participation in overseas mergers. The changes will be implemented over an 18-month period to allow time for the creation of a regulatory regime to oversee a competitive market in clearing. This follows the liberalisation of share trading in 2011 — a reform that has enabled rival exchange Chi-X to compete with the ASX in executing share trades.
- kiv china ipos
- education company retech http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2017-02/06/content_28112596.htm
- http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2074463/tianmei-beverage-draws-strong-investor-interest-ahead-trading Australian investors have over the last few weeks rushed to subscribe shares from an Australian company which owns a 100 per cent interest in Chinese beverage and consumer goods company Tianmei Beverage Group, in the hopes of tapping China’s growing appetite for food safety.
- probably hk related
- blackmores
- ausgrid
- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-26/cheung-kong-china-suitors-said-to-plan-bids-for-australian-grid State Grid Corp. of China, the nation’s biggest electricity distributor, and billionaire Li Ka-shing’s Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. are among suitors planning to submit bids for Australian power network Ausgrid, people with knowledge of the matter said.State-owned China Southern Power Grid Co. also plans to submit an indicative offer with Qatar Investment Authority for the Ausgrid lease by the Feb. 29 deadline, according to the people. The 50.4 percent holding in Ausgrid, which is being sold by the New South Wales state government, could fetch more than A$10 billion ($7.2 billion), the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. Australian assets, including ports, power networks and properties, are attracting increasing interest from overseas buyers drawn to the nation’s stable economic growth. Buyers from greater China announced $15.5 billion of acquisitions in Australia last year, up 55 percent from 2014, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160812/00178_012.html 中國國家電網公司聯合香港長江基建集團有限公司，計劃以一百億澳元（約五百九十八億港元）競購澳洲最大電網公司Ausgrid百分之五十點四的股份。然而，澳洲政府昨以擔憂國家安全為由，初步拒絕批准交易。長江基建昨回應事件時，直指澳洲政府決定「背後有難言之隱」。
- EnergyAustralia (former name: TRUenergy) is an electricity generation, electricity and gas retailing private company in Australia that is owned by Hong Kong-based and listed CLP Group. EnergyAustralia also has a portfolio of generating sites using thermal coal, natural gas, hydro-electric, solar energy, and wind power. The company was founded in 1995 and its headquarters are located in Melbourne, Victoria.
- DUET Group owns and operates energy utility assets in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe. The Company's segments include Dampier Bunbury Pipeline (DBP), which owns the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP), which is the only pipeline connecting the natural gas reserves of the Carnarvon and Browse basins; DBP Development Group (DDG), Wheatstone Ashburton West Pipeline which is a gas transmission pipeline that connects the domestic Wheatstone Liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant to the DBNGP; Energy Developments Limited (EDL), which is a provider of low greenhouse gas emissions energy and remote energy solutions, and manages an international portfolio of over 900 mega watt of power generation facilities; Utility Energy (UE), which operates a distribution network covers approximately 1,470 square kilometers of south-east Melbourne and Mornington Peninsula, and Multinet Gas (MG), which is a Victorian gas distribution company.
- Goldwind Australia Pty Ltd set up office in Sydney in 2009 and entered the Australian renewable energy market with its initial Mortons Lane wind turbine project in Victoria and the much larger Gullen Range project in New South Wales. From 2013, the Gullen Range Wind Farm near Goulburn with its 73 state-of-the-art wind turbines is supplying enough electricity for around 63,000 households. Gullen Range Wind Farm hosts the first 2.5MW gearless Permanent Magnet Direct Drive (PMDD) wind turbines in Australia.Goldwind prides itself on being a model for the integration of Chinese firms in Australia through its employment and governance practices and most recently through path-breaking syndicated project finance.Engineers and technical staff working at the wind farm sites are local people to help local employment along with some technical specialists from China.https://renewablesnow.com/news/goldwind-agrees-grid-connection-for-321-mw-aussie-wind-project-608175/
- The Perth Mint is Australia's official bullion mint and wholly owned by the Government of Western Australia.[2] Established on 20 June 1899, two years before Australia's Federation in 1901, the Perth Mint was the last of three Australian colonial branches of the United Kingdom's Royal Mint (after the now-defunct Sydney Mint and Melbourne Mint) intended to refine gold from the gold rushes and to mint gold sovereigns and half-sovereigns for the British Empire.[3] Along with the Royal Australian Mint, which produces coins of the Australian dollar for circulation, the Perth Mint is the older of the two mints issuing coins that are legal tender in Australia. - DUET Group owns and operates energy utility assets in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe. The Company's segments include Dampier Bunbury Pipeline (DBP), which owns the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP), which is the only pipeline connecting the natural gas reserves of the Carnarvon and Browse basins; DBP Development Group (DDG), Wheatstone Ashburton West Pipeline which is a gas transmission pipeline that connects the domestic Wheatstone Liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant to the DBNGP; Energy Developments Limited (EDL), which is a provider of low greenhouse gas emissions energy and remote energy solutions, and manages an international portfolio of over 900 mega watt of power generation facilities; Utility Energy (UE), which operates a distribution network covers approximately 1,470 square kilometers of south-east Melbourne and Mornington Peninsula, and Multinet Gas (MG), which is a Victorian gas distribution company.
- Goldwind Australia Pty Ltd set up office in Sydney in 2009 and entered the Australian renewable energy market with its initial Mortons Lane wind turbine project in Victoria and the much larger Gullen Range project in New South Wales. From 2013, the Gullen Range Wind Farm near Goulburn with its 73 state-of-the-art wind turbines is supplying enough electricity for around 63,000 households. Gullen Range Wind Farm hosts the first 2.5MW gearless Permanent Magnet Direct Drive (PMDD) wind turbines in Australia.Goldwind prides itself on being a model for the integration of Chinese firms in Australia through its employment and governance practices and most recently through path-breaking syndicated project finance.Engineers and technical staff working at the wind farm sites are local people to help local employment along with some technical specialists from China.https://renewablesnow.com/news/goldwind-agrees-grid-connection-for-321-mw-aussie-wind-project-608175/
- Goldwind Australia has struck a connection agreement with Australian Energy Operations Pty Ltd for linking to the grid its 321-MW Moorabool wind park in Victoria. The contract covers terms and conditions for the wind farm’s interconnection into the state’s transmission network, as well as the design, construction and ongoing maintenance of a 30-km transmission line. The expansion of the Elaine Terminal Station, located in proximity to the 131-MW Mt Mercer wind farm, is also within the scope of the deal, Goldwind Australia said on Thursday.https://renewablesnow.com/news/goldwind-agrees-grid-connection-for-321-mw-aussie-wind-project-608175/
- APA Group is a company in Australia which owns and operates natural gas and electricity assets. It is Australia's largest natural gas infrastructure business. It is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
- Hong Kong's CK Infrastructure has certainly done its homework in its bold $13 billion bid for pipeline operator APA Group. The bid by CKI, which is part of the giant Cheung Kong Group, has arrived with a carefully constructed pitch to the Commonwealth and its agencies, most particularly the Foreign Investment Review Board and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which has long tussled with APA Group chief Mick McCormack over the level of transparency and regulatory oversight in the pipeline sector.https://www.afr.com/brand/chanticleer/ckis-bid-for-apa-group-will-need-to-win-over-canberra-20180613-h11b6h
- The Australian government on Tuesday blocked the proposed acquisition of APA Group, the country's largest natural gas pipeline operator, by a consortium led by Hong Kong's CK Asset Holdings. The purchase would be "contrary to the national interest," Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said in a statement explaining the decision. The rejection reflects growing concern in Canberra about China seeking to expand its influence in Australia through infrastructure investment and represents a bad sign for future deals by Chinese companies.https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Business-Deals/Australia-rejects-Hong-Kong-group-s-bid-for-pipeline-operator
- NBN Co Limited (trading as nbn) is an Australian government-owned corporation tasked to design, build and operate Australia's National Broadband Network as a monopoly wholesale broadband provider. It reports to two shareholder ministers: the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Communications.[3] Restrictions on competing broadband providers are achieved through carrier license conditions (CLCs).
- Malcolm Turnbull’s Point Piper mansion received a superfast NBN connection after the intervention of his department, narrowly avoiding a delay of up nine months affecting other customers. A Senate committee heard the Prime Minister’s Point Piper home, and his official Sydney residence, Kirribilli House, now have 100mbps connections on the hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) network. The Point Piper connection occurred on December 8 — 11 days after NBN announced a halt to the HFC rollout for everyday customers, due to problems with some connections on the network, which utilises cable TV infrastructure.
After the foundation stone was laid in 1896 by Sir John Forrest, the Mint opened on 20 June 1899. At that time, Western Australia's population was growing rapidly (23,000 in 1869 and 180,000 in 1900) due largely to the discovery of rich gold deposits in Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie and Murchison areas of the colony. As there was very little money available in Perth for which miners could exchange gold to pay for goods, the Diggers who flocked to the then colony of Western Australia in huge numbers from other parts of Australia and from around the world, deposited their raw gold at the Perth Mint where it was minted into gold coins.Although Federation occurred in 1901, the Mint remained under the jurisdiction of Great Britain until 1 July 1970, when it became a statutory authority of the Government of Western Australia.
- bank
- westpac http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2014-12/05/content_19029444.htm Australia's Westpac Banking Corp has opened a sub-branch in China (Shanghai) Piloted FreeTrade Zone to target opportunities brought about by China's ongoing financial marketliberalization, increased global use of the renminbi, and the recently signed China-Australia FreeTrade Agreement.
- HIH Insurance was Australia's second largest insurance company before it was placed into provisional liquidation on 15 March 2001. The demise of HIH is considered to be the largest corporate collapse in Australia's history, with liquidators estimating that HIH's losses totalled up to A$5.3 billion. Investigations into the cause of the collapse have led to conviction and imprisonIn 1968 Ray Williams and Michael Payne formed "M W Payne Underwriting Agency Pty Ltd", which was acquired in 1971 by British company CE Heath PLC. Ray Williams was appointed to the board of CE Heath in 1980. The business operations of CE Heath were subsequently transferred to "CE Heath International Holdings Ltd" in 1989 with CE Heath PLC retaining 90% ownership of CE Heath International Holdings. In 1992, CE Heath International Holdings floated on the Australian Stock Exchange.ment of a handful of members of HIH management on various charges relating to fraud. Through 1997 and 1998, HIH Winterthur acquired a large number of companies both in Australia and globally, including Colonial Ltd General Insurance's operations in Australia and New Zealand, Solart in Argentina and Great States Insurance Co in the United States. Most notably, however, HIH acquired the large Australian insurance company FAI Insurance, whose chief executive Rodney Adler became a director of HIH in 1999. Winterthur Swiss sold its 51% share in HIH Winterthur to the public and HIH changed its name to HIH Insurance Ltd.
- quoted as an example of chinese foreign jv using hk to tap mainland market [trade developments - jan2000 issue on china's wto accession and implications for hk]
- In October 1886, two young Scotsmen, James Burns and Robert Philp, established QBE’s foundation company, The North Queensland Insurance Company Limited (QI). By 1890, QI had established more than 36 agencies in locations including London, Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. In 1904, the company opened its own offices on Fenchurch Street London. In 1924, QI opened offices in New York. In 1921, Burns founded the Bankers’ and Traders’ Insurance Company (B&T), with QI being the largest shareholder. The name Traders’ was derived from the Burns and Philp-founded South Sea Islands trading firm Burns Philp and Company, which also had a shareholding in the insurance firm. The Bankers’ was derived from the Royal Bank of Canada-owned Montreal Trust Company, which also had a stake in the venture. In 1959, QI and B&T each purchased 40% of The Equitable Probate and General Insurance Company, with Burns Philp taking the other 20%. In 1973, QI and B&T merged and took the name QBE Insurance. The Q was taken from Queensland Insurance, B from Bankers' and Traders' and E from The Equitable Probate and General Insurance Company that had been already acquired by both companies. In 1991, QBE and the trading company Burns Philp ended their 105-year-old partnership when they unwound their cross-shareholdings in each other.
- aviation
- 在「一帶一路」企業家大會簽約環節，香港經緯集團收購昆士蘭保險泰國業務，成為在今年企業家大會上唯一的簽約港企。經緯集團副主席陳亨達表示，「一帶一路」倡議提出後的五年多時間，是經緯集團在沿線國家取得積極發展的五年，以今次收購為契機，願為中資企業在泰國的投資更好地保駕護航，同時也為泰國提供更多發展空間。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20190426/PDF/a7_screen.pdf
- Qantas,jetstar http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/3457ea64-1b9b-11e5-8201-cbdb03d71480.html, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2015-06/27/content_21118605.htm, http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1827286/jetstar-ruling-may-trigger-scrutiny-hong-kongs-airline-ownership
- virgin
- 有消息指，三大中資航空公司包括南方航空（1055）、東方航空（670）及國航（753），考慮收購目前正處於財困的維珍航空，據悉，為避免維珍航空倒閉，該三家航空公司正處於商討階段，但未為收購正式出價。http://hk.hkcd.com/pdf/202004/0421/HA06421CEAA_HKCD.pdf
- bestjet
- https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jan/02/bestjet-collapse-leaves-angry-customers-thousands-out-of-pocket Travellers who booked flights through Australian budget airfare company Bestjet have been left thousands of dollars out of pocket after the business collapsed just days before Christmas. Queensland-based Bestjet and its subsidiaries, Wynyard Travel Pty Ltd and Brooklyn Travel Pty Ltd, went into voluntary administration on 18 December.
- Airservices Australia is an Australian Government owned corporation, responsible for providing safe, secure, efficient and environmentally responsible services to the aviation industry (e.g. air traffic control, airways navigation and communication facilities, aeronautical data and airport rescue and fire-fighting services) within the Australian Flight Information Region (FIR). Airservices Australia has international partnerships with ICAO, CANSO and IATA. The agency also maintains a close relationship with the Australian Defence Force through the Future Service Delivery business group, which will see the acquisition of a joint civil-military air traffic management system under the OneSKY Australia Program. The agency is fully funded by direct charges to the aviation industry and controlled by a board of directors, accountable to the Australian Parliament through the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport.
- steel
- Arrium
- fashion
- Pacific Brands http://www.pacificbrands.com.au/
- Myer http://www.myer.com.au/
- GrainCorp Limited is a public company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in Australia. The company's core business is the receival and storage of grain and related commodities. It also provides logistics and markets these commodities. The company was founded as a New South Wales public sector agency, Government Grain Elevator (later the Grain Elevators Board), in 1917. It was formed to transport grain from local collection points located on railways throughout the grain-producing regions of New South Wales. It was later known as the Grain Handling Authority. It was privatised in 1992 with a majority of shares being transferred to grain growers, and listed on ASX in 1998.
- www.australianfoodcatalogue.com.au
- queensland sugar limited
- infant formula
- http://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1640212/iron-ore-billionaire-gina-rinehart-supply-china-infant Gina Rinehart, the Australian billionaire who built her fortune on iron ore, is planning a A$500 million (HK$3.38 billion) investment to supply infant formula to a Chinese market forecast to almost double over three years. Hope Dairies, controlled by Rinehart's closely held Hancock Prospecting, is seeking to acquire about 5,000 hectares of farmland in the state of Queensland and is targeting first production in the second half of 2016, according to co-investor and director Dave Garcia. hkej 18 nov14 a 28
- wine
- Treasury Wine Estates http://online.wsj.com/articles/treasury-wine-estates-ends-takeover-talks-with-private-equity-suitors-1411947133, http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0b4618b4-477d-11e4-8c50-00144feab7de.html#axzz3ElaiV2lm
- Woolworths Liquor Group http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2014-12/04/content_19021303.htm Woolworths Liquor Group announced the $25 million acquisition of Summergate Fine Wines & Spirits and Pudao Wines as it seeks to expand
- Creative industries
- Jacky winter group
- mining
- Represents illustrators
- Lynas Corporation, Ltd. is an Australian rare-earths mining company, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange as a S&P/ASX 200 company. It has two major operations: a mining and concentration plant at Mount Weld, Western Australia, and a refining facility at Kuantan, Malaysia.The company was founded in 1983 as Yilgangi Gold NL. The company took on the Lynas name in 1985. It became publicly listed in 1986 on the ASX. In 2001, it sold off its gold division and focused on rare earths.[3] Lynas was founded by Nicholas Curtis, a former executive director at Macquarie Group Ltd.
- cinema
Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday said the permit, which must be reissued by September 2 if the company is to continue work, would only be granted on the condition that “Lynas has a plan”. “We are waiting for them to tell us how they will do that, whether they have found a place where they can deposit the waste,” Mahathir said.https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3021033/australian-rare-earths-miner-lynas-looks-set-green-light
- Hoyts Group, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/30b002ec-8a74-11e4-be0e-00144feabdc0.html A Chinese property tycoon has bought Australia’s second-largest cinema chain in a deal that underlines mainland interest in expanding into entertainment overseas. Hoyts Group said on Tuesday that it has been acquired by ID Leisure, a British Virgin Islands-based investment fund founded by Sun Xishuang, a Chinese entrepreneur. http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2014-12/24/content_19153703.htm
- branding
- Brand South Australia www.brandsouthaustralia.com.au
- quadpack.com - provider of enhanced packaging solutions for beauty brand owners and contract fillers
- Starkey Smith Media Group http://www.starkeysmith.com.au/
- http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201505/06/P201505060312.htm Australian event organiser Business Executive Education Ltd (BEE) announced today (May 6) that it will hold the World Business Forum (WBF) in Hong Kong in June 2015. BEE recently set up an office in Hong Kong to manage the first WBF in Asia. BEE Chief Executive Officer Mr Alberto Saiz said, "The WBF has been held for over a decade in Europe and the Americas. Hong Kong has seen its role as a rapidly increasing international business hub in Asia. The city has one of the greatest concentrations of corporate headquarters and is seen by many multinationals as the gateway to not only Mainland China but also neighbouring countries in Asia."
- Mothership events
- broadcasting
- http://www.businessinfocus.com.au/index.php/2014/08/the-next-generation-of-events/ Mr. Nyker has been in the entertainment and arts industry for 15 years. He got his start working in art galleries and quickly moved up to running upscale nightclub venues in Sydney. His business partner, Brent Lean, worked as a musician and promoter for 20 years before the two joined forces to run Mothership Events.Mothership Events has proven that it can deliver a quality product on time. The company has been successfully involved with a wide variety of A-list events, festivals, and parades, including VIVID, Sydney Mardi Gras, Biennale of Sydney, Stereosonic, Sydney’s Art & About Festival, Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, Woollahra Festival, Fat as Butter Festival, EB Games Expo, East Village Gourmet Food Festival, Sydney’s Chinese New Year Parade, Armin Van Burren Tour, Swedish House Mafia Tour, Twilight at Taronga Concerts, Sydney’s RSPCA Million Paws Walk, Dash Berlin in Sydney, and Sydney’s Garage Sale Trail.
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3380614/Above-Harbour-attendees-anger-seeing-no-New-Year-s-Eve-fireworks-Sydney-paying-500.html Angry ticket holders who paid up to $500 and were promised spectacular views of Sydney's New Year's Eve fireworks have threatened to take legal action against organisers after their 'disgraceful' experience.
Attendees of the 2015 NYE Above The Harbour celebrations at The Domain's Tarpeian Precinct, in Sydney's CBD, claim they spent up to three hours waiting for food, could not get drinks and missed out on seeing the night's star attraction. The event's Facebook page has been deleted by administrators after it was flooded with endless complaints from people demanding refunds and labelling the night a 'rip off'. The event was organised by Mothership Events in collaboration with Shangri-La Hotel Sydney and Smooth FM. Organisers issued a statement on Friday afternoon promising there would be an extensive review and investigation into the event.
- Australian Broadcasting Corp http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2015-04/10/content_20400730.htm The Australian Broadcasting Corp launched what is claimed to be the first dedicated Chinese-language website and mobile information platform by a mainstream Western media company. Australiaplus.cn was launched in Shanghai on Thursday, and has been registered with China'sInternet regulator. Focused on providing wider information services for both Chinese living in Australia and in Chinarather than straight news, including content about overseas study, travel, investment and otherbusiness and cultural subjects, its creators hope the new site will help increase cultural andcommercial links between China and Australia.
- Australian Associated Press (AAP) is an Australian news agency. It was established by Keith Murdoch in 1935.AAP is owned by three Australian news organisations – News Corp Australia, Nine Entertainment Co., and Seven West Media. Nine owns 47%, News owns 45%, and Seven West 8%.[3] Together these companies produce the vast majority of Australian newspapers.In the 1990s, AAP's telecommunications division was spun off as a telco, AAPT, and sold to Telecom New Zealand in 2000. It was sold again to TPG Telecom in 2013.On 3 March 2020, it was announced that the AAP will be dissolved in June of that year.
- printing
- Yes Printing (Xinyuan) Australia http://www.xyprinting.com.au/
- construction
- engineering and property services
- natural resources
- CIMIC Group (formerly known as Leighton Holdings prior to April 2015) is a leading international contractor. It is active in the telecommunications, engineering and infrastructure, building and property, mining and resources, and environmental services industries. It has operations in Australia, South East Asia, New Zealand, and the Middle East. Leighton Holdings was rebranded as the CIMIC Group in 2015. Founded in 1949 by Stanley Leighton, an Englishman, Leighton Holdings was first listed on the Melbourne Stock Exchange in 1962. It established an operation in Asia, known as Leighton Asia in 1975. In March 2014, the majority owner of Leighton, Hochtief, installed its own CEO, Marcelino Fernandez Verdes, as the firm's CEO. In June 2014, CEO Marcelino Fernandez Verdes elevated to executive chairman following the retirement of board member Bob Humphris. In April 2015 Leighton Holdings changed its name to CIMIC Group (abbreviated from Construction, Infrastructure, Mining and Concessions).
- engineering and property services
- UGL, UGL與港鐵有業務合作http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20141009/18894381, 梁涉賤賣戴德梁行資產http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20141009/18894469, http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1614046/mtr-linked-company-involved-cy-leung-payments-row
- worleyparsons
- real estate website
- operations consultant on the kai tak sports park project (together with kpmg)
- REA Group (owned by News Corp)
- natural resources
- envestra http://www.scmp.com/business/commodities/article/1568131/li-firms-set-take-over-envestra-rival-bidder-sells-them-its
- mining
- Fortescue
- http://www.afr.com/business/mining/china-cash-lining-up-for-fortescue-metals-group-20150525-gh9cny
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2015-08/06/content_21513507.htm Two State-owned Chinese companies are looking to take a stake in a leadingAustralian miner. Hebei Iron & Steel Group Co and Tewoo Group Co have approached FortescueMetals Group Ltd about acquiring an interest in the iron ore producer, people withknowledge of the matter said.
- Fortescue Metals Group (Fortescue) has officially named the fifth FMG Ore Carrier ‘FMG Matilda’ at a ceremony in Guangzhou, China. Attended by Guangzhou Shipyard International Chairman Mr Han Guang De and Australian Consul-General in Guangzhou Mr Dominic Trindade, the ceremony marked the construction of the first of four remaining ore carriers in FMG’s eight-vessel fleet at Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Ltd. http://hk.hkcd.com/pdf/201712/1214/HZ20C14CHBB.pdf
- Galaxy
- http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1934643/australias-galaxy-resources-reopens-lithium-mine-chinese-market Production at Mount Cattlin, with an annual output capacity of 137,000 tonnes of concentrate, was suspended for more than three years after the Australian dollar appreciated and the enterprise became economically unviable. The company had operated for fewer than two years after beginning production in late 2010 and relied on selling its production to Galaxy’s Jiangsu processing factory. That facility made downstream lithium chemicals. The Jiangsu plant only operated at around 25 per cent capacity and raked up huge losses, “burning A$17 million a year” due to poor management, Tse said. Those prolonged losses meant Galaxy “almost ran out of money” and the firm was forced to sell the plant a year ago to Shenzhen-listed Sichuan Tianqi Lithium Industries — the world’s largest producer of lithium chemicals from ores — for almost US$173.2 million, he said.
- OceanaGold Corporation (OceanaGold) is a Canadian-Australian firm producing gold and copper. It has operations in New Zealand and the Philippines. The company is also looking to open mines in El Salvador. "OGC" is its symbol on the Toronto, Australian and New Zealand stock exchanges.
- rare earth
- Lynas Corporation, Ltd. is an Australian rare-earths mining company, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange as a S&P/ASX 200 company.[1]It has two major operations: a mining and concentration plant at Mount Weld, Western Australia, and a refining facility at Kuantan, Malaysia. The company was founded in 1983 as Yilgangi Gold NL. The company took on the Lynas name in 1985.[3] It became publicly listed in 1986 on the ASX. In 2001, it sold off its gold division and focused on rare earths. Lynas was founded by Nicholas Curtis, a former executive director at Macquarie Group Ltd.
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lynas-corp-malaysia/australia-rare-earth-miner-lynas-eyes-legal-options-on-malaysia-plant-review-idUSKBN1O30VI Australian rare earths miner Lynas Corporation said on Wednesday that it would consider legal options after Malaysia added new conditions to license renewals for its $800 million plant in the country, sending Lynas shares sharply lower. The reaction came after Malaysia’s Energy and Environment Ministry said on Tuesday the miner must comply with new conditions regarding waste management, ahead of the expiry of two licenses next year, one of which included the export of radioactive residues. Lynas is the only major miner outside China of the rare earth elements, metals that are crucial in the production of computers and mobile phones. It mines raw materials in Western Australia which are sent to its Malaysian plant for processing.
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lynas-corp-jv-us/australias-lynas-plans-new-processing-facility-in-the-u-s-idUSKCN1SP0SX Rare earths producer Lynas Corp said on Monday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Texas-based Blue Line Corp to set up a rare earths separation facility in the United States. Lynas’ move into the United States follows ongoing regulatory issues at its processing plant in Malaysia. The southeast Asian nation has told Lynas to remove years of accumulated waste at the plant in order to have its license renewed. Lynas and Blue Line will cooperate over the next year to develop the processing facility in Texas. The venture will be majority owned by Lynas, the companies said in a joint statement.
- healthcare
- genesiscare
- Outsourcers target healthy returns from NHS ft 30nov16
- jewellery
- Cody Opal, according to mar2015 hktdc fair daily issue 3, company's Andrew Cody is head of australia pavilion
- collins & kent http://www.collinskentint.com.hk/abt_cki.html - fine art rental , organised an event in honour of Romero Britto (pyramid in hyde park then exhibit in APM) http://www.ckirental.com/promotions/romero-brittos-intimate-evening-cki-hong-kong-press-release/
- Crown Resorts Limited is one of Australia's largest gaming and entertainment groups. Crown wholly owns and operates two of Australia’s leading gaming and entertainment complexes, Crown Melbourne and Crown Perth.The company was established in 2007 when Publishing & Broadcasting Limited (PBL) divested its gaming assets to Crown Limited. PBL was renamed Consolidated Media Holdings, retaining all of the remaining assets. In December 2007, Australian gaming company Crown Limited agreed to buy CCR for $1.75 billion.[6] The agreement was ended in March 2009, however, with Crown instead buying a 24.5 percent stake in the company for $370 million, and paying a $50 million termination fee. In 2008, Crown attempted to enter the Las Vegas gambling market by acquiring a 19.6 per cent stake in Fontainebleau Resorts for US$250 million, which resulted in a total loss the following year when other investors withdrew US$800 million financing, resulting in bankruptcy applications.[7] This was one of a succession of similar major losses in Gateway Casinos, Harrah's Entertainment and Station Casinos from which a total of $547.5 million was written off. In September 2013, the Sri Lankan government gave approval to Crown's chairman and largest shareholder, James Packer, to invest in Crown Sri Lanka in the heart of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo. The project was to be completed by 2015. However, when a new government took office, President Maithripala Sirisena canceled all three casino licenses awarded by the previous administration; including the Crown Resorts project.[9] Ground broke in 2015 and will open in 2017.
- 澳洲富豪帕克（James Packer）旗下皇冠度假集團的多名員工，年前在中國宣傳及招攬賭客到墨爾本賭錢而被捕，集團股價其後急跌14%。數百名投資者周一（4日）於澳洲向皇冠集體訴訟，指皇冠未能提供在華貴賓業務上面臨風險的足夠資訊。皇冠表明會捍衞公司權益。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20171205/00180_029.html
- 澳洲富豪帕克（James Packer）旗下皇冠度假集團（Crown Resorts）周二早上確認獲美資賭企永利度假村洽購，惟不足一日交易卻出現戲劇性變化，永利昨晚突然宣布煞停該宗涉資99.9億澳元（約555億港元）的商討，公司解釋由於洽購消息過早外洩。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20190410/00202_019.html
- 澳洲富豪帕克（James Packer）上周突然宣布，其私人公司將皇冠度假集團（Crown Resorts）19.99%股權，售予新濠國際(00200)旗下美國上市的新濠博亞娛樂。據澳媒最新報道，事件將觸發澳洲兩省的監管機構重新審視皇冠於當地賭場的牌照，令本次交易再添變數。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20190603/00202_021.html
- https://www.ft.com/content/90299068-ca1f-11e9-a1f4-3669401ba76f Gambling authorities in Australia have ordered a public inquiry to review whether Crown Resorts should be allowed to retain its licence to operate a A$2bn casino on Sydney Harbour following allegations of money laundering and criminality. The Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority, a state government regulator in New South Wales, said on Thursday the inquiry would also investigate whether Crown breached its gaming licence when its largest shareholder, billionaire James Packer, sold a 20 per cent stake in the company to Melco Resorts and Entertainment, a company controlled by Hong Kong casino tycoon Lawrence Ho.
- 新濠國際(00200)旗下美國上市的新濠博亞娛樂周四宣布，終止從澳洲富豪帕克（James Packer）收購第二批皇冠度假集團（皇冠）股份的交易，理由是因應武漢肺炎疫情嚴重打擊亞洲綜合度假村的旅遊需求，以及澳門政府近日決定暫時關閉當地的所有賭場，新濠博亞需要重新檢視所有今年準備進行的非核心投資。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20200207/00202_008.html
- 多間澳洲傳媒近日聯合調查，指稱皇冠賭場集團與太陽城合作，招攬中國的富豪賭客到澳洲，並聲稱太陽城高層鄭丁港（Cheng Ting Kong）多年從澳門轉帳五億澳元（約廿五億八千萬港元）到澳洲，及斥七千五百萬澳元（約三億八千七百萬港元）投資當地賽馬業，是澳洲多個執法部門的反洗黑錢調查對象之一。惟報道強調，鄭至今從未被控或被判有罪；太陽城及皇冠賭場集團未有回應。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200223/00180_008.html
- Tabcorp Holdings Limited (Tabcorp) is an Australian wagering, gaming and Kenooperator and one of the world’s largest publicly listed gamingcompanies. They carry a supporting mediaarm.
- The University of Melbourne (informally Melbourne University) is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Four Australian prime ministers and five governors-general have graduated from the University of Melbourne. Nine Nobel laureates have been students or faculty, the most of any Australian university.
- The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public university in Sydney, Australia. Although its origins trace back to the 1870s, the university was founded in its current form in 1988. It is now part of the Australian Technology Network of universities.The present-day University of Technology Sydney originates from the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts (the oldest continuously running Mechanics' Institute in Australia), which was established in 1833. In the 1870s, the School formed the Workingman's College, which was later taken over by the NSW government to form, in 1882, the Sydney Technical College.[1] In 1969, part of the Sydney Technical College became the New South Wales Institute of Technology (NSWIT). It was officially unveiled by Neville Wran. It was reconstituted as the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in 1988 under the University of Technology, Sydney Act of NSW State Parliament, which was later superseded by the University of Technology, Sydney, Act 1989 (NSW). In 1990, it absorbed the Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education and the Institute of Technical and Adult Teacher Education of the Sydney College of Advanced Education, under the NSW Higher Education (Amalgamation) Act 1989.
- The University of Wollongong (UOW), informally known as Wollongong University, is an Australian public research university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney. The University of Wollongong traces its origins to 1951. The foundation of the university was in 1951 when a division of The New South Wales University of Technology (currently known as the University of New South Wales, UNSW) was established in Wollongong. In 1962, the division became the Wollongong College of the University of New South Wales. On 1 January 1975, the New South Wales Parliament incorporated the University of Wollongong as an independent institution of higher learning consisting of five faculties (including engineering, humanities, mathematics, sciences and social sciences) with Michael Birt as its inaugural vice chancellor. In 1976, Justice Robert Marsden Hope was installed as chancellor of the university. As of 1982, the university amalgamated the Wollongong Institute of Higher Education which had begun life in 1962 as the Wollongong Teachers' College; thus the merger formed the basis for a period of rapid growth in the 1980s.
Australia Industry
- military
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-defence/australia-to-spend-3-1-billion-to-increase-stake-in-global-arms-exports-idUSKBN1FI08I
- LNG boom fuels Australia export ambitions http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c4cfbe4-4481-11e4-ab0c-00144feabdc0.html
- https://www.ft.com/content/6411b380-2b01-11e7-9ec8-168383da43b7
Australia, one of the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas exporters, said on Thursday it would introduce export control restrictions to tackle an acute domestic gas shortage that was pushing up prices and threatening local industry.
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2855480/Australia-opens-door-nuclear-energy.html, China Daily 2 Dec 14 page 12
- http://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/19/australias-war-on-wind-farms-threatens-biggest-renewable-project.html Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's hostility to "visually awful" wind farms has sent a chill through the industry and could jeopardize the country's biggest renewable energy project, a $2 billion-plus wind and solar plant in the country's north. In an early sign that a new Federal policy could curtail major renewable projects, the company planning to build the 1,200-megawatt plant said it may struggle to attract financing after the government blocked state support for wind farms. Under a new “gas security mechanism” due to enter into force on July 1 the government will be able to restrict exports when it believes there is not a secure supply of gas available to domestic users. The controls are expected to be a temporary measure until the supply crunch can be resolved through other market reforms. Gas producers, which have invested tens of billions of dollars in LNG plants, described the controls as “almost unprecedented”, warning they created “sovereign risk” and could further disrupt domestic supply. The share prices of local gas producers Santos and Origin Energy fell by as much as 7.5 per cent and 5 per cent respectively following the announcement. Australia has emerged as an LNG superpower over the past five years following a $200bn investment boom that will enable it to surpass Qatar as the world’s biggest exporter by 2020. Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron, Santos and Origin have all invested in LNG facilities, which export gas to energy-hungry markets across Asia such as China and Japan. But despite tripling gas production in areas along the east coast of Australia over the past five years some producers have failed to meet the output targets on which they based long-term LNG contracts with customers. State government bans on exploration and development of new gas reserves have contributed to a tightening of domestic gas supplies on the east coast, causing prices to rise sharply.
- ft 4jun19 australia's gas superpower status threatened
- Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes will invest part of his personal wealth in an audacious $25 billion project to create the world's biggest solar farm, its biggest power storage system, and a 3000-kilometre cable to export energy to Asia.https://www.afr.com/policy/energy-and-climate/cannon-brookes-plan-to-export-aussie-solar-power-to-singapore-20190924-p52u9o
- coal
- economist 2mar19 "the dangerous dark stuff" troubling signs emerge for australia's giant coal industry
- telecom
- livestock
- wheat
- 長江和記(0001)昨公佈，旗下澳洲電訊公司 Vodafone Hutchison Australia （ VHA）獲澳洲聯邦法院批准與 TPG 電訊公司繼續進行合併建議。VHA 與 TPG 會盡快完成合併，將成為當地第3家同時提供流動及固網服務的電訊公司。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2020/02/14/b02-0214.pdf
- Plans for the project were formally abandoned in December 2000. Hopes of a fast train in Australia are still alive in 2020, after the Morrison government established the National Faster Rail Agency in July last year to work with states and other proponents on the delivery of faster rail business cases. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/when-highspeed-trains-between-sydney-and-canberra-go-off-the-rails/news-story/6e2c5499d3f3f3175d837dcb398c7a90&ved=2ahUKEwiIl8_J26joAhWCHqYKHWhbCvwQFjAOegQIChAB&usg=AOvVaw0fWh1IxsCNArmXN6FTaHef
- livestock
- https://www.ft.com/content/51e41408-3ef3-11e8-b9f9-de94fa33a81e Too weak to stand, gasping from heat exhaustion and covered in their own excrement, the brutal deaths of more than 2,400 sheep on an Australian ship bound for the Middle East last year have sparked an outcry in a country where livestock forms a substantial segment of the economy. “The scale of neglect and the acceptance of suffering on these shipments is staggering,” says Lyn White from Animals Australia, a welfare concern group. “Sheep producers will be mortified to discover that animals born into their care have ended up literally being cooked alive on live-export vessels.”
- 中國商務部通報，決定於今日起對澳洲進口的大麥徵收反傾銷稅和反補貼稅，反傾銷稅率為百分之七十三點六，反補貼稅率為百分之六點九，徵收期限為五年。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200519/00178_019.html
- wheat
- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-04/noodle-hunger-in-southeast-asia-seen-testing-australian-farmers Wheat farmers in Australia, the world’s fourth-biggest shipper, will face an increasing challenge keeping up with their neighbors’ appetite for bread and noodles. Demand from Indonesia, the Philippines and three other Southeast Asian nations is set to jump 40 percent to 13.2 million metric tons by 2020, said Greg Harvey, chief executive officer of Interflour Group Pte. That may outpace the ability of Australia to supply the variety used in soft bread and noodles, he said in an interview in Singapore.
- http://www.scmp.com/business/commodities/article/1846961/australian-wheat-producers-losing-market-share-indonesia-russia
- http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/the-yolks-on-us-aussie-eggs-not-all-theyre-cracked-up-to-be/news-story/cb038b4467c8aa07fa8d130e8dcb97d3 Most eggs sold in Australia now have their yolks artificially brightened by manufactured additive food dyes placed into feed pellets. The agricultural companies that sell colouring pigments promote the additive as a means for farmers to “achieve the ideal colour outcome for egg yolks in chicken and duck eggs”.
- wine
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2014xiattendg20/2014-11/20/content_18945815.htm Australian wine exporters are looking to cash in on the Chinese market after the two countries finalized negotiations on a landmark free trade agreement. Under the deal, which was announced on Monday during President Xi Jinping's visit, Australian products, including wine, will enjoy easier access to the Chinese market while offering more competitive prices to Chinese consumers. Australian wine sales in China exceed A$200 billion ($174 billion) on average each year, with tariff levels of between 14 and 30 percent, which will be exempt in four years.
- wool
- https://www.ft.com/content/059fed04-ef19-11e6-930f-061b01e23655 Australia accounts for about 70 per cent of the world’s supply of merino wool, one of the softest and finest varieties. A quarter of a century ago Australian wool exports were worth A$3.5bn — considerably more than iron ore, which is now the country’s biggest export. Strong demand in China, changing consumer tastes and tight supply mean the world’s biggest wool exporter is once again “riding on the sheep’s back”
- https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/04/australia-plans-medicinal-cannabis-exports.html Australia said on Thursday it planned to become the fourth country in the world to legalize medicinal marijuana exports in a bid to score a piece of the estimated $55 billion global market. Cannabis cultivation in Australia is still relatively small, as recreational use remains illegal. But the government hopes domestic medicinal use, legalized last year, and exports will rapidly boost production.Shares in the more than a dozen Australian cannabis producers listed on the local exchange soared after the announcement. Cann Group ended the day up 35 percent; AusCann Group rose nearly 54 percent; and BOD Australia closed up about 39 percent. All were record highs for those companies. Hydroponics Company finished up 30 percent, hitting its highest price in five weeks.
- drones
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2017-07/19/content_30164270.htm The University of Adelaide has become Australia's first university to gain accreditation to offer a course in professional drone piloting, in what has been described as a major step forward for commercial drone use in Australia. The university has announced it will offer an intensive, five-day course at a cost of A$3,500 ($2,660), which will allow professionals to use the drones with greater freedom, opening up greater opportunities in film making among other key industries.
- 早前新南威爾士省政府重開悉尼海水淡化廠，效能顯著，因此政府周日表示，將開始規劃提高海水淡化廠的產量，確保在水庫水量下降時仍然供水穩定。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190813/00180_020.html
- waste
- http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/848f4a8a-d3b1-11e5-969e-9d801cf5e15b.html on Monday the state of South Australia offered a partial solution with a government report suggesting imported nuclear waste could earn it A$5bn (US$3.5bn) a year. “An integrated storage and disposal facility would be commercially viable and the storage component could be operational in the late 2020s,” said the preliminary findings of a royal commission report. Such a facility could take 13 per cent of the world’s high-level nuclear waste, deliver reputational benefits to Australia for helping countries solve a critical problem and provide financial returns, it said. The report is part of South Australia’s efforts to overturn decades of public opposition to nuclear energy and create an industry that helps its economy transition from a downturn in manufacturing and mining. Malcolm Turnbull, Australia’s prime minister, has welcomed the debate. Australia has a third of the world’s known uranium but has not developed its own nuclear industry because of public concerns and plentiful alternative fuels such as coal and gas.
- 第九頻道節目《六十分鐘》指出，在過去廿多年，澳洲的回收塑料行業一直依賴中國購買有關廢料，再重新熔化製成新的製品，再售往世界各地。惟中國自去年一月起停止購買澳洲塑料，令到沒有基礎設施或資源的回收公司，囤積了數萬公噸計的混合塑料。自此，澳洲便向東南亞國家如馬來西亞、印度、越南及印尼出口塑料垃圾，過去十二個月已向馬來西亞出口七萬一千公噸塑料。馬來西亞目前已取代中國，成全球最大的塑料垃圾入口國，惟有關廢料在當地往往被非法處理，或被埋在垃圾場中。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190416/00180_009.html
- casino
- ft 23jan17 Australia's casino boom looks less of a safe bet
- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4e4d6b86-b1b2-11e4-8396-00144feab7de.html Australia is tightening scrutiny of foreign ownership in agriculture and real estate to combat public fears that Chinese investment is forcing up house prices and could potentially undermine the country’s food security. From next month, purchases by foreign investors of agricultural land worth more than A$15m (US$11.6m) will be subject to regulatory approval from Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board. The previous threshold was A$240m. The Australian tax office will undertake a stock-take of agricultural land ownership by foreign owners, and new rules on foreign investment in residential real estate will be outlined in “coming weeks”, according to Canberra. “Foreign investment is important to us, but it’s got to be investment that serves our national interests,” said Tony Abbott, Australia’s prime minister. The ruling Liberal-National coalition has previously said that Australia was open to foreign investment, and last year signed trade deals with China, Japan and South Korea. However, the agricultural sector is a sensitive issue among the National party’s rural base — a fact underlined when the government in 2013 blocked a A$3.4bn takeover of GrainCorp by US company Archer Daniels Midland. Foreign ownership of agricultural land was a hot topic before the 2013 election, with a Vote Compass Survey by state broadcaster ABC finding that three-quarters of people wanted more restrictions on land sales. http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2015/02/12/a24-0212.pdf 澳洲財政部國會秘書奧德懷爾 向國會提交報告，指當局對 外國投資房地產監管不足，並 提出12項建議限制外資購買 房地產，包括向每宗物業交易徵收最 多1,500澳元(約9,008港元)行政費，估計 未來4年可令庫房額外增加1.6億澳元(約 9.6億港元)收入。不過奧德懷爾也強調外 資對澳洲非常重要，不應被視為樓價持續 急升的原因。政府表示，正在研究奧德懷爾 的建議，將於未來數星期根據建議提出具體措施。除了房地產，澳洲輿論同樣關注近年農地被外商收購 的情況。當局數據顯示，當地目前約 11%農地由外國擁 有，以畜牧用地為主，但 2012年也有研究指外資在穀 物、乳業及紅肉放牧等佔有率已過半。有鑑於此，阿博 特昨日宣布，把外資購買農地須接受審查的金額下限， 由原先的 2.52億澳元(約 15.1億港元)，大幅下調至 1,500 萬澳元(約 9,008萬港元)，意味將有更多農田收購項目須 經過政府審查。另外，海外投資者7月1日起也要向當局 登記旗下擁有的所有農地。hket 13feb15 a23
Trade and Investment Environment
- fta
- infrastructure
- banks
- agricultural land
- property
- fta
- https://www.ft.com/content/23cdd7d4-abba-11e6-9cb3-bb8207902122 Australia snubs US by backing China push for Asian trade deal
- The Australian government announced tighter controls on foreign investment in electricity grids and farmland on Thursday, two years after Chinese buyers were blocked from high-profile corporate takeovers in both sectors. New restrictions will apply to foreign companies bidding for Australian electricity transmission infrastructure and some generators. Diversity of ownership of such critical national assets safeguarded national security, Treasurer Scott Morrison and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said in a joint statement.http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/australia-tightens-foreign-investment-rules-power-farms-52761359
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2016/09/28/a21-0928.pdf 根據澳洲稅制，目前澳洲居民的入息稅率為 頭 18,200 澳 元 ( 約 10.8 萬 港 元) 免 稅 、 18,201 至 37,000 澳元 (約 22 萬港元)為 19%、 37,001澳元以上為 32.5%。而「背包客」稅實施 後，背包客要為頭 37,000 澳元入息一律繳付 19%稅。
- New migrants will be forced to live outside Sydney and Melbourne for up to five years under a federal government plan to ease congestion in the nation's most populous cities. Migrants will be granted restricted visas to counter growth in those cities, which has outstripped forecasts by 100 per cent in the past decade, Population and Urban Infrastructure Minister Alan Tudge said.https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/new-migrants-to-be-forced-to-live-outside-sydney-and-melbourne-20181009-p508if.html
- 澳洲政府近日推出「擔保父母臨時簽證」，周三正式接受申請。新簽證有三年及五年期，且可續簽一次，意味擔保人可以申請父母連續居留澳洲長達十年。現時逗留一年的訪客簽證只需一百四十澳元（約七百八十六港元），而三年期簽證費用需五千澳元（約二萬八千港元）。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190419/00180_025.html
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2016/01/25/a19-0125.pdf Australia is considering tightening its anti-money laundering regulations to include real estate agents and precious stone dealers, sources said, following red flags from a global watchdog over potential illicit cash entering the country. While tighter regulations would not be aimed at inflows from any one country, Australian authorities are reacting following a surge of cash from wealthy Chinese buyers looking for a safe haven away from the market turmoil of their home markets.
Property has long been on Chinese buyers' radar, but in recent months they have been snapping up Australia's rare pink diamonds, part of an unprecedented capital outflow from China that is rattling Beijing.
The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which assesses the ability of countries to fight illicit financial flows, told Reuters a lack of scrutiny by Australian authorities in the property and precious stones sectors was "an increasing high risk" in the global fight against money laundering and financing of extremists. Australia's Attorney General's Department, responsible for the country's law and justice framework, is reviewing its rules to address those concerns, people familiar with the plans said. The rules already cover banking, remittance and gaming.
- http://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-economy-idUSKBN1850Z9?il=0The Australian government pledged to deliver a small budget surplus in 2020/21, slapping big banks with new taxes to end more than a decade of deficits that have threatened its prized triple-A credit rating.Another A$1.2 billion will be raised over the next four years by imposing a levy on foreign workers, another issue that has been heavily debated publicly, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull promising earlier this year "Australian jobs for Australians." Another A$4 billion will come from taxes on multinationals as the government expands its anti-tax avoidance laws to include trusts and foreign partnerships.
- 澳洲明年五月舉行國會大選，財政部長弗萊登博格（Josh Frydenberg）日前宣布，明年一月一日起，取消向女性衞生用品徵收一成的商品服務稅。分析認為，中間偏右聯盟政府此舉目的是希望爭取女性選民支持。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20181008/00180_025.html
- infrastructure
- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5d764ab8-ecb9-11e5-9fca-fb0f946fd1f0.html#ixzz43JWyxLiC Australia is tightening scrutiny of sales of ports, electricity networks and other public infrastructure to foreign investors following a backlash sparked by the lease of Darwin port to a Chinese company. The regulatory changes come amid a surge of Chinese investment overseas, including in Australia where Chinese companies are bidding to buy the country’s biggest electricity distributor and its largest landholder.
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160508/00178_019.html 山東民企嵐橋集團去年以約五億澳元（約廿八億六千萬港元）租借被稱為「戰略防禦港口」的澳洲達爾文港九十九年。據外媒報道，嵐橋集團與日照市市長等十七人代表團近日抵達達爾文與當地官員會面，計劃投資約三千五百萬澳元（約二億港元）的冷藏庫項目，以及協助改善郵輪措施。
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160601/00178_021.html中國民企嵐橋集團近日宣布，將斥資二千五百萬澳元（約一億四千萬港元）擴大其向澳洲租賃的達爾文港規模，以滿足港口將來日益增加的貨運吞吐量。
- https://www.ft.com/content/b4d35440-5a68-11e7-9bc8-8055f264aa8b the federal government has become increasingly wary of Chinese companies’ appetite for critical infrastructure such as ports, power networks and gas pipelines following controversy linked to the sale of the port. Darwin, the capital of Northern Territory, hosts a military base used by US Marines — prompting former President Barack Obama to raise Washington’s concerns about the Landbridge acquisition directly with Malcolm Turnbull, Australia’s prime minister. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a think-tank, has alleged that Landbridge has connections to the Chinese army and Communist party, and warned that the sale could damage US-Australia relations. It has also questioned the financial strength of Landbridge, which is seeking a loan from the state-sponsored China Export-Import Bank following a series of failed bond issuances in 2015 and 2016. “The port sale raises questions around access and future development of the port, as well as intelligence,” says Peter Jennings, Aspi director.
- 澳洲悉尼機場集團周二正式拒絕政府的提議，不參與興建第二機場。澳洲總理特恩布爾同日宣布，政府將全資興建第二機場，詳情將在下周公布的預算案發表。新機場預計最快二○二六年落成，估計造價約五十億澳元（約二百九十三億港元）。orientaldaily 3may17
- 澳洲悉尼早前經歷酷熱夏季，近日出現空前乾旱，大壩水位快將跌破50%。當局在昨日起實施制水，為悉尼近十年來首次。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190602/00180_014.html
- hydrogen
- The McGowan Government has launched its Renewable Hydrogen Strategy to position Western Australia as a major producer and exporter of renewable hydrogen. The Government will support investment by establishing a $10 million Renewable Hydrogen Fund to facilitate private sector investment in the renewable hydrogen industry. WA features vast renewable energy sources including solar and wind, extensive land mass, a strong existing energy export sector and proximity to Asia where key markets such as Japan and Korea have signalled a shift towards low emissions hydrogen for the future. The State strategy sets four strategic focus areas: export, applications in remotely located industries, hydrogen blending in natural gas networks, and transport using fuel cell electric vehicles. https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2019/07/Course-set-for-WAs-renewable-hydrogen-future.aspx, http://www.drd.wa.gov.au/projects/EnergyFutures/Pages/Renewable-Hydrogen-Fund.aspx
- banks
- https://www.ft.com/content/2f795c2d-5903-3bdc-b5be-e5c955a2894f The government of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced a public inquiry into Australia’s banks and financial system, caving to political pressure from lawmakers as the country’s four biggest lenders relented from a lobbying campaign against the idea and requested an inquiry into themselves. The decision represents a humiliating climb down for the government of Mr Turnbull, which has resisted holding an inquiry for almost two years in the face of intense political pressure from opposition parties. But facing a backbench revolt within his Liberal-National coalition and the threat of losing a parliamentary vote next week on the issue, Mr Turnbull was forced to reverse course. Mr Turnbull maintained that Australia’s banking system was “systemically strong” but said that the government had decided to establish a royal commission “to further ensure our financial system is working efficiently and effectively.”
- https://www.ft.com/content/d940092a-25f2-11e9-8ce6-5db4543da632 Australia’s competition regulator plans to wrest open the “cosy oligopoly” of the country’s four largest banks and punish misconduct via the courts, saying competition is the best way to fix the troubled sector. In an interview before the publication of a public inquiry report into the finance sector on Monday, Rod Sims, chief executive of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, said more competition was needed to protect consumers. Australia’s four biggest banks — ANZ Bank, Westpac, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and National Australia Bank — control more than 75 per cent of the domestic market. They enjoy lower funding costs than smaller competitors, due in part to an implicit government guarantee to save the banks if they get into trouble.
- ft 2jul19 foreign banks taken aim at australian oligopoly
- Australia’s banking regulator is set for a major overhaul after a government-commissioned review found it had a “culture of conformity” and needed to become more forceful.In a scathing 146-page report released Wednesday, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority was found to be slow to act, tentative in addressing issues that don’t entail traditional financial risks, and have a strong preference to work “behind the scenes” with the firms it oversees.Among key recommendations, the report said APRA should be given a veto power over the appointment of senior executives and directors at financial firms, and create a new division to oversee the nation’s A$2.8 trillion ($2 trillion) pension industry, with a specific focus on returns for members.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-16/australia-bank-regulator-faces-overhaul-after-scathing-review
- ft 26aug19 ING takes on australia's scandal hit banks
- agricultural land
- http://www.economist.com/news/business/21669931-prospect-foreign-ownership-two-giant-agri-businesses-causes-alarm-selling-farm The Kidman herd of almost 200,000 cattle sprawls across a swathe of the outback about three-quarters the size of England, making it Australia’s biggest private landholding. Australia is the world’s biggest beef exporter after India and Brazil. Rising demand from China and elsewhere in Asia, as Australia’s currency falls in value, has helped business boom. Kidman could sell for around A$325m ($228m). About half the 12 shortlisted bidders, whose identities have not been revealed, are foreign. Many may be Chinese. Doug Ferguson, a China expert at KPMG, a consulting firm, reckons that about 15 Chinese companies, some government-linked, would be capable of bidding for Kidman. Australians are becoming more used to Chinese investment. Four years ago, China ranked ninth by stock of foreign direct investment (America, Britain and Japan, three of Australia’s oldest trading partners, top the list). Now Australia’s .'i/r trading partner, China’s inward investment has taken off: by 2014 it had moved up to fifth place. Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) says China has become a bigger investor by value than any country, measured by its share of the A$170 billion of proposed investments it examined last year. In the 2013-14 fiscal year, property worth A$12 billion represented China’s biggest investment in Australia. Agricultural investments of all kinds, however, were just a fraction of that year’s inflow: a mere A$32m. Chinese deals to buy farmland have been few and far between. Two years ago Shandong Ruyi, a Chinese textile company, bought most of Australia’s biggest cotton farm, Cubbie Station in the state of Queensland. Tianma Bearing Group, another Chinese company, recently paid a reported A$47 million for Wollogorang and Wentworth, two cattle stations in the Northern Territory, where part of the Kidman empire is also located. Now the prospect of Kidman falling into Chinese hands has given extra piquancy to broader Australian anxieties about “selling the farm” to foreigners. Such anxieties are nothing new. When Tony Abbott, the recently-ejected prime minister, led the conservative Liberal-National coalition to government in 2013, he declared that Australia was “open for business”. But a few weeks later Joe Hockey, then the treasurer, rejected a bid by Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), an American food-commodities giant, to take over GrainCorp, an Australian counterpart. Mr Hockey said foreign acquisition of “this key Australian business” would be against the national interest. He was bowing to pressure from the rural-based National Party, the coalition’s junior partner. Similar pressures could come into play over the Kidman sale. The agriculture minister, Barnaby Joyce, who is from the National Party, opposes a “foreign state-owned enterprise” taking over Kidman. The ranch operator’s sale could now be the first big test of Malcolm Turnbull, who deposed Mr Abbott as Liberal leader and prime minister on September 14th. Mr Turnbull is more of a free-market champion than his predecessor. He acknowledges Australia’s “long history of ambivalence to foreign investment”. But he identifies the country’s key dilemma: “resource-rich but capital-poor”. As soon as he took over as prime minister, there was speculation that ADM might make a fresh bid for full ownership of GrainCorp, of which it is already the largest shareholder.
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20151120/00178_004.html 繼近日澳洲政府要求外國人強制出售違規物業後，當局再出手阻止中資企業在澳洲的買地計劃。早前澳洲最大私人地主潔曼公司有意出售十八處牧場的土地權益，有中資企業斥三億五千萬澳元（約十九億五千萬港元）投標，惟該交易計劃被澳洲政府以鄰近烏美拉導彈試驗基地、有礙國家利益為由禁止，目前所有競標者已撤回相關收購申請。今年四月，潔曼公司表示有意出售旗下逾十萬平方公里的土地權益，廣州東凌糧油和上海鵬欣等中國企業遞交收購計劃競標。然而，澳洲政府認為今次交易不僅是一個家族的商業行為，更關乎國家利益。澳洲財長日前發表官方聲明，指今次出售的土地包括了全世界最大的養牛場Anna Creek，而Anna Creek有一半土地位於烏美拉禁區，若讓外國人獲得並控制該些土地，將有悖於澳洲的國家利益。潔曼公司行政總裁格雷爾‧坎貝爾對政府的決定感到驚訝，表示將與政府再進行討論，探討能否為投標者解決該些問題。
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160304/00178_017.html 澳洲最大私人地主潔曼公司售地案，去年遭澳洲政府以「違背國家利益」阻止。潔曼近日再推新方案，縮減原有出售土地面積四分一，包括剔走備受爭議的Anna Creek。據指除兩間中資企業競投外，澳洲富商福克斯亦表示有興趣。另房地產基金管理公司DommaCom表示，有十名富人及數千散戶計劃集資投標。
- 為了紓緩農業勞工短缺的現象，澳洲政府昨日（5日）宣布，把工作假期簽證延長至最多三年，條件是申請人須從事農場工作半年。但有觀點認為，澳洲放寬工作假期簽證，或影響鄰近太平洋島國國民在澳洲的生計。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20181106/00180_026.html
- property
- http://www.wsj.com/articles/australia-orders-chinese-company-to-sell-sydney-mansion-1425378388 The Australian government ordered the sale of a Sydney waterfront mansion it alleges was illegally bought by Chinese investors last year, opening a new front in its battle to curb the flow of foreign money contributing to rising home prices.
- http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20151120/19380343 澳洲財政部長前日宣佈，將會強制7個違法的外國投資者一年內出售他們的物業，其中4人是中國買家，最貴一個於墨爾本的物業由中國富商李建國去年用520萬澳元（約2,890萬港元）購入。澳洲財長Scott Morrison前日稱，這7人在沒有得到外國人投資審核委員會的批准就在澳洲購買二手樓，將被強制出售他們的物業。據報，7名違法投資者中，4人是中國人、兩人是香港人，一人是德國人。其中最貴的墨爾本物業價值520萬澳元，該物業有5間卧室，一個私人泳池及花園，去年由北京天恆拓展房地產總裁李建國購得。澳洲法例規定，外國人一般不能購買二手住宅，而他們在澳洲購買住房前要先提出申請，並證明是用於開發或有限定條件的自住。
- ANZ Banking Group has retracted approval for as many as 90 mortgage applications where parties have failed to provide additional information on foreign income, according to sources. Withdrawal of the home loan approvals comes as ANZ clamps down on residential property lending criteria, particularly relating to applicants generating income offshore. Despite the customers receiving mortgage approval, the bank since wrote to them and their respective conveyancers requesting additional information. Street Talk understands that those that did not respond within an allocated timeframe had mortgage approvals retracted, and could not proceed to settlement. http://www.afr.com/street-talk/anz-banks-clamp-down-sees-home-loan-approvals-retracted-20160426-gofqgi
- alcohol
- http://www.chinadailyasia.com/sports/2017-01/22/content_15561913.html
A group of doctors in Australia has called for the nation's cricketing bodies to cease using alcohol sponsorship, claiming it is negatively affecting children. Doctors from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) are concerned about the level of alcohol sponsorship in the sport, with beer brands sponsoring 12 national and state-level organizations including the national team.
- cigarette
- cosmetic surgery
- https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/incredible-photo-shows-mass-exodus-of-talent-from-the-government/news-story/c9e356a9c5ff9247755ba4072a303b36 Two more senior ministers deserted the government this weekend, with Christopher Pyne and Steven Ciobo both announcing they would quit politics at the election. The pair joined an increasingly long list of big name Liberals who are leaving, which includes Julie Bishop, Kelly O’Dwyer, Michael Keenan and Nigel Scullion. But the exodus of talent from the government’s senior ranks is even worse than it seems. Below you can see the group photo of Malcolm Turnbull’s ministry immediately after the 2016 election — at the start of this term of government. We’ve crossed out the MPs and senators who have left the ministry, or are quitting politics at the election.
Civil service
- 澳洲多個政府部門的公務員，計劃下周一於機場及海港繁忙時間發動大罷工，抗議政府凍結公務員薪金。 悉尼、墨爾本、布里斯班、珀斯等所有主要機場服務預料均將受嚴重影響。澳洲入境及邊境管制局和農業局的員工，將於下周一早上繁忙時段罷工，以抗議政府剝奪他們的權利，罔顧員工工作情況及削減薪酬。罷工期間，工會成員會在各個機場向公眾派發小冊子，呼籲民眾關注公務員待遇問題，涉及國家安全、反恐及應對生化威脅專家可豁免參與罷工。工會秘書長弗勒德稱，負責邊境管制的公務員經常處理重要、困難、甚至危險的工作，他們值得享有更好待遇，但政府反其道而行，裁減人手外，還藉詞削減薪酬及福利。她指罷工針對澳洲政府不公平、不可行的薪酬政策。弗勒德要求勞工部長阿貝茨與工會討論公務員待遇。阿貝茨回應稱，政府現時設定的待遇水平合理，並指國家正面對艱難經濟環境，望各政府部門及公眾諒解。澳洲來自16個不同政府部門的員工，自上月與政府就待遇談判破裂後，發起大規模工業行動，工潮此起彼落。政府與工會自6月30日起再無達成任何有意義的待遇協議。 http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2015/07/31/a20-0731.pdf- ft 2apr19 ecigarette makers seek to lift australia vaping ban
- cosmetic surgery
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2015-12/10/content_22677474.htm Australia's cosmetic surgery industry is facing increasing scrutiny by a stategovernment, which is considering potential strict new rules following a series ofhorror cases from botched surgeries. The state's newly released discussion paper will consider what standards shouldapply and whether the new class of cosmetic surgery facilities require speciallicensing.
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/14/forcing-facebook-google-to-give-police-access-to-encrypted-messages-doesnt-add-up The Australian government is proposing legislation, similar to that introduced in the UK, that will compel technology companies to provide access to users’ messages, regardless of whether they have been encrypted.
- 澳洲競爭與消費者委員會（ACCC）於周一（10日）發表最新報告，建議政府就針對美國科技巨擘Google及Facebook設立新監管機構，調查科網如何排列新聞報道及廣告的顯示次序，確保廣告商在有關網上平台獲得公平對待，而公眾可自由存取新聞及資訊。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20181211/00180_011.html
- https://www.ft.com/content/5e709192-b983-11e7-9bfb-4a9c83ffa852 In some upside-down logic from the land of down under, Australian consumers have been able to upgrade their broadband internet access to the latest fibre-optic lines, only to receive slower speeds than over ageing copper wires. Such experiences are the absurd result of a grandiose government plan to bankroll what was supposed to be the world’s most advanced broadband network, called NBN. It has backfired spectacularly, triggering a vicious round of political and industry backbiting about who is to blame and sending a warning round the world to governments looking to boost their economies with next-generation networks. However, they have a long way to go to match Australia’s heavy-handed political intervention in the telecoms markets, according to industry experts.
- facial recognition
- startup
- 澳洲多間學校正試行備受爭議的「中國式」人臉識別技術，取代傳統的點名方法，以記錄學生的出勤情況。該系統已獲聯邦政府撥出四十七萬澳元（約二百五十五萬港元）資助。有專家憂慮，此舉會令澳洲漸漸步入監控社會的時代。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20191104/00180_025.html
- http://www.economist.com/news/business/21685462-entrepreneurial-prime-minister-calls-culture-innovation-lucky-plucky
- hket 27jul16
- https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/incredible-photo-shows-mass-exodus-of-talent-from-the-government/news-story/c9e356a9c5ff9247755ba4072a303b36 Two more senior ministers deserted the government this weekend, with Christopher Pyne and Steven Ciobo both announcing they would quit politics at the election. The pair joined an increasingly long list of big name Liberals who are leaving, which includes Julie Bishop, Kelly O’Dwyer, Michael Keenan and Nigel Scullion. But the exodus of talent from the government’s senior ranks is even worse than it seems. Below you can see the group photo of Malcolm Turnbull’s ministry immediately after the 2016 election — at the start of this term of government. We’ve crossed out the MPs and senators who have left the ministry, or are quitting politics at the election.
Civil service
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160213/00180_022.html 澳洲退伍軍人事務部及市民服務部長羅伯特，被揭在前年訪華期間在一間公司簽約儀式上演說，涉為個人利益而行為失當，向總理特恩布爾請辭。http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/12/stuart-robert-loses-job-as-minister-following-china-trip-furore Malcolm Turnbull has dumped Stuart Robert from the ministry after a scandal over a “private” trip to Beijing to oversee a mining deal involving a major Liberal donor and meet a Chinese vice-minister. The prime minister confirmed Robert would leave the frontbench after a report by a senior public servant found the minister for human services had “acted inconsistently” with the statement of ministerial standards. During the course of bureaucrat Martin Parkinson’s investigation, Robert disclosed a shareholding in Metallum Holdings, which had an interest in Nimrod Resources. “Mr Robert recognised that this connection would create the impression that at the time he went to Beijing he had something personally to gain from the Nimrod Resources project,” Turnbull said in a statement on Friday. “As a result, Mr Robert has asked me not to consider him in the pending reshuffle of the ministry. I thank him for his service as a minister and for his candid cooperation with Dr Parkinson in his inquiry.” The decision comes as the prime minister considers broader ministerial changes triggered by the Nationals selecting Barnaby Joyce as their new leader after Warren Truss retired. Labor, which had been demanding Robert’s sacking, accused the prime minister of acting too slowly amid government divisions about the issue. Robert was appointed as the minister for human services and veterans’ affairs five months ago, but he was the assistant defence minister at the time he took the August 2014 trip to China which he said was done in a private capacity. Turnbull sought advice from Parkinson, the head of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, after revelations Robert attended an event in Beijing to celebrate a deal involving Nimrod Resources, an Australian mining company headed by Liberal party donor Paul Marks.
封爵制度
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2015/11/03/a22-1103.pdf澳洲前總理阿博特去年在爭議聲中 恢復封爵制度，今年 1月更向英國菲 臘親王頒授爵位，激起民憤，嚴重拖 累他的民望。9月發動逼宮趕走阿博 特上台的新總理特恩布爾，昨日宣佈 廢除恢復實施一年多的封爵制度。分 析認為，向來主張共和制的特恩布 爾，可能藉此再次掀起關於君主制存 廢的討論。 去年復封爵被批「國恥」 特恩布爾表示，爵位銜頭已不合時 宜，當局在徵詢英女王後，決定正式 廢止封爵，但現有爵位持有人不受影 響。工黨重量級議員鮑恩歡迎新政 策，批評去年恢復封爵是倒行逆施的 「國恥」，希望永久廢除有關制度。 澳洲共和運動主席菲茨西蒙斯透 露，自己在特恩布爾出任總理後即與 他見面，提出廢除封爵，更揚言今次 只是第一步。澳洲君主制支持者聯盟 則發聲明，批評特恩布爾破壞澳洲的 核心價值，警告共和派將神不知鬼不 覺，推動國家轉為共和制。 特恩布爾一直主張取消君主制， 1999年更曾推動修憲公投，試圖改行 共和制，但以失敗告終。英國王室近 年形象改善，澳洲國立大學調查顯 示，近年民意日漸傾向維持君 主制，加上特恩布爾仍需拯 救當地經濟，他能否分身處 理政體爭議仍然成疑。http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-02/turnbull-ditches-knights-and-dames/6905326 The republican movement is overjoyed with Prime Minister Turnbull's decision to reverse Tony Abbott's decision to reinstate knights and dames in Australia's honours system. But monarchists say it's nothing more than an act of revenge in Mr Turnbull's personal rivalry with Mr Abbott.
national day
- http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/25/asia/australia-day-invasion-day/index.html Australia's national day, held on January 26 every year, isn't all beer and barbeques. While many see it as a day to celebrate the Australian lifestyle, for others it's a painful reminder of death, disease, and cultures now lost forever. Australia Day marks the arrival of the First Fleet into Sydney Cove in 1788, a date which is mourned by many indigenous people. "We see it as Invasion Day," Warren Mundine, chairman of the Australian Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, told CNN.
national anthem
- "Advance Australia Fair" is the national anthem of Australia. Created by the Scottish-born composer Peter Dodds McCormick, the song was first performed in 1878 and sung in Australia as a patriotic song. It replaced "God Save the Queen" as the official national anthem in 1984, following a plebiscite to choose the national song in 1977. Other songs and marches have been influenced by "Advance Australia Fair", such as the Australian vice-regal salute.
national flag
- https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/25/australia/new-zealand-australia-flag-row-intl/index.html New Zealand's acting Prime Minister Winston Peters has accused Australia of copying his country's flag, telling its neighbor to get its own design. "We had a flag that we've had for a long time, copied by Australia," Peters told local network TVNZ on Tuesday. "They (Australia) should actually change their flag and honor the fact that we got there first with this design," added Peters, who is filling in for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern while she is on maternity leave.New Zealand's flag was adopted in 1902, five decades before Australia's current flag was officially recognized in 1954. Though various versions of the Australian flag have been used since 1901.
Future fund
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/financial-services/future-fund-cashes-in-on-stellar-15pc-returns/story-fn91wd6x-1227325576532
Immigration policy
- The term White Australia policy comprises various historical policies that effectively barred people of non-European descent from immigrating to Australia. There was never any specific policy titled as such, but the term was invented later to encapsulate a collection of policies that were designed to exclude people from Asia (particularly China) and the Pacific Islands (particularly Melanesia) from immigrating to Australia. These policies were progressively dismantled between 1949 and 1973. Competition in the gold fields between British and Chinese miners, and labour union opposition to the importation of Pacific Islanders into the sugar plantations of Queensland, reinforced the demand to eliminate or minimize low wage immigration from Asia and the Pacific Islands. From the 1850s, there were restrictions on family members joining Chinese miners already in Australia. The colonial authorities levied a special tax on Chinese immigrants that other immigrants were exempted from. Towards the end of the 19th century, there was also a push by the labour unions to stop work done by Chinese immigrants in the furniture and market garden industries. Australian furniture had to be labelled "Made with Chinese Labour". Soon after Australia became a federation, the Government of Edmund Barton passed the Immigration Restriction Act of 1901, which was drafted by Australia's second Prime Minister Alfred Deakin. The passage of this bill is considered the commencement of the White Australia Policy as Australian government policy. Subsequent acts further strengthened the policy up to the start of the Second World War.[5] These policies effectively allowed for British migrants to be preferred over all others through the first four decades of the 20th century. During the Second World War, Prime Minister John Curtin reinforced the policy, saying "This country shall remain forever the home of the descendants of those people who came here in peace in order to establish in the South Seas an outpost of the British race." The policy was dismantled in stages by successive governments after the conclusion of the Second World War, with the encouragement of first non-British, non-white immigration, allowing for a large multi-ethnic post-war program of immigration. The Menzies and Holt Governments effectively dismantled the policies between 1949 and 1966 and the Whitlam Government passed laws to ensure that race would be totally disregarded as a component for immigration to Australia in 1973. In 1975, the Whitlam Government passed the Racial Discrimination Act, which made racially based selection criteria unlawful. In the decades since, Australia has maintained large-scale multi-ethnic immigration. Australia's current Migration Program allows people from any country to apply to migrate to Australia, regardless of their nationality, ethnicity, culture, religion, or language, provided that they meet the criteria set out in law.
- [precarious belongings] this led to change in chinatown in 1970s --> turned into a symbol of difference to be protected rather than censured.
- http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1616525/australia-speeds-visa-scheme-attract-rich-chinese-investors, introduced premium investor visa hkej 15oct14 a23, http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2014/10/15/a24-1015.pdf, http://www.chinadailyasia.com/asia/2014-10/15/content_15177979.html
- http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21642229-how-canada-and-australia-let-regions-sponsor-immigrants-going-where-they-are-wanted
- 澳洲政府新設「企業家簽證」，向具潛力的新創企業東主提供居留權，名額不設上限，亦會改革移民制度，吸引修讀科學、科技、工程及數學的研究生移居澳洲。特恩布爾形容優秀企業家能創造大量職位，數量愈多愈好，長遠而言，當局將在學校鼓勵學習程式編寫、科學及數學，培育本土人才。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2015/12/08/a32-1208.pdf
- https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-20/turnbull-tightens-aussie-citizenship-test-in-migration-crackdown Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull tightened Australian citizenship rules in a further crackdown on immigration as his government seeks to boost its flagging popularity. Applicants will have to wait four years before applying for citizenship instead of one currently, prove a higher degree of proficiency in English and pass a citizenship test to show they have “Australian values” and can integrate into society, Turnbull said Thursday.
- siv
- 中國近年續有民眾移居海外，當中澳洲更甚受歡迎。外媒引述數據指，專為在澳洲投資五百萬澳元（約二千七百七十九萬港元）的「重大投資移民」（SIV）類別簽證，發放數量自二○一四年開放以來增速驚人，二○一五年僅八百七十九人次，去年升至二千零二十二人次，且多為中國人。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190321/00178_007.html
- temporary foreign workers
- Australia’s prime minister Malcolm Turnbull said his government would axe a visa scheme for temporary foreign workers, a move likely to resonate with voters increasingly concerned about immigration. Mr Turnbull said 457 visas — under which 96,000 of the country’s 12m-strong labour force work in the country, according to 2016 immigration department data — would be replaced by a new visa designed to attract “the best and brightest” to Australia. Roughly a quarter of 457 visa holders are from India, with British and Chinese comprising 19.5 per cent and 5.8 per cent respectively, while the IT, scientific and hospitality sectors are among the industries to most utilise the visa class. The programme was introduced in 1996 by the conservative government of John Howard. Immigration has long been seen as beneficial for Australia’s economy, with experts estimating that it contributed 1 percentage point of the country’s 3 per cent annual gross domestic product growth over the past few years. The 457 programme would be replaced with new visas that Mr Turnbull said would target skills shortages outside the main cities and would boost English language requirements for migrants. Current holders of 457 visas would be unaffected by the changes and could continue to work in Australia “under the conditions of that visa”, said Peter Dutton, immigration minister. The changes follow a government move last month to scrap fast-track arrangements for 457 visas for fast-food chain employees.https://www.ft.com/content/05cfee60-23f2-11e7-a34a-538b4cb30025
- asylum seekers
- Australian businesses warn of visa reform costs in talent war https://www.ft.com/content/ec412a48-401d-11e7-9d56-25f963e998b2
- tampa affairs model
- language test
- hkej 15feb17 shum article
- http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/2106287/foreigners-applying-australian-residency-hire-tutors-outsmart People applying for Australian permanent residency or working visas have described how they have met the government’s required English language standards not by improving their language proficiency but by learning to outsmart the computer.
- [packers lunch] something happened to australia in the 1970s and 1980s that changed the way pople live. It began with the vietnam war. For more than two decades, australia's prosperity had been guarded by an international agreement signed at bretton woods in england in 1946, which fixed the world's major currencies to the gold standard. International money flows were restricted and the west enjoyed low interest rates and low inflation. Nixon decision to finance war by printing money set a new world order where interest rates could no longer be fixed. The world was on a treadmill that kept pushing the effects of economic deregulation and rationalisation through each national economy. Coupled with the oil shock of 1973, that meant a decade and a half of high inflation. The effects on australia's class structure were profound. Over the period of 1970 and 1990, inflation rose 300 percent. Up market housing prices rose by up to 1500 percent. Old networks of influence and interlocking directorships and club memberships were heavily tied to the traditional property model. The housing booms and busts proved lethal for state banks and finance companies and finally the big four banks.
- Australia has always had a divide between the mainstream business establishment and the adventurers and wide boys. Traditionally the latter had been a marginal group associated with mining stocks and minor property bubbles in a low inflation low interest rate environment. They were mavericks, but they were containable. Economic deregulation and asset inflation posed an exceptional opportunity for this group. They despised the hidebound establishment. By the 1980s, the mavericks had the flexibility and the credit facilities to take charge. They didn't just challenge the establishment - they wanted to buy it. And then it was all over. After the 1987 stock market crash, almost every entrepreneur in australia was living on borrowed time.
- the last remnants of the establishment of the 1950s and 1960s based upon australia's institutions and inherited wealth had slipped away unnoticed sometime in 1990s. The network which had taken its place in 1970s and 1980s was also failing, the system of social ranking and power which had evolved during those decades slowing unravelling. Those men who rode the wave of the deregulation money boom in 1980s had survived the 1990 recession and were remarkably successful in building new fortunes, but their hold on power was slipping. Even the packer name, while it continued to hold enormous weight, was not quite the unassailable colossus it once was. The future belonged to the macquarie bankers, the babcock and browns, the colonial first staters and the endless legion of fund managers, mckinsey consultants and financial neocons. Their ranks are filled with younger analysts and executives who know nothing of the 1970s and 1980s, for whom the turbulence of those decades was an anachronism, a blip which preceded the second coming of the institutions, along with all of the social and ideological baggage which such a change carries
- By 1991, the recession had wiped out almost all of the major and minor players of 1980s. They were broke, in jail, or in court. Besides kerry packer, only the technicians were left. They had spent the 1980s doing deals for other people. Corporate australia seemed to be falling apart. For every major corporate crash like bond corporation or adelaide steamship, dozens of minor ventures were foundering. The old australian establishment, after two decades of turmoil, was making its last stand. The establishment had once defied itself by its inherited wealth, its clubs and its directorships. It was a closely ordered hierarchy. At the top were the board positions of the great establishment companies - the four major banks together with blue-chip giants like bhp, csr and elders. At the other end of the spectrum there was a lot of kudos for sitting on the boards of the minor banks, state banks and finance companies. They offered an entry level for aspiring networkers, a springboard for higher positions. But these positions had been among the first casulties when finance companies foundered in the property busts of the 1970s. The fallout of the 1980s claimed most of the state banks. Now in early 1990s, the major banks faced the blowtorch. Inherited wealth had been decimated by two decades of inflation. By the mid 1990s, clubs would be irrelevant in sydney. Even the double day bridge club of kings cross sydney (a time-honoured institution which, in its heyday as one of the better illegal casinos in 1970s and 1980s, once had the police commissioner on the payroll-had been forced to close, a victim of police crackdowns and tougher economic times) were seen in retreat.
population
- 澳洲統計局昨公布二○一六年人口普查，截至去年底人口增加二百萬至二千四百四十萬人。其中二○一一年起有逾一百三十萬名海外移民從一百八十國遷入，當中逾十九萬人於中國出生。平均每周有逾一千六百人遷入悉尼，令當地人口逾四百八十萬。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20170628/00180_012.html
- 澳洲全國現時面臨男女比例失衡問題，除北部達爾文外，每個州份的首府均是女多男少，悉尼富豪區的「男人荒」亦極為嚴重，新南威爾士省的「男人荒」地區名單上，首數名均是位於悉尼附近。有專家建議女性改變擇偶條件，考慮收入不錯、從事貿易行業的男性。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20171229/00180_040.html
foreign influence in politics
- http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-42868461 Catholic bishops have raised concerns that new laws in Australia could force Church members to register as agents of a foreign power. Last month, Australia unveiled legislation designed to limit foreign interference in political activity.The government said the changes, still to be formally debated, will protect transparency and Australia's interests.But Catholic officials have said the laws are too broad and could prevent churchgoers' advocacy and charity work."Catholics are followers of Jesus Christ - we are not agents of a foreign government," said Bishop Robert McGuckin, from Toowoomba in Queensland.
- http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/2077793/australia-considers-ban-foreign-political-donations-response\
- Australia bars Chinese political donors. Foreign funding banned after Fairfax/ABC probe into buying influence. ft 7jun17 http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20170607/00180_015.html 澳洲傳媒披露，該國情報部門曾警告國內主要政黨，在接收兩名澳洲籍中國商人的政治獻金時要「小心」，指他們與中共有緊密聯繫，擔心中國政府利用二人影響澳洲政壇及促進中方的利益。此事曝光後，澳洲國內有聲音要求修改外國捐獻法，總理特恩布爾周二回應時，要求中國尊重澳洲的國家主權，下令審視間諜法。
- 澳洲多個媒體近日進行聯合調查後指出，悉尼喬治河市議會（Georges River Council）因接受當地一份華文媒體的活動贊助，在過去十二個月先後八次遭中國駐當地領事人員警告施壓，該議會最終停止接受該媒體的贊助。中國外交部周四回應，形容該華媒是法輪功媒體，並指澳媒與邪教串通，敦促停止發表欺騙公眾的虛假言論。澳媒公布聯合調查內容時亦指，上述華文媒體曾贊助喬治河市議會去年的農曆新年活動，中方領事人員指該媒體是反華媒體，希望事件不會影響中澳關係發展。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190412/00178_006.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/27/labor-donors-donation-inflated-from-500-to-5000-icac-documents-revealA Labor donor who attended a fundraising dinner at the centre of an explosive anti-corruption probe says he was shocked to learn his $500 donation was inflated to $5,000 on official records. The Independent Commission Against Corruption is currently investigating a potentially unlawful donations scheme that may have helped to hide a $100,000 donation to Labor from Huang Xiangmo, a Chinese billionaire barred from donating in New South Wales due to his links to property development.
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/politicsnow-live-energy-target-backlash-as-pm-faces-revolt/news-story/f2ac5cd94eed7404301a2f08fb4593d5 Bill Shorten’s tacticians saw Julie Bishop coming a mile way when the Foreign Affairs Minister used Question Time to suggest the Opposition Leader was “personally compromised” over foreign donations from mysterious Chinese supporters. Bishop launched her attack by dredging up old concerns over Labor frontbencher Joel Fitzgibbon, who quit as defence minister in the Rudd government after weeks of questions over his link to a Chinese supporter, Helen Liu. Using the cover of parliamentary privilege, Bishop said Fitzgibbon’s benefactor had links to a foreign intelligence service. She also said the Department of Defence had “grave concerns” about the matter. Then she asked why Shorten had not asked for a security briefing on the matter. The fact that he had not done so, she argued, showed he was personally compromised. Bishop’s attack came one day after she used Question Time to revisit the scandal over NSW Labor Senator Sam Dastyari and his vocal support for Chinese policy in the South China Sea while standing alongside a Chinese donor. The Dastari affair is a running sore for Labor now that more stories are emerging of links between the party and the Chinese. Labor was more than ready. As soon as Bishop was finished, Western Australian Labor backbencher Matt Keogh rose to ask about one of the Foreign Minister’s own Chinese supporters. Keogh told the chamber of Sally Zou, who has set up an entity called the “Julie Bishop Glorious Foundation” to help the deputy Liberal leader.
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20170619/00178_010.html澳洲執政自由黨日前提出議案，要求政府布置更多國防設施在西澳洲，以應對中國在印度洋的勢力。惟因擔心議案會惹中國不滿，該黨副黨魁、外長畢曉普已刪除涉及中國的字眼。自由黨前日舉行黨委會，多名執委對畢曉普的做法當場表達不滿，不少執行委員均就此事提出質詢，現場氣氛一度劍拔弩張。
- https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3027579/chinese-billionaire-huang-xiangmo-has-australian-assets Huang Xiangmo, the Chinese billionaire political donor who was last year stripped of his Australian residency and barred from returning to the country, has now reportedly has his Australian assets frozen and is being pursued by the country’s tax office for A$140 million (US$96 million).
- 澳洲去年推出「外國影響力透明化」法，要求外國代理人進行登記，令情報機構的工作負荷上升。澳洲內政部長達頓周四承諾，將向澳洲安全情報組織（ASIO）提供「史無前例的資金」。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20191018/00180_021.html
- scmp 20oct19 "tech it or leave it" australian universities' ties (receiving funding and collaboration) with china
- https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3037769/australia-issues-guidelines-universities-foreign-meddling-amid Australia unveiled new guidelines for universities to guard against foreign interference on Thursday, amid growing scrutiny of the national security and human rights implications of academic partnerships and collaboration with China.The voluntary guidelines, which follow a months-long consultation between the tertiary sector and national security agencies, outline “practical steps” for universities to improve due diligence in research collaboration, boost cybersecurity and increase awareness of potential foreign meddling on campuses.Among other suggestions, the guidelines encourage staff to disclose foreign affiliations and relationships, consider the ethical, security and reputational risks of international collaboration, and share analysis and evidence of cyber threats with the government and other universities.
education
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20161007/00178_007.html 中國已成為全球最主要的留學生輸出國，惟據位於澳洲首都坎培拉的國立大學一份內部文件披露，該校過分依賴中國市場，易釀學校財政風險，故自去年起已推行「多元化策略」，一邊降低中國留學生比例，同時增加招收來自印度、馬來西亞和新加坡等國的留學生。
Tax
- property
間諜法
- 澳洲司法部長布蘭蒂斯周一表示，外國政府干預澳洲政治的問題相當嚴重，下周將向國會提交法案，收緊間諜法，禁止所有澳洲政黨接受外國捐款，以防國家敏感及機密資料洩漏。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20171205/00180_017.html
asylum
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/19/us-australia-indonesia-idUSKCN0J302H20141119 The government announced late on Tuesday that asylum seekers who registered with the U.N. High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Indonesia after July 1 would no longer be eligible for resettlement in Australia.
- Australia is promising thousands of dollars to Rohingya refugees who agree to return to Myanmar, a country that has been accused of ethnic cleansing against the Muslim minority. Asylum seekers in the Australian-run detention centre on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island, have been pressured by officials to return to their home countries, even if they face violence.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/19/australia-offers-pay-rohingya-refugees-return-myanmar
- 澳洲參議院昨日以些微票數差距，成功廢除備受爭議的《難民醫療轉移法》，意味在海外被拘留的難民今後更難要求帶到澳洲本土接受治療。政府指法案為入境該國提供「後門」，讓國民面臨不可承受的風險及削弱國家安全，總理莫里森強調，將尋找方法安置現時身處瑙魯共和國難民營的難民。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20191205/00180_010.html
Food
- Meat Standards Australia http://www.mla.com.au/Marketing-beef-and-lamb/Meat-Standards-Australia
Media
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/29/us-australia-italy-mafia-idUSKCN0P90A820150629 Two Australian media organisations reported on Monday that Australian politics has been infiltrated at high levels by the Italian mafia, although there was no suggestion of direct links between lawmakers and the criminal syndicate. A year-long investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Fairfax media found one element of the Calabrian mafia, known as 'Ndrangheta, had used a number of well-known donors to parties on both sides of the Australian political divide to legitimise its activities. The report said a man with "deep mafia associations" met then-prime minister John Howard and other top party officials at a fundraising event for the conservative Liberal Party in the early 2000s. There was no suggestion that Howard knew of the man's alleged criminal links. In another incident, the son of an alleged mafia boss did work experience at the Australian embassy in Rome while former Liberal minister Amanda Vanstone was ambassador, it said.
Again, there was no suggestion Vanstone knew of the link.
natural environment
- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/15/lake-hume-fish-kill-thousands-of-new-deaths-on-murray-river The New South Wales government will install aerators at various sites across the state amid fears of more fish kills as temperatures soar above 40C in the Murray-Darling Basin.
A new fish kill event at Lake Hume was downgraded to 60 dead fish from 1,800 after authorities from the Department of Primary Industries arrived to investigate. The office of primary industries minister, Niall Blair, on Tuesday initially suggested some 1,800 fish had died in Lake Hume, which is part of the Murray River system. But his department subsequently said an investigation had found “approximately 60 dead carp were located in the water” near a boat ramp. “A cause of the fish kill has not yet been determined, however, there are no algal or dissolved oxygen issues noticeable,” the DPI said in a statement. “Fishing mortality is one potential cause.”
language
- slang
islam
- 早於英國庫克船長於一七七○年登陸澳洲前，該地已印有回教徒足迹。印尼望加錫人早於數百年前已航海數千公里至澳洲北部，與當地原住民經商，淵源可追溯至五百多年前的十六世紀。英媒上周五（6日）報道，澳洲悉尼的回教組織，近日為此重建望加錫人的古商船，以原始方式重現當年的航海路線，為澳洲回教群體尋根。該艘長十五米的重製商船在蘇拉威西島以當地木材建造，由十二名望加錫船員人手划動，在二十五天航行近二千公里，終抵達澳洲達爾文，完成壯舉。是次活動是由悉尼的「阿布‧哈尼法組織」策劃，他們為加強本地回教年輕人的歸屬感，決定透過重現當年的航海路線，令外界知道回教族群早於一七七○年前，就曾與澳洲極早期的原住民互相交流。澳洲人口中僅得3%為回教徒，當中不少人曾遭人排擠歧視，歸屬感低落。不過，澳洲與回教其實早有淵源︰印尼蘇拉威西島的望加錫人於五百多年前的公元一五○○年代，已通過航海與澳洲北部阿納姆地的雍古族（Yolngu）經商、通婚，文化互有影響。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200309/00180_039.html
indigenous people
- https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3037769/australia-issues-guidelines-universities-foreign-meddling-amid Australia unveiled new guidelines for universities to guard against foreign interference on Thursday, amid growing scrutiny of the national security and human rights implications of academic partnerships and collaboration with China.The voluntary guidelines, which follow a months-long consultation between the tertiary sector and national security agencies, outline “practical steps” for universities to improve due diligence in research collaboration, boost cybersecurity and increase awareness of potential foreign meddling on campuses.Among other suggestions, the guidelines encourage staff to disclose foreign affiliations and relationships, consider the ethical, security and reputational risks of international collaboration, and share analysis and evidence of cyber threats with the government and other universities.
education
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20161007/00178_007.html 中國已成為全球最主要的留學生輸出國，惟據位於澳洲首都坎培拉的國立大學一份內部文件披露，該校過分依賴中國市場，易釀學校財政風險，故自去年起已推行「多元化策略」，一邊降低中國留學生比例，同時增加招收來自印度、馬來西亞和新加坡等國的留學生。
Tax
- property
- http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-31615314 PM Tony Abbott said the government was proposing a range of civil penalties and fees linked to foreign investment. Property prices are a hot button issue in Australia, especially in Sydney, and there are claims foreign investment is artificially boosting house prices. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fcc2d346-bcd3-11e4-9902-00144feab7de.html, hket 26feb15 a20
間諜法
- 澳洲司法部長布蘭蒂斯周一表示，外國政府干預澳洲政治的問題相當嚴重，下周將向國會提交法案，收緊間諜法，禁止所有澳洲政黨接受外國捐款，以防國家敏感及機密資料洩漏。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20171205/00180_017.html
asylum
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/19/us-australia-indonesia-idUSKCN0J302H20141119 The government announced late on Tuesday that asylum seekers who registered with the U.N. High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Indonesia after July 1 would no longer be eligible for resettlement in Australia.
- Australia is promising thousands of dollars to Rohingya refugees who agree to return to Myanmar, a country that has been accused of ethnic cleansing against the Muslim minority. Asylum seekers in the Australian-run detention centre on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island, have been pressured by officials to return to their home countries, even if they face violence.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/19/australia-offers-pay-rohingya-refugees-return-myanmar
- http://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-asylum/papua-new-guinea-to-begin-forcible-removal-of-asylum-seekers-from-detention-center-idUSKBN1DC124
- 澳洲去年推動反間諜和外國干預法，被認為針對中國，中澳關係緊張。《澳洲金融評論報》周四報道，澳洲多名部長級高官原計劃到中國出席澳洲商貿企業主辦的海外博覽會，但中方拒絕批出簽證。總理特恩布爾僅承認與中方關係存在暗湧。中國外交部否認拒批簽證。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180413/00178_004.html
- 澳洲國會周三通過新法案，批准分別在瑙魯共和國及巴布亞新畿內亞拘留中心內的患病難民，可到澳洲接受治療。這是數十年來政府首次在重大法案表決中失利。總理莫里森指新法案會令更多難民嘗試湧入澳洲，同時宣布重開位於聖誕島的拘留中心。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190214/00180_012.html
- 澳洲參議院昨日以些微票數差距，成功廢除備受爭議的《難民醫療轉移法》，意味在海外被拘留的難民今後更難要求帶到澳洲本土接受治療。政府指法案為入境該國提供「後門」，讓國民面臨不可承受的風險及削弱國家安全，總理莫里森強調，將尋找方法安置現時身處瑙魯共和國難民營的難民。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20191205/00180_010.html
Food
- Meat Standards Australia http://www.mla.com.au/Marketing-beef-and-lamb/Meat-Standards-Australia
Media
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/29/us-australia-italy-mafia-idUSKCN0P90A820150629 Two Australian media organisations reported on Monday that Australian politics has been infiltrated at high levels by the Italian mafia, although there was no suggestion of direct links between lawmakers and the criminal syndicate. A year-long investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Fairfax media found one element of the Calabrian mafia, known as 'Ndrangheta, had used a number of well-known donors to parties on both sides of the Australian political divide to legitimise its activities. The report said a man with "deep mafia associations" met then-prime minister John Howard and other top party officials at a fundraising event for the conservative Liberal Party in the early 2000s. There was no suggestion that Howard knew of the man's alleged criminal links. In another incident, the son of an alleged mafia boss did work experience at the Australian embassy in Rome while former Liberal minister Amanda Vanstone was ambassador, it said.
Again, there was no suggestion Vanstone knew of the link.
natural environment
- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/15/lake-hume-fish-kill-thousands-of-new-deaths-on-murray-river The New South Wales government will install aerators at various sites across the state amid fears of more fish kills as temperatures soar above 40C in the Murray-Darling Basin.
A new fish kill event at Lake Hume was downgraded to 60 dead fish from 1,800 after authorities from the Department of Primary Industries arrived to investigate. The office of primary industries minister, Niall Blair, on Tuesday initially suggested some 1,800 fish had died in Lake Hume, which is part of the Murray River system. But his department subsequently said an investigation had found “approximately 60 dead carp were located in the water” near a boat ramp. “A cause of the fish kill has not yet been determined, however, there are no algal or dissolved oxygen issues noticeable,” the DPI said in a statement. “Fishing mortality is one potential cause.”
language
- slang
islam
- 早於英國庫克船長於一七七○年登陸澳洲前，該地已印有回教徒足迹。印尼望加錫人早於數百年前已航海數千公里至澳洲北部，與當地原住民經商，淵源可追溯至五百多年前的十六世紀。英媒上周五（6日）報道，澳洲悉尼的回教組織，近日為此重建望加錫人的古商船，以原始方式重現當年的航海路線，為澳洲回教群體尋根。該艘長十五米的重製商船在蘇拉威西島以當地木材建造，由十二名望加錫船員人手划動，在二十五天航行近二千公里，終抵達澳洲達爾文，完成壯舉。是次活動是由悉尼的「阿布‧哈尼法組織」策劃，他們為加強本地回教年輕人的歸屬感，決定透過重現當年的航海路線，令外界知道回教族群早於一七七○年前，就曾與澳洲極早期的原住民互相交流。澳洲人口中僅得3%為回教徒，當中不少人曾遭人排擠歧視，歸屬感低落。不過，澳洲與回教其實早有淵源︰印尼蘇拉威西島的望加錫人於五百多年前的公元一五○○年代，已通過航海與澳洲北部阿納姆地的雍古族（Yolngu）經商、通婚，文化互有影響。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200309/00180_039.html
indigenous people
- https://insiderguides.com.au/australian-indigenous-culture
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/1406130/Aboriginals-sue-Crown-over-loss-of-their-land.html 3sep2002
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/1406130/Aboriginals-sue-Crown-over-loss-of-their-land.html 3sep2002
- https://www.ft.com/content/826a1a46-2dc1-11ea-bc77-65e4aa615551 Indigenous groups in Australia are suing state governments for tens of billions of dollars in compensation for loss of ancestral lands in a move that experts warn could dent public budgets and force miners and other industries to make payouts. Court documents show the Bigambul and Kooma Aboriginal peoples are each claiming A$25bn ($17bn) compensation from Queensland for economic and cultural loss related to land on which they were granted native title, a form of legal recognition over rights to land or water. The lawsuits, filed on December 23, follow a similar claim made by a group claiming to represent the Noongar people for A$290bn lodged against Western Australia — a sum that is more than the value of the resource-rich state’s entire economy. Aboriginal people have been registering native title claims for decades since a 1992 High Court decision that overturned the concept of terra nullius, the declaration made by British colonisers when they first arrived 250 years ago that Australia was unoccupied. The claims now cover around 2.8m sq km of Australia. However, there has been new interest in seeking compensation following a landmark ruling by Australia’s High Court in March. The so-called Timber Creek judgment helped to establish how native title compensation claims should be assessed and decided. “Timber Creek was by far the most significant native title decision since the Mabo case in 1992, which first recognised the land rights of Indigenous peoples,” said Tony Denholder, partner at Ashurst, a law firm, which is not involved in the Western Australian case but could yet be commissioned by a party in the Queensland one. “It is now triggering claims from the hundreds of native title holder groups, which could potentially cost states tens of billions of dollars in compensation.
Long ago, four giant beings arrived in southeast Australia. Three continued to travel inland, following the songline, paths across the land that, according to the belief system of Aboriginal Australians, mark the route followed by creator beings during the Dreamtime, when the world was created. However, one being bent down close to the ground, transforming his body into a mountain called Budj Bim, his teeth becoming molten rock, pouring from his mouth into the surrounding landscape. This traditional story by the Aboriginal Gunditjmara people may be based on real geological events, as new research published in the journal Geology suggests. Studying lava fields of the two volcanic mountains of Budj Bim, located in the Gunditjmara territory, geologists were able to date a volcanic eruption about 37,000 years ago. It is not impossible that humans living in the area observed the eruption, even if the oldest accepted evidence for human occupation of the area dates back no more than about 13,000 years. If so, it would make the Gunditjmara people story one of the oldest myths retold to this day.According to the involved geologists, stories of the local Aborigines tribe, the Gugu Badhun people, describe how once a pit formed in the plains. Dust filled the air, a river of fire emerged from the ground and many people died. If this myth really describes a volcanic eruption, the memory of the event has been passed by storytelling down through more than 230 generations, until the 1970s, when anthropologists recorded for the first time this myth.The Klamath people of Oregon tell of the time when the two mythical chiefs Skell and Llao decided to settle a dispute. For many days the battle between the mighty warriors persisted, the two adversaries hurling rocks and flames at each other, and soon darkness covered the land. Lost in the fog, chief Llao decided to climb the highest mountain he could find, the ancient volcano Mount Mazama, but as soon as he reached the peak, the mountain collapsed with terrible thunder, burying him forever in the underworld. The caldera of the collapsed volcano filled with water, becoming modern Crater Lake. The eruption of Mount Mazama and the formation of Crater Lake occurred, based on modern geological research, some 6,000 years ago.https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2020/02/13/aboriginal-myth-may-inspired-by-37000-year-old-volcano-could-be-the-oldest-story-ever-told/#71a36f2b5e71
- economist 29feb2020 fossilised folk tales
- [wisdom of pacific islanders] one tribe is one totem group, each named by a plant or animal; in some tribes, men and women have their own totems eg in south victoria, bat is men's totem while 欧夜鹰is women's totem; there are also totems for individuals and 亚图腾
- A Tjurunga or as it is sometimes spelled, Churinga, is an object considered to be of religious significance by Central Australian indigenous people of the Arrernte (Aranda, Arunta) groups. Tjurunga often had a wide and indeterminate native significance. They may be used variously in sacred ceremonies, as bullroarers, in sacred ground paintings, in ceremonial poles, in ceremonial headgear, in sacred chants and in sacred earth mounds.
- The Wandjina (sometimes Wondjina) are cloud and rain spirits from Australian Aboriginal mythology that are depicted prominently in rock art in Australia. Some of the artwork in the Kimberley region of Western Australia dates back approximately 4,000 years ago. The stories of the Wandjina and the artwork depicting them remain important to the Mowanjum Community of Indigenous people.
- Indigenous leaders are disappointed with the Turnbull government's decision to reject calls for a constitutionally-enshrined indigenous voice in parliament. The situation was like groundhog day for Aboriginal people, Uluru Statement Working Group co-chair Jesephine Crawshaw said. "Yet again after a decade of discussions and millions of dollars spent on Constitutional Recognition it is unfortunate we have come to this," she said. "We have come to a point where seemingly no action will be taken." But Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said such a "radical change" to Australia constitution's representative institutions did not have any realistic prospect of being supported by a majority of Australians in a majority of States. "The government does not believe such an addition to our national representative institutions is either desirable or capable of winning acceptance in a referendum," Mr Turnbull said in a joint statement with Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion. The prime minister says Australia's democracy is built on the foundation of all Australian citizens having equal civic rights - all being able to vote for, stand for and serve in either of the two chambers of our national Parliament - the House of Representatives and the Senate. During a summit at Uluru in May indigenous leaders rejected symbolic constitutional recognition in favour of an elected parliamentary advisory body and a treaty. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/turnbull-rejects-indigenous-voice-reports/news-story/32e29fdba0442bfc86672b52f1311cbe
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-40024622
- economist 7jul18 issue "230 years later" australia states offer treaty the federal government has never signed
- https://www.dw.com/en/australia-promises-vote-on-recognition-of-indigenous-people/a-49532296-0 Australia is to hold a referendum on whether to give explicit recognition to Indigenous people in its constitution. Reformers want descendants of Australia's first inhabitants to have a greater voice in decision-making. Australia will hold a national vote on whether to recognize Indigenous people in its constitution within the next three years, a government minister said on Wednesday. While Australia's first settlers arrived on the continent some 50,000 years before European colonialization, the status of their descendants has never been enshrined in law.
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2019-07/16/content_37491826.htm A zinc producer in Australia's far north is set to hire a workforce made up of 50 percent indigenous staff, after a landmark joint partnership agreement was reached with the local aboriginal community. Situated in Queensland state's Gulf of Carpentaria, the area around the New Century Resources mine site is a vast and remote region. Although a beautiful landscape with such isolation, many indigenous communities nearby have experienced high levels of unemployment and a significant amount of social disadvantage.
- 澳洲新南威爾士省參議院選舉將於下周六舉行，右翼單一民族黨參選人萊瑟姆（Mark Latham）周一表示，為了打擊「金髮藍眼」的澳洲人濫用原住民福利，將提出要求申請人接受DNA檢驗，以驗明正身。綠黨批評DNA檢驗政策是「公然的種族主義」。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190312/00180_026.html- The Stolen Generations (also known as Stolen Children) were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies and church missions, under acts of their respective parliaments. The removals of those referred to as "half-caste" children were conducted in the period between approximately 1905 and 1969, although in some places mixed-race children were still being taken into the 1970s. Documentary evidence, such as newspaper articles and reports to parliamentary committees, suggest a range of rationales. Apparent motivations include child protection, the belief that the Aboriginal people would die out given their catastrophic population decline after white contact, and the belief that full-blooded Aboriginal people resented miscegenation and the mixed-race children fathered and abandoned by white men. A few historians dispute that substantial numbers of mixed-blood Aboriginal children were forcibly taken from their families. They contend that some children were removed mainly to protect them from neglect and abuse. They note that in this period, the state also removed white children from their families as part of protection programs, often placing them in foster care or institutions.
- http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21715697-he-has-his-work-cut-out-him-australia-gets-its-first-aboriginal-minister
- suing government
- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/04/australia-to-be-sued-over-mining-projects-unmerciful-destruction-of-indigenous-land The federal government is facing a lawsuit over damage done to Indigenous land by the decades-old mining project that sparked the Yirrkala Bark Petitions. Gumatj leader Galarrwuy Yunupingu revealed on Saturday that he and his people were taking legal action against the commonwealth, seeking compensation for the loss of native title over the minerals exploited by mine operator Nabalco and its successor, Rio Tinto, as well as the destruction of key dreaming sites. The suit is expected to use the historic precedent set by the Timber Creek judgment by the high court in March, which ruled on monetary compensation for loss of native title.
- The Arrernte /ərʌndə/ people, sometimes referred to as the Aranda, Arunta, or Arrarnta are an Aboriginal Australian people who live in the Arrernte lands, at Mparntwe[1][2](Alice Springs)[a] and surrounding areas of the Central Australia region of the Northern Territory. Some Aranda live in other areas far from their homeland, including the major Australian cities and overseas. Aranda mythology and spirituality focuses on the landscape and the Dreamtime. Altjira is the creator being of the Inapertwa that became all living creatures. Tjurunga are objects of religious significance.阿蘭達人，亦稱阿龍塔人，是一支大洋洲原住民，有四大支系：坦卡人、達拉人、羅阿拉人和烏利巴人。身高中等，膚色深棕，發黑，呈波狀，鼻寬、唇厚。分布於澳大利亞中部阿龍塔地區。信仰原始宗教聖物「丘靈加」和巫術。英軍入侵後人口大量減少。本民族語言已瀕於消亡。
- [wisdom of pacific islanders] tradition of men first seek his mother-in-law (not yet married, and has to wait for the birth and growth of her daughter to get married; if that woman never bears a child, he has to find another one)
- The Barapa Barapa people (also known as Baraparapa) are an indigenous Australian people whose territory covered parts of southern New South Wales and northern Victoria. They had close connections with the Wemba-Wemba. Barapa Barapa have extensive shared country with their traditional neighbours, the Wemba-Wemba and Yorta Yorta, covering Deniliquin, the Kow Swamp and Perrricoota/Koondrook. The Barapa Barapa form part of the North-West Nations Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Group, and undertake significant cultural heritage and Natural Resource Management work in the area.
- The Gundangara (also spelt Gundungara and Gundungurra) are an Indigenous Australian people in south-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Their traditional lands include present day Goulburn and the Southern Highlands.The ethnonym Gundangara combines lexical elements signifying both "east" and west'.
- Mulgoa people were the indigenous inhabitants of mulgoa and spoke the Dharug language. The name is believed to mean black swan. The Mulgoa weren't the only inhabitants of the area. They shared the Mulgoa Valley with the Gandangara people of the Southern Highlands, whose territory extended up into the Blue Mountains. They lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle governed by traditional laws, which had their origins in the Dreamtime. Their homes were bark huts called 'gunyahs'. They hunted kangaroos and emus for meat, and gathered yams, berries and other native plants.
- The centre of Mulgoa's spiritual life in the colonial era was St Thomas' Anglican Church, which dates from 1838. It was the first public building in the Mulgoa Valley and was constructed out of sandstone and cedar on paddocks donated by the Cox family, with Sir John Jamison serving as one of its patrons. The Reverend Thomas Cooper Makinson was St Thomas' inaugural rector. Attached to the church was Mulgoa's first school which operated until 1871–72, when the Mulgoa Provisional School replaced it. In 1893, Mulgoa's population was sufficiently large to be granted the status of a municipality. Its area extended beyond the current suburb boundaries. In 1949, however, council rationalisations led to it merging with Penrith, St Marys and Castlereagh into a larger Penrith Municipality. These days, Mulgoa is still primarily a rural area. Mulgoa Post Office opened on 1 September 1863.
- notable people
- The Ngunnawal are an indigenous Australian people of southern New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.Ngunnawal, known also as Gundungurra or Burragorang, is classified, together with Ngarigo as one of several southern tableland languages of New South Wales.When first encountered by European settlers in the 1820s, the Ngunnawal people were called the Yass Blacks or Yass mob with a reputation for hostility. The Ngunnawal people were neighbours of the Nyamudy/Namadgi people who lived to the south on the Limestone Plains, Wiradjuri people(to the west) and Gundungurra (to the north) peoples. However an alternative view is that Ngunnawal was not a people but the southern dialect of the Wallaballoa clan whose territory extended north from Yass to north of Borrowa.[citation needed]The 2013 report to the ACT Government as part of its "Our Kin, Our Country" project accepted that based on the difference between word lists collected at Yass and the Limestone Plain, the people of the Canberra area were Ngarigo speaking Nyamudy/Namadgi people not Ngunnawal people.[citation needed] Some Ngunnawal people speak of their group as constituted by several clan groups, such as the Wallababularound Yass, the Ginninderra and the Pialligo.At present four groups contest ownership in the Canberra area: the Ngambri, the Ngarigo, the Walgalu speaking Ngambri-Guumaal, represented by Shane Mortimer, with widespread connections from across the Snowy Mountains down to the Blue Mountains, and fourthly, the Ngunnawal.
- The Reverend Thomas Cooper Makinson (1809–1893), Mulgoa's first resident Anglican clergyman and schoolmaster, who later converted to Catholicism.
- marisa Payne is in a long-term relationship with Stuart Ayres, who is a minister in the New South Wales state government. She is 16 years his senior.[11] The couple met while campaigning together at the 2007 federal election.[2] As of 2010, they were building a home together in Mulgoa.
- street theatre is also called ngunnawal theatre https://www.thestreet.org.au/about-us The Street Theatre acknowledge the Ngunnawal people who are the traditional custodians of the land on which we are we gather and pay respect to the Elders of the Ngunnawal Nation both past and present and extend this respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- The Kurung were identified as an indigenous Australian group of the State of Victoria by Norman Tindale. The theory that they constituted an independent tribe has been challenged with modern scholarship generally considering them as a clan, associated to one of two major tribes. Their language is unconfirmed.Tindale, prefacing his remarks with an admission that '(t)he triangle between Melbourne, Echuca and Albury remains one of the problem areas,' cited in support of treating nthe Kurung as a distinct tribal entity the material given in 1856 for the deliberation of the Legislative Council of Victoria. According to this early documentation, the Kurung were one of 5 distinct tribes in and around Melbourne, the others being the Taungurong, the Wurundjeri, the Bunurong and the Wathaurung. note in particular the alternative names
- it is also the venue of an event of defense procurement briefing em 11nov19
- 澳洲礦業巨擘力拓（Rio Tinto）上周在西澳省進行開採時，炸毀兩個有四萬六千年歷史的史前原住民洞穴遺址，引發眾怒。事發於珀斯以北的皮爾巴拉鐵礦區，力拓上周炸毀了兩個位於Juukan峽谷的遠古岩洞。考古學家曾在該個岩洞發現早於四萬六千年前就有人長期居住的證據，亦曾出土過古人製品及有四千年歷史的髮辮，相信與澳洲原住民「Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura（PKKP）」的祖先有關。PKKP族群負責人明言，遺迹被毀令原住民感難過傷痛。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200603/00180_019.html
- 澳洲一名有原住民血統的華裔男子，自小有從醫以改善原住民生活的夢想。他十多年前圓夢，成為澳洲首名有原住民背景的外科醫生。四十三歲的貢凱文（Kelvin Kong，音譯）來自一個醫學世家，母親是原住民護士，父親是馬來西亞華人醫生，他的兩名姊姊現時亦是醫生。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180130/00180_034.html
FTA
- Diplomacy weighs on Tony Abbott’s Asia trade mission (possible trade deal with Japan, Korea and China) http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/80a1cd46-bbc9-11e3-84f1-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2yBpaulzs
- TPP
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/turnbull-taunts-trump-with-china-tpp-push/news-story/bf3f8c2e99f60be1c755f60ded36f541 The Prime Minister held out the prospect of Beijing joining the Pacific-wide trading agreement only a day after Mr Trump signed an executive order formally withdrawing the US from the trade pact covering more than 40 per cent of global GDP. “Certainly there is the potential for China to join the TPP,” Mr Turnbull said. “There is also the opportunity for the TPP to proceed without the United States.”
- 簽署國澳洲政府於周三正式批准該協定，意味過半數簽署國已完成國內的立法程序，並將於今年十二月三十日起生效，簽署國將互相削減關稅。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20181101/00178_004.html
- The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, also known simply as the Dismissal, has been described as the greatest political and constitutional crisis in Australian history. It culminated on 11 November 1975 with the dismissal from office of the Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), by Governor-General Sir John Kerr, who then commissioned the Leader of the Opposition, Malcolm Fraser of the Liberal Party, as caretaker Prime Minister. Whitlam's Labor government had been elected in 1972 with a small majority in the House of Representatives, but with the Opposition controlling the Senate. Another election in 1974 resulted in little change. While the Whitlam Government introduced many new policies and programs, it was also rocked by scandals and political miscalculations. In October 1975, the Opposition used its control of the Senate to defer passage of appropriation bills, which finance governmental operations and which had been passed by the House of Representatives. The Opposition stated that they would continue to do so unless Whitlam called an election for the House of Representatives and urged Kerr to dismiss Whitlam unless he agreed to their demand. Whitlam believed that Kerr would not dismiss him, and Kerr did nothing to disabuse Whitlam of this notion. On 11 November 1975, Whitlam intended to call a half-Senate election in an attempt to break the deadlock. When he went to seek Kerr's approval of the election, Kerr instead dismissed him as Prime Minister and shortly thereafter installed Fraser in his place. Acting quickly before all ALP parliamentarians became aware of the change of government, Fraser and his allies were able to secure passage of the appropriation bills, and Kerr dissolved Parliament for a double dissolution election. Fraser and his government were returned with a massive majority in the election held the following month. The events of the Dismissal led to only minor constitutional change. The Senate retained its power to block supply, and the Governor-General the power to dismiss government ministers. However, these powers have not since been used to force a government from office. Kerr was widely criticised by ALP supporters for his actions, resigned early as Governor-General, and lived much of his remaining life abroad.
usa
- [scmp remember a day column on 31aug18] 1sep1978 report on australia turned down a request by former us president richard nixon to make an official visit because of heavy program of formal visits by other overseas dignitaries
- Australia, the United States, India and Japan are talking about establishing a joint regional infrastructure scheme as an alternative to China’s multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative in an attempt to counter Beijing’s spreading influence, the Australian Financial Review reported on Monday, citing a senior U.S. official. The unnamed official was quoted as saying the plan involving the four regional partners was still ”nascent“ and ”won’t be ripe enough to be announced’ during Australian Prime Minister Turnbull’s visit to the United States later this week. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-beltandroad-quad/australia-u-s-india-and-japan-in-talks-to-establish-belt-and-road-alternative-report-idUSKCN1G20WG?il=0
- https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/morrison-joins-trumps-350bn-space-race/news-story/78b3cc667db6875a75183a13af4ae38e Scott Morrison is investing $150m for Australian companies to be part of Donald Trump’s 2024 plan to use the moon as a “launching pad” to Mars. As part of his ten-day trip to the United States the Prime Minister formally announced at the NASA headquarters in Washington DC that the government will provide a fund to help Australian business develop new technology as part of the grand new $350 billion US space plan. US President Trump welcomed Australia’s participation in the five-year plan for man to return to the moon and ultimately establish a colony on Mars when Mr Morrison was in the Oval Office as part of his state visit.
canada
- Australia has complained at the World Trade Organization about Canada’s rules on wine sales, expanding a similar U.S. complaint against one Canadian region. In October, Washington accused the Canadian province of British Columbia of providing an unfair advantage to local vineyards by giving their wine an exclusive retail channel in grocery store shelves and cutting out U.S. competition. Australia’s complaint, published by the WTO on Tuesday, expanded the U.S. argument, saying that not only British Columbia but also Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia, as well as the Canadian government, had policies on wine that broke WTO rules. “It appears that a range of distribution, licensing and sales measures such as product mark-ups, market access and listing policies, as well as duties and taxes on wine applied at the federal and provincial level may discriminate, either directly or indirectly, against imported wine,” Australia said.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-canada-wto/australia-takes-canada-to-wto-over-rules-on-selling-wine-idUSKBN1F51ZD
- 澳洲傳媒揭發，總理莫里森政府在公布大選前一日、即四月十日，批准一間加拿大礦商在西澳省開發大型鈾礦。由於鈾礦將產生大批放射性廢料，可能令多種本土生物滅絕，政府被斥罔顧環境，及延遲兩周才向公眾披露此決定。涉事礦場Yeelirrie位於西澳省卡爾古利以北五百公里，它長約九公里及闊一點五公里，將要剷除多達二千四百二十二公頃的植被，並令地下水位下降五十厘米，預計需時二百年才恢復。此外，礦場營運期間將產生高達三千六百萬噸放射性廢料。西澳省環保部二○一六年建議否決計劃，認為採礦危害十一種地下水穴居生物，但該省前自由黨政府翌年仍批准計劃。澳洲金融部長科爾曼承認，聯邦政府今年三月五日決定推進計劃，四月十日正式入紙；環境部延至同月二十四日公開相關文件。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190427/00180_006.html
peru
- The governments of Australia and Peru signed off on the Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement (PAFTA) Monday. Steven Ciobo, Australia's Trade Minister, finalized the deal, saying it would "create new Australian jobs and drive economic growth." The ratification of PAFTA represents the end of months of work on both sides after negotiations opened in May 2017. The nine-month turnaround from negotiations opening to the deal being closed on makes it the fastest FTA Australia has ever concluded. Under the deal, tariffs on 99 percent of Australian goods exported to Peru will be eliminated within five years. Australia will become one of Peru's biggest suppliers of sugar, exporting 90,000 tonnes of the product to Peru within 18 years; the equivalent of 30 percent of Peru's total sugar imports. "This elimination of tariffs will help Australian farmers, who have effectively been shut out of the market until now, grow their exports. The more they export, the more Australian jobs they will create," Ciobo said on Monday. "As one of our most ambitious trade agreements for services, PAFTA will create new opportunities for Australian education providers. Peru will recognize Australian degrees, helping Australian universities attract more Peruvian students to study in Australia. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-02/12/c_136969289.htm
UK
- history
- The First Fleet was the 11 ships that departed from Portsmouth, England, on 13 May 1787 to found the penal colony that became the first European settlement in Australia. The Fleet consisted of two Royal Navy vessels, three store ships and six convict transports, carrying between 1,000 and 1,500 convicts, marines, seamen, civil officers and free people (accounts differ on the numbers), and a large quantity of stores. From England, the Fleet sailed southwest to Rio de Janeiro, then east to Cape Town and via the Great Southern Ocean to Botany Bay, arriving over the period of 18 to 20 January 1788, taking 250 to 252 days from departure to final arrival. Convicts were originally transported to the Thirteen Colonies in North America, but after the American War of Independence ended in 1783, the newly formed United States refused to accept further convicts.[1] On 6 December 1785, Orders in Council were issued in London for the establishment of a penal colony in New South Wales, on land claimed for Britain by explorer James Cook in his first voyage to the Pacific in 1770. The First Fleet was commanded by Commodore Arthur Phillip, who was given instructions authorising him to make regulations and land grants in the colony. The ships arrived at Botany Bay between 18 January and 20 January 1788: HMS Supply arrived on 18 January, Alexander, Scarborough and Friendship arrived on 19 January, and the remaining ships on 20 January.
- The High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commissionof the Commonwealth of Australia to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in London. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is currently held by former Attorney-General George Brandis. The High Commissioner also serves as Australia's Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (since 1959),[1] a Trustee of the Imperial War Museum and Australia's Commonwealth War Graves Commissioner.
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3414425/State-leaders-sign-document-calling-Queen-dumped-Australia-s-head-state.html Almost all state and territory leaders have joined forces to call for an Australian head of state in a declaration hatched by the Australian Republican Movement. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who is a founding member of the ARM, said his 'commitment to Australia having Australian as head of state is undiminished,' but believes it should not happen until the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, according to The Herald Sun. Australian Republican Movement chair Peter FitzSimons said it was a clear declaration of desired independence by almost all the country's state and territory leaders.
- http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21641302-australia-day-surprise-backfires-abbotts-knightmare The prime minister dismissed the criticisms as “electronic graffiti”. But soon he was fielding questions about his political judgment. An increasingly multicultural society, Australia abandoned knights and dames from its honours system 40 years ago. An “incorrigible anglophile” and monarchist, Mr Abbott reintroduced them last year. He cited Prince Philip’s involvement in “some of the big events in our national life”—ie, opening the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956. On a day when Australia was marking its modern identity, the knighthood had a backward ring. Colleagues distanced themselves. Facing a state election on January 31st, Queensland’s premier, a fellow conservative, called it a “real bolt from the blue”. When he was prime minister 16 years ago, John Howard, Mr Abbott’s mentor and another monarchist, set up a referendum on whether Australia should be a republic. His campaign for the “no” vote ensured the referendum’s defeat. Still, 45% of the queen’s Australian subjects voted against keeping the monarchy. The ridicule of Mr Abbott’s move suggests he may have done a deal of harm to the monarchist cause and to his own political reputation. Aiming at both, the Labor opposition leader, Bill Shorten, made a call to “breathe new life into the dream of an Australian head of state”.
- trade talks
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-brexit-theresa-may-alexander-downer-free-trade-deal-immigration-rules-a7539071.html Britain must relax immigration rules for Australians if it wants to strike a free trade deal with the country after Brexit, Australia’s high commissioner to the UK has said.
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160918/00180_007.html 澳洲南澳省省長魏杰（Jay Weatherill）日前宣布，計劃在南澳省選址興建核廢料儲存設施。事件勾起英國六十年前在澳洲多次核試後，核試場地附近居民及其後代受輻射影響的慘痛回憶。部分受害者日前表示，他們仍出現各種健康問題，更飽受歧視。
south africa
- South Africa has dismissed allegations its white farmers are "persecuted" after an Australian minister said they needed help from a "civilised" country. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said he was exploring giving South Africa's white farmers access to fast-track visas on humanitarian grounds. The suggestion was made amid calls to transfer land ownership from white to black farmers in South Africa, and fears over the number of farm killings. But South Africa says it is ridiculous.http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43403408
India
- https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/punjabi/en/article/2018/08/02/australia-may-file-wto-complaint-against-indian-trade-tariffs The Indian government has slapped a slew of trade barriers on agricultural products to protect the interests of its farmers, since late 2017.While the tariff on wheat was doubled to 20 per cent, a 50 per cent duty was introduced on field peas and a 30 per cent on the imports of chickpeas and lentils, a move which is hugely impacting the Australian grain and pulse growers.As a result, the Australian government is mulling to file a formal trade complaint against India at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/indian-coal-giant-adani-secures-queensland-mining-leases/news-story/95baf1063450387d242a7a2da9f1f4c3 Environmental lawyers are scrutinising the decision of the Palaszczuk government to grant mining leases to Adani’s proposed Carmichael coalmine for a possible legal challenge to the $16 billion project. Queensland’s Environmental Defenders Office put the Indian energy giant on notice yesterday that it was considering filing for a judicial review of the granting of three mining leases for the project in the Galilee Basin. After almost six years of environmental assessments, legal challenges and bureaucratic delays, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the decision was a milestone for the project. “We are talking about thousands and thousands of jobs — 5000 jobs from this project during construction and another 4500 during the peak of its operations — it means jobs for local people as well,” she said. It comes after the finalisation of landholder agreements last month, and despite two ongoing challenges in the courts to the proposed mine, which will export up to 60 million tonnes a year. The energy giant plans to use the coal to fuel power stations in India. The state government last month came under attack over its handling of the project, with the opposition moving a motion in parliament calling on State Development Minister Anthony Lynham to approve the leases. Adani was last month granted its final state approval to dredge at Abbot Point to allow for its planned port expansion.
- The Labor government in Australia’s Queensland was unable to agree Monday on whether to provide tax relief to Adani, a move that prompted the Indian company to defer its own decision on a final investment, according to a global media report Tuesday. http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2017/05/23/71293/Adani-shelves-coal-mine-project-in-Australia
- http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/mining/adanis-queensland-megamine-given-the-goahead/news-story/1b9f9354fc43b3dd8e249ee8350f045e ADANI has given the green light for work to start on the $21 billion Carmichael coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin but critics are already slamming the decision as a “stunt”. After almost seven years of legal battles and delays, Adani’s chairman announced in a statement Tuesday he had signed off on the project. “I am proud to announce the project has Final Investment Decision (FID) approval which marks the official start of one of the largest single infrastructure — and job-creating — developments in Australia’s recent history,” Gautam Adani said. Pre-construction work on the project is expected to begin in the September quarter. However, the Federal Government will still need to pass changes to the Native Title Act, and to make a decision on whether to provide a $1 billion concessional loan to the project. It’s also unclear whether Adani has secured finance to build the mine.
- https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/nov/02/china-may-bankroll-adanis-carmichael-mine-statements-show Adani’s proposed Carmichael coalmine may end up being bankrolled by the Chinese-state-owned enterprise China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC), according to public statements. The statements raise questions about the role of any potential Australian government loan through the Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility (Naif) or Efic, since it could, in effect, be subsidising a Chinese government enterprise and potentially come with requirements for supporting employment in China rather than Australia. In a press release from January 2017, CMEC announced its president, Zhang Chun, had met with a delegation from Adani, as well as David Overall, the CEO of the Australian mining construction company Downer EDI.
- 澳洲昆士蘭政府周四宣布，批准企業在大堡礁附近開發煤礦，預計每年生產六千萬噸煤，令國家全年出口增加達兩成，惟不少人批評此舉會為大堡礁帶來無法想像的破壞。當局正式批准印度企業「Adani」有關管理地下水位的計劃，意味該公司將可以合法地開發煤礦。煤礦計劃名為Carmichael，有反對者指中國及印度將入口及燃燒更多煤炭，破壞環境。澳洲保育基金會則指：「如果燃燒了位於昆省加利利盆地的所有煤炭，每年會製造七億五百萬噸污染物，為現時全國污染物的一點三倍。」https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190614/00180_028.html
- http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-41874826 Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has turned down a renewed offer from New Zealand to resettle some refugees from a Papua New Guinea detention centre. About 600 men are refusing to leave a decommissioned Australian centre on Manus island saying they fear attacks from locals.New Zealand first said it would take 150 of the asylum seekers in 2013, but the offer has been repeatedly rejected by Canberra. The BBC's Phil Mercer in Sydney says Mr Turnbull is keen to pursue a deal reached last year with the US, which agreed to resettle hundreds of migrants from the offshore Australian camps.
indonesia
- fta
- http://www.afr.com/news/politics/australia-indonesia-cut-sugar-tariff-restore-full-military-ties-20170226-gulin4 Australia and Indonesia are in talks for a comprehensive economic partnership to cut tariffs and promote trade, expected to be completed by the end of the year. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Indonesian leader Joko Widodo announced Indonesia will lower tariffs on Australian sugar to 5 percent, while Australia will eliminate tariffs on pesticides and herbicides coming from Indonesian suppliers. "The potential for us to expand our economic relationship is very clear," Turnbull said. "We are both committed to concluding a high-quality, bilateral free-trade agreement, the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership, by the end of this year."
- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday a billion-dollar free trade agreement with Indonesia will be signed this year despite a furious reaction to Canberra’s potential move to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Morrison said on Tuesday he was open to moving Australia’s mission to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. His willingness to reverse decades of foreign policy and follow the lead of the United States alienated many of Australia’s Asian neighbours that have close alliances with Palestinians. On Wednesday, Channel Seven revealed WhatsApp messages sent on Monday between Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne in which Marsudi blasted the embassy announcement.https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/2168878/australian-pm-scott-morrison-insists-shifting-stance-israel
- https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2178763/australias-support-israel-puts-indonesian-trade-deal-line
- 澳洲與印尼周一簽署自由貿易協定，多項關稅將被取消，預期可以增加兩國的投資和貿易活動。其中澳洲的醫療和高等教育行業最為受惠，而印尼青年人亦可透過有關協定，參與澳洲的工作假期計劃。澳洲貿易部長伯明翰和印尼貿易部長呂有恩，在印尼副總統卡拉的見證下簽署協定。呂有恩指，印尼將於年底完成協定確認過程。伯明翰則形容，協定將令澳洲和印尼的關係提升至新水平，又稱兩國的經貿關係將會更加深入、牢固、豐富。現時兩國的商品及服務行業往來，涉及金額達一百一十六億美元（約九百零五億港元），不過印尼對澳洲出口僅佔其總出口的1.5%。根據協定內容，澳洲出口印尼的99%商品將獲免稅，較現時的85%為多。此外，澳洲的醫療、電訊、能源、採礦、高等教育、活畜等多個行業料會受惠。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190305/00180_016.html
Vietnam
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-13/vietnamese-feedlot-and-abattoirs-cattle-cruelty-suspension/7504804
Japan
- The prime ministers of Japan and Australia toured a military training camp outside Tokyo Thursday (Jan 18), as the two countries seek to bolster defence ties in the face of the North Korean crisis. Malcolm Turnbull and Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe are hoping to thrash out a security agreement on joint defence operations and exercises, with one eye also on China as it expands its naval ambitions.https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/japan--australia-push-for-defence-pact-amid-regional-tension-9872074 Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/japan--australia-push-for-defence-pact-amid-regional-tension-9872074
- http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Australia-to-resume-Japanese-beef-imports Australia looks set to lift a 16-year ban on imports of Japanese beef by the end of this year, now that the country's government has confirmed the meat is safe for human consumption. The Japanese government has set a goal of increasing the value of exports of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products to 1 trillion yen ($8.68 billion) in 2019. That would be a 30% increase from 2015 levels. Japanese beef -- and getting import bans on it lifted -- is key to reaching this goal. Australia in 2001 halted imports of Japanese beef due to a mad cow disease outbreak in Japan.
- Sea urchins caught off the Australian island of Tasmania are gradually becoming popular in Japan, competing with local fare mainly from Hokkaido. While imports have been limited to those from such countries as Russia, Tasmanian sea urchins started arriving at Tokyo’s Tsukiji wholesale food market in mid-February. They had been shipped to Japan in the past but failed to gain a foothold mainly because of difficulties with freshness, according to sources familiar with the market. After urchins caught off Tasmania began to rise last year, however, a Japanese fishery teamed up with a local seafood-processing plant to export them freshly to Japan by shortening transport times and adjusting the saltiness of the water used to ship them. “Sea urchins from Tasmania are less sweet than those caught off Japan, but their quality is quite good because of their creamy taste and delicate ocean smell,” said an official of Tokyo-based marine wholesaler Tohto Suisan Co., which handles 40 to 50 kg of Tasmanian sea urchins a week. “They have started getting a good reputation,” the official added. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/04/19/national/sea-urchin-imports-tasmania-growing-popular-second-try-japan/#.XFfwINIzYdU
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/abe-visits-darwin-shrine-to-japanese-war-dead/2018/11/17/2783a834-ea2b-11e8-aff1-eec29b6f92ca_story.html Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday visited a shrine in Darwin commemorating the deaths of 80 Japanese submariners in waters near the city in World War II. Abe arrived in Darwin on Friday for meetings with Australian counterpart Scott Morrison, becoming the first leader of Japan to visit the northern port city since it was bombed by Japanese forces in 1942. After laying a wreath with Morrison to remember the 240 people estimated to have died in the Darwin bombings, Abe on Saturday honored servicemen from his own country killed in a lesser-known incident. Japanese submarine I-124 was sunk with depth charges deployed from an Australian ship, the Deloraine, after a battle on Jan. 20, 1942. The sub had been one of four from Japan laying mines in the area to attack allied shipping along the northern coast of Australia.
south korea
- Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Yoon Soon-gu of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held the 6th Republic of Korea (ROK)-Australia Strategic Dialogue with Deputy Secretary for the Indo-Pacific Group of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Richard Maude of the Commonwealth of Australia in Seoul on the morning of October 16. The two sides agreed that as leading middle-power countries in the Asia and Pacific region and also like-minded countries, the two countries have a potential for expanding cooperation in various areas. In addition, they discussed bilateral relations, the situation in the region, and ways to step up regional cooperation between the two countries. The two sides noted with appreciation that bilateral cooperation is deepening in a range of fields, such as diplomacy and security, trade and investment, resources and energy, and cultural and people-to-people exchanges, on the basis of continued exchanges between the leaders of the ROK and Australia, including the bilateral summits in 2018 and 2019.http://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/brd/m_5676/view.do
China
- visit by leaders
- 李克強同特恩布爾舉行中澳總理年度會晤。新華社 ■同意對接創新等領域發展戰略，開展產能合作，拓展新能源、農牧業、電子商務等合作。■簽署科技創新、旅遊、產業園區、礦業等協議。■力拓與中鋼簽署採礦合營企業再延期協議，未來5年鐵礦石總銷量將達7,000萬噸。■澳方在上海設海外創新基地，支持雙方共建創新園區和技術轉移中心。■簽署中澳現代產業園（舟山）建設合作備忘錄。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2016/04/15/a15-0415.pdf
- http://www.ecns.cn/2017/02-08/244415.shtml China and Australia agreed on Tuesday to upgrade economic cooperation and diversify trade amid the turmoil and fears raised by growing protectionist sentiment, especially in the United States and the European Union.In a meeting with Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday evening in Australia's capital, Canberra, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull assured Wang that, as a country that has benefited from free trade, Australia will make joint efforts with China to resolutely oppose protectionism.
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20170324/PDF/8_screen.pdf中國國務院總理李克強當地時間23日上午在堪培拉議 會大廈與澳洲總理特恩布爾舉行會談並出席歡迎午宴。李克強隨即宣布，中澳將在服務貿易和投資方面 繼續擴大自貿合作，還要進口更多冰鮮牛 肉等質優價廉的農產品。在 借助中澳自貿協定 「東風」成功向中 國市場推廣牛肉、海鮮、葡萄酒和旅 遊產品後，澳洲貿易投資委員會近日 首次組織金融科技領域的八家澳洲企 業和相關協會，先後在深圳和上海進 行路演，尋找中國潛在的合作夥伴和 創新企業。
- senior officials visit
- http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2081902/china-removes-last-restrictions-australian-beef-imports Turnbull and Li attended a ceremony where China State Construction Engineering Corp tentatively agreed to build a new port and rail line for a yet-to-be-approved iron ore mine in the state of Western Australia. The memorandum of understanding is tied to a A$6 billion (US$4.6 billion) mine, rail and port project in Western Australia’s mineral-rich Pilbara region and includes privately-owned New Zealand firm BBI Group.
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/ciobo-chinese-discuss-tpp-and-the-alternatives/news-story/20f6a9ca08c9611fe376c7f62c7ed8e7
- http://www.afr.com/news/policy/foreign-affairs/steve-ciobo-praises-china-as-true-global-giant-20180517-h106uk Trade and Tourism Minister Steve Ciobo has praised Chinese president Xi Jinping and described Australia's largest trading partner as a "true global giant" during a visit to Shanghai as the Turnbull government seeks to break the diplomatic deadlockbetween the two countries.
- FTA
- deal expected to sign in late 2014 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a572d80c-fb86-11e3-aa19-00144feab7de.html#axzz35eC1m1UA, http://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1539896/joining-trade-pact-boost-china-growth, http://www.hkcd.com.hk/pdf/201406/0625/HA09625CZXX.pdf, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2014-06/25/content_17613344_2.htm
- australia hopes for progress on fta this year http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2014-09/16/content_18604902.htm
- 中澳自貿協定有望年內簽署http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2014/11/08/a08-1108.pdf, http://www.ecns.cn/business/2014/11-08/141959.shtml, http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2014/11/09/a06-1109.pdf, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2014-11/11/content_18896060.htm
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2014/11/18/a09-1118.pdf 中國國家主席習近平昨日展開對澳洲的國事訪問，與澳洲總理阿博特在堪培拉舉行會談，兩國同意把雙邊關係提升至全面戰略夥伴關係，並宣布結束近十年的自由貿易協定（FTA）談判，兩國貨品將逐步實現零關稅。其中澳洲多達 95%的出口產品會被免去關稅，預料澳牛肉、乳製品等農產品最為受惠。http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1642011/china-and-australia-wrap-talks-bilateral-free-trade-pact, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ddeb8f78-6e0c-11e4-8f96-00144feabdc0.html, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2837162/Australia-China-set-sign-free-trade-deal.html, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2014xiattendg20/2014-11/18/content_18933290.htm
- http://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1643426/australia-may-not-reap-all-it-sows-china-trade-deal The deal is designed to open up Chinese markets to Australian farm exporters and the services sector, while easing curbs on Chinese investment in Australia. China is already Australia's top trading partner, with two-way trade of around A$150 billion (HK$1.01 trillion) last year. Several major foodstuffs, including sugar, rice and cotton, are currently excluded from the FTA, and Australia's frequent severe droughts impose a natural production ceiling on those sectors that are part of the pact.
- Journalist Michael Fray's article Austcham HK and Macau magazine issue 168 Nov 14 page 6-7
- http://www.chinadailyasia.com/business/2015-02/12/content_15227427.html China and Australia are expected to sign a landmark free trade agreement in the second quarter of this year and implement it from the fourth quarter onwards, an Australian official said on Wednesday.Both nations concluded the FTA talks in November and are expected to sign an agreement after completing the legal review and translation of the text, said Lachlan Crews, economic counselor of the Australian embassy in China.After the necessary domestic formalities are completed, the two nations will work on the diplomatic measures that are necessary to implement the agreement, he said, adding that a suitable date for implementation would be fixed subsequently.President Xi Jinping and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott had witnessed the signing of the declaration of intent on concluding the FTA talks in Canberra in November.Under the FTA, Australia will eventually reduce tariffs to zero on all goods imported from China, and China will remove tariffs on the vast majority of Australian goods. It will also include opening-up of numerous service sectors, a simplified review procedure for investments, most-favored-nation treatment, favorable market access rules and market transparency.Two-way investments between the two countries are set to increase with relaxed regulations, said Chuan Tran, executive officer of the Australian Chamber of Commerce South China.
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20150616/PDF/a9_screen.pdf 澳洲駐華大使孫芳安此前接受媒體採訪時表示，中澳自貿協定有望在今年6月底前正式簽署，並於今年底前開始生效。伴隨中澳自貿協定的簽署，諸多澳洲本土產業將獲得直接利好。澳洲維多利亞州奶農聯盟主席泰倫．瓊斯此前接受新華社採訪時介紹，中澳自貿協定可幫助該行業在未來10年節省超過6.3億澳元（約合港幣42.37億元）關税額。而除了奶製品，協議還將給予澳洲大米、小麥、羊毛和棉花等農作物零關税的優惠。而對澳洲釀酒業而言，協議一樣給予了想像空間。數據顯示，儘管目前關税高達14%~30%，但中國每年從澳洲進口的酒類產品價值仍然超過2億澳元，而此類關税同樣在未來4年將會逐步取消。http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1822651/china-may-sign-free-trade-deal-australia-weekChina and Australia may sign a long-awaited free-trade agreement (FTA) as soon as this week, Chinese and Australian media reported, a deal that will facilitate bilateral trade and investment and also help Beijing counter the influences of another major regional pact led by Washington. After nine years of lengthy negotiations, Australia would become the biggest developed economy to sign an FTA deal with China, following a similar pact between Beijing and Seoul on June 1. Australia is also one of the 12 nations led by the United States in talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which seeks to link 40 per cent of the global economy, with China so far excluded.
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20150618/PDF/a6_screen.pdf 中國與澳洲17日正式簽署了自由貿易協定（FTA）。協定生效後，雙方各有佔出口貿易額85.4%的產品將立即實現零關税。澳方對華最終實現零關税的税目及貿易額佔比將達100%，最長過渡期不超過5年；中國對澳出口零關税税目及貿易額佔比則分別將達96.8%和97%，大大超過一般自貿協定中90%的降税水平。國家主席習近平同澳洲總理阿博特就兩國簽署自貿協定互致賀信。協定生效後，中國自澳進口的牛羊肉、葡萄酒、乳製品、龍蝦和鮑魚等農水產品將逐步降低關税。如：目前乳製品高達20%關税，將在4-11年間被取消，其中為使國內乳業有較長時間逐步適應，奶粉保留了特別保障機制；葡萄酒12%-20%的關税將在4年內取消；牛肉12%-25%的關税將在9年內取消。中國的出口產品和企業將獲得較好的出口機會。羊毛的自由化將使得國內紡織服裝等下游行業從中獲益，降低生產成本，提升企業競爭力。紡織品、服裝和皮革製品、電子和機械設備、鋼鐵和金屬製品、礦產品、化工和交通運輸設備等產品有較大的出口增長潛力，出口規模將進一步擴大，國內產出也將實現增長。據商務部初步測算，協定實施後，將使中國出口澳洲的產品共獲約16.6億美元的關税減免；澳方向中國出口的產品則將獲約10.01億美元的關税減免，其中約3.0億美元在協定生效日即可獲得減免，剩餘約7億美元將在降税過渡期內逐步實現。在服務領域，澳方承諾自協定生效時對中方以負面清單方式開放服務部門，成為世界上首個對中國做此承諾的國家。中方則以正面清單方式向澳方開放服務部門。澳方還在假日工作機制等方面對中方作出專門安排。投資方面，雙方將相互給予最惠國待遇；澳方同時將對中國企業赴澳投資降低審查門檻，並作出便利化安排。此外，協定還在包括電子商務、政府採購、知識產權、競爭等“21世紀經貿議題”在內的十幾個領域，就推進雙方交流合作作了規定。中澳自貿協定（FTA）生效後，澳洲出口的煉焦煤、氧化鋁將即時享受零關税，動力煤關税則將在2年內從6%降為零。民生證券宏觀研究員朱振鑫表示，隨?上述能源成本下降，中國製造業所需成本也將下降，有利於國內發電及原材料成本，在產能過剩的背景下使企業從成本端改善利潤。而受中澳直接貿易成本降低影響，香港轉口貿易或受衝擊。多位分析人士指出，中國從中澳自貿協定中獲利最多的將是製造業，尤其是紡織、服裝、玩具和運動器材等製造行業，而這些利好會在10年內逐步變現。國家發改委對外經濟研究所國際合作室主任張建平認為，由於中國製造業的優勢，勞動密集型、資本密集型或技術密集型的產品，都將在澳擴大市場份額，提升競爭力。?豐澳洲行政總裁寇德明則表示，“中國目前已是澳洲最大的出口目的地，但大部分出口仍主要集中於礦產領域。隨?食品、農產品等眾多領域關税的降低，以及中國對澳洲開放服務部門，我們預計，澳洲農產品及服務業等領域的相關企業將迎來新一輪的業務增長機遇”。此外，在“一帶一路”戰略進一步推動人民幣國際化的大背景下，中澳自貿協定也將帶動澳企對人民幣的跨境結算需求。?豐銀行（中國）有限公司行長兼行政總裁廖宜建表示，這將“逐步增加當地市場人民幣的流動性，最終將有利於澳洲發展成為一個重要的離岸人民幣中心”。經營多年澳洲市場的羊毛紡織公司依尚服飾有限公司負責人樑小姐認為：“跟澳洲客户議價時，常常需要將税費列入貨品成本中，如可減免關税費用，我們獲得的價格主動權就更大，成本壓縮空間更大。” 同樣經營羊毛出口的帝銀針織有限公司經理張庚華喜稱，澳洲是公司主要出口區域之一：“關税減免，最直觀是税收成本下降，而後續影響是議價空間大，與其他國家紡織競爭時優勢更明顯。” 除了紡織業外，其他受惠的出口製造業企業也對澳洲關税減免表示看好。出口製造企業東莞得利鐘錶有限公司主管黃先生稱：“公司鐘錶多數出口外國，中國對澳洲關税減免，也會讓我們更留心澳洲市場。近年外國採購商壓價比較厲害，關税減免留下部分利潤空間，可以稍微改善這幾年微利經營的窘境。”奶粉關税下降未必能實現與海外同價。廣州市奶業協會理事長王丁棉就曾指出，在內地進口奶粉與海外的差價中，關税並不是佔大比例，更多地是在經銷商、代理商、終端銷售等各個環節的逐步抬升。因此，零關税對於電商渠道效果會更為明顯，在省去中間環節的基礎上有望實現較大幅度的降價 http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1823080/china-australia-sign-free-trade-pact
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2015-06/29/content_21128318.htm More car exports to Oceanic country look unlikely in near future. Chinese carmakers look unlikely to take advantage of the free trade agreementbetween China and Australia signed this month due to their lack ofcompetitiveness in the Oceania market and poor sales performance to date. Under the agreement, Chinese automakers would have opportunities to ship moreproducts to8 Australia, with reduced tariffs that will be cut completely in five years.
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20150630/00184_005.html 香港轉口到內地的澳洲紅酒，去年頭十個月有關貨值近四億港元，今後可能部分紅酒不再經過香港，要轉向提供離岸服務；此外，澳洲奶粉將來相信也會直接出口內地，不需經香港轉運。面對這種轉變，加上中國要打通「一帶一路」，今後必然會與其他國家簽署更多自貿協議，香港需如何應對，怎樣避免被「邊緣化」，這是擺在眼前要思考的問題。
- 2015年 6 月，《中華人民共和國 政府和澳洲政府自由貿易協 定》正式由兩國政府簽署。然而，日前 有澳媒報道稱，澳洲近日有 2,000名工人 集會抗議中澳自貿協定的實施，認為中 澳自貿協定允許重大建築項目用中國工 人代替當地工人，將威脅澳洲人的就業 機會。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2015/08/05/a17-0805.pdf
- Australia-China trade deal faces hurdles - union opposition ft 21aug15
- http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1852919/australia-confident-trade-china-despite-market-woes
- http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1870644/australia-set-ratify-free-trade-agreement-china-end-year
- services and investment
- http://english.gov.cn/premier/news/2017/03/25/content_281475606238074.htm China and Australia have started in-depth negotiations to further expand their free trade agreement to other fields, especially the service and investment industries, Premier Li Keqiang said on March 24 in a keynote speech in Sydney to more than 500 CEOs from both countries.
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20160223/PDF/a6_screen.pdf 中國工商銀行融e購澳洲館日前宣布正式上線，首批上線銷售商品覆蓋保健品、奶粉、母嬰等澳洲製造的特色產品，為中澳貿易交流開闢了新的橋樑。 據介紹，目前入駐融e購平台的品牌直營比例已超過70%，從供應源頭保證了產品品質。此次澳洲館的正式上線為中國國內消費者增添了一個足不出户即可放心選購澳洲優質商品的途徑，也為眾多本地品牌商和龐大的中國消費群體搭建起互通的橋樑。 澳洲貿易委員會執行董事格拉姆．巴爾蒂表示，自2015年12月20日澳中自由貿易協定生效以來，澳中政府已經先後落實了兩輪關税減免，中國對澳直接投資增長迅速並且更加多樣化，這對澳中兩國的消費者和商家都是好消息。電子商務平台是將澳洲高品質產品介紹給中國消費者的有效渠道，澳貿委期待繼續與工商銀行保持積極關係，期待融e購澳洲館取得成功。 據悉，下一步，工商銀行將與更多澳洲品牌商合作，進一步豐富平台銷售產品的品類和內容，幫助澳洲品牌商更好地打入消費潛力巨大的中國市場，也為中國國內廣大消費者提供更多、更好的選擇。
- Australia’s free trade agreement with China could temper a potential full-blown trade war between the two countries, but it will not stop further anti-dumping investigations, trade lawyers say, amid concerns Beijing could soon launch another round of tariffs on Australian exports.China has drawn up a list of potential goods including wine, dairy, seafood, oatmeal and fruit that could be subject to stricter quality checks, anti-dumping probes, tariffs or customs delays, sources told Bloomberg this week.Chinese state media could also be encouraged to push consumer boycotts, the sources said, with any additional measures dependent on how Canberra addresses China’s objections to Australia’s diplomatic stance on the coronavirus pandemic.China has already moved to slap export bans and tariffs on Australian beef and barley producers, claiming illegal customs labelling and unfair calculations of anti-dumping duties.https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3085325/china-australia-free-trade-deal-may-soften-virus-spat-wont
- Agricultural trade
- http://fortune.com/2016/03/26/australia-agriculture-fruit-fly/ A tiny fruit fly is undermining Australia’s efforts to grow its $3 billion fruit and vegetable exports, despite the country reaching a series of free trade agreements with its largest trading partners in Asia.Australia sealed trade agreements with China, Japan and Korea last year—deals that guaranteed a significant reduction in tariffs for agriculture produce—and were heralded as a catalyst for rapid expansion in exports. The tariff cuts have pushed sales of agriculture produce to all-time highs, but difficulty obtaining biosecurity permits—so called phytosanitary protocol agreements – means many fruits in particular cannot be sold into markets like China, making free trade agreements often meaningless, industry executives say.
- wine
- China overtook the United States as the biggest buyer of Australian wine at the end of 2016, according to quarterly results published in November. On January 1, 2017, tariffs fell again under the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) to 5.6 per cent on sparkling and bottled wine and 8 per cent on bulk wine, and they will be fully eliminated in 2019.
- Examples of australian companies using fta to enter chinese market
- http://www.chinadailyasia.com/business/2016-05/03/content_15426443.html, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2016-05/03/content_25014963.htm,
- China daily asia weekly 27may16
- statistics
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2017-01/06/content_27880048.htm
- Institute
- The Morrison government will establish a new foundation to help soothe strained ties with China following a raft of diplomatic tensions with the global superpower. The National Foundation for Australia-China Relations will have more money than the existing Australia-China Council to fund projects strengthening links between the two countries.It will also widen the focus from projects about education, culture and the arts to also include agriculture, infrastructure, health, the environment and energy. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/government-announces-new-foundation-to-improve-china-australia-relations
- The Australia-China Council (ACC) is a long-standing institution in the Australia-China bilateral relationship. ACC was established by the Australian Government in 1978 to promote mutual understanding and foster people-to-people relations between Australia and China. ACC combines the cross-sectoral bilateral expertise and advisory capacity of an independent Board appointed by the Minister for Foreign Affairswith the policy-making and management base in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
- china daily 20dec18
- australia china relations institute (c/o University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) ) aims to be a world-leading, international think tank focussed on the understanding of relations between the two nations. Directed by the Hon Bob Carr, Australia’s former Foreign Minister, the newly created Institute will command high-profile engagement from government and industries in both countries, developing unique insights and vital perspectives on Australia-China relations through research and high level engagement.
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2014xiattendg20/2014-11/20/content_18944956.htm China has a new cultural outpost overseas following the official opening on Monday of a center devoted to promoting the country's heritage and the arts in Sydney, Australia. President Xi Jinping and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott attended a ceremony held in the capital, Canberra, to mark the opening. The China Cultural Center began trial operations in May. It has since hosted 30 events, including exhibitions, performances and lectures, said Zhao Li, its director.
- http://www.acbc.com.au The Australia China Business Council (ACBC) is the premier business organisation dedicated to promoting business and trade between Australia and the People’s Republic of China - See more at: http://www.acbc.com.au/#sthash.yu905XlM.dpuf
- australia china economic and trade promotion association inc
- organised 2020 asia pacific art biennial exhibition at hkcl in jan2020
- australian studies centre
- http://dfat.gov.au/people-to-people/foundations-councils-institutes/australia-china-council/australian-studies-in-china/programs/Pages/australian-studies-centres-in-china.aspx
- AIIB (Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank)
- Australia not join, need to consider transparency and institutional issues hkej 18sept14 a25
- extradition
- dissidents
- delegation from australia
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20170210/00178_020.html 澳洲計劃今年提交法規，批准中國與澳洲建立引渡條例，以打擊洗錢及毒品犯罪活動。惟澳洲反對黨工黨議員邁克爾日前表示，引渡條例「包含幾個根本缺陷」，例如中國的司法制度及人權狀況未明，認為中國必須願意提供疑犯的犯罪證據供他們參考。
- https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-03-28/australia-abandons-extradition-treaty-ratification-with-china Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull shelved plans to ratify an extradition treaty with China, after lawmakers raised questions about the country’s justice and human rights records.
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20170423/00178_018.html中共中央政治局委員、中央政法委書記孟建柱，前日在悉尼會見了澳洲總理特恩布爾，並與澳洲外長畢曉普出席中澳首次高級別安全對話。雙方討論了打擊跨國犯罪、反恐及打擊網絡犯罪等重要議題，澳方重申並承諾推動批准中澳《引渡條約》。
- 內地近年展開「獵狐行動」，成功從多地遣返或勸返外逃他國的經濟疑犯。中國公安部和澳洲聯邦警察周一在北京簽署《中澳打擊跨國犯罪和加強警務合作的議定書》及《中澳打擊經濟犯罪聯合行動方案》，並舉行退贓返還儀式。雙方就核查逃犯、禁毒、反恐及打擊跨國犯罪等議題進行深入交流。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20170926/00178_022.html
- 澳洲傳媒周一報道，鑑於中國政府拘留維吾爾人及處理香港示威等問題，澳洲低調中斷逾二十年歷史、與中國的人權夥伴關係。澳洲外交及貿易部證實，澳中「人權技術合作計劃」已於今年八月停止合作關係。該計劃是由外交及貿易部、澳洲人權委員會及中國外交部於一九九八年設立，旨在推動人權改革，過去三年耗資七百四十萬澳元（約三千九百四十五萬港元）。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20191119/00178_005.html
- dissidents
- http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2082221/chinese-authorities-block-sydney-academic-boarding Chinese authorities blocked an Australia-based academic from boarding a flight home, Australia said on Sunday, after what sources said was repeated interrogation over his links to liberal intellectuals on the mainland.
- 前澳洲華裔議員胡煜明（John Hugh）周二飛抵上海，準備將亡父的骨灰送回老家安葬，卻被中國當局拒絕入境，隨後遭遣返悉尼。據指，胡煜明一直批評北京試圖影響澳洲政治，當他詢問中國海關官員為何不能入境時，對方只說「你應該知道」。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180323/00178_013.html
- student visa
- 中國官媒周三報道，一百六十五名中國學生在已獲澳洲大學的錄取通知書的情況下，一直未能取得澳洲簽證，其中一百三十七人等待了逾四個月，有人等待近一年半。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200109/00178_016.html
- illegal immigrants
- navy
- 在中澳關係緊張之際，澳洲內政部長達頓近日談及人蛇問題時指，特別指出來自中國的偷渡者靠岸「並不罕見」，達頓又重申，縮減移民人數有利澳洲經濟。聯邦財政部長莫里森早前卻稱，削減移民可能會使政府預算損失數十億澳元。達頓表示，不時有中國人偷渡至澳洲尋求庇護，又舉出六月一次堵截人蛇行動，以提醒澳洲人蛇頭仍然在周邊活躍。他表示，船上有七名中國人及三名印尼船員，在澳洲北部靠岸，執法人員成功攔截。而在去年，亦有巴布亞新畿內亞蛇頭協助六名中國人偷渡，人蛇均被遣返。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180717/00178_006.html
- 三艘中國解放軍海軍軍艦周一（3日）駛入澳洲悉尼港，外媒形容艦艇突然出現令當地民眾感到驚訝。澳洲總理莫里森回應指，中方軍艦今次抵達屬於兩國的互訪計劃之一，並呼籲外界切勿過度解讀此事的時機。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190604/00180_018.html
- customs clearance
- 中國與澳洲關係陷入低潮，澳洲傳媒引述消息指，中國海關在東北部多個港口實行煉焦煤進口限制，對澳洲入口煤炭及焦煤的清關時間倍增，由過往的五日至二十日，提高至四十日或以上，限制令將持續數月，致中國主要買家暫停採購澳洲煤炭。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190220/00178_005.html
- delegation from australia
- 據澳洲《悉尼先驅晨報》8日報道，「澳大利亞周．中國2016」將於本月11日至15日在中國舉行，屆時澳洲有史以來最大的商務代表團將到訪中國。作為活動的一部分，澳洲旅遊局將在中國投放海岸及水上風光廣告，吸引更多遊客。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2016/04/09/a13-0409.pdf
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160414/00178_015.html 澳洲總理特恩布爾率由千名企業領袖組成的龐大商界代表團，今日起展開兩日訪華行程，外界預料經貿合作及拓展中國市場，為是次中澳領導人「戰略性對話」的重點。
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2016/10/27/a16-1027.pdf英媒稱，澳洲史上規模最大的民間貿易代表團於23日抵達中國。據路透社消息，代表團有超過200名成員，其中包括昆士蘭州政府的部長、農業生產商和出口商，他們此次上海之行的目的是進一步發展澳洲與中國之間每年總額達1,600億澳元（約9,525億港元）的貿易關係。
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20151222/PDF/a6_screen.pdf 中澳自貿協定於2015年12月20日正式生效。中澳自貿協定給雙方帶來巨大税收優惠的同時，金融作為重點合作領域之一，將為兩國合作帶來突破性進展。 澳洲以“負面清單”方式列明瞭銀行、保險和證券領域的具體保留事項和限制措施，除此之外，中國金融機構將與當地金融服務提供者享有同等待遇；中國則通過“正面清單”的模式考慮了澳洲在銀行、證券、電信、法律、教育和建築等部門的重點訴求。 澳洲國家證券交易所（NSX）首席執行官埃姆林．斯科特表示，非常歡迎中國的中小型企業在澳洲上市、融資、發展。NSX希望能夠成為中澳資本交流的平台，幫助中國企業在澳上市、融資，同時，幫助中國投資人投資澳洲上市項目，促進雙方經濟的互通和發展。
- payment platform
- agricultural land
- http://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2052638/alipay-steps-mobile-payments-expansion-australian-stores
- http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/e7a8ff0c-6be8-11e5-8608-a0853fb4e1fe.html Chinese buyers are hatching bids for parcels of Australian land covering an area three-quarters the size of England complete with nearly 200,000 cattle, highlighting China’s growing demand for meat to feed its rising middle classes. China’s increasingly carnivorous diet has seen companies fork out almost $20bn on cross-border food deals in the past five years alone, according to Dealogic. But it has also brought conflict as countries such as the US fret about their own food security issues. http://www.hkcd.com.hk/pdf/201510/1013/HA11A13CZXX.pdf
- http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1626523/tiny-insect-delays-lucrative-china-australia-cattle-trade, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/28/us-australia-cattle-china-idUSKBN0IH02C20141028
- Australia set for cattle deal with China
Exports worth up to A$1bn a year could transform livestock sectorhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7316dae-6640-11e4-8bf6-00144feabdc0.html, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-29946893
- 據中新社報道，經過11個小時的空中旅行後，中國首批進口澳洲原包生鮮牛肉昨日運抵重慶。中國此前從澳洲進口的牛肉需經過零下18℃以下冷凍，導致牛肉水分和營養喪失，一定程度上降低了澳洲牛肉的口感和品質。從國外進口生鮮牛肉，保質期短、保鮮條件苛刻、運輸難度大，過去一直是行業難題。隨着各項條件逐漸成熟，中國現已能夠實現全程0℃至4℃保鮮冷鏈運輸，澳洲生鮮牛肉由此可直達中國家庭餐桌。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2016/08/21/a12-0821.pdf
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20170730/00178_016.html美國傳媒報道，中國以擔憂產品標籤標識「不規範」為由，暫停從六家澳洲肉製品工廠進口牛肉及羊肉，包括兩家由巴西肉類包裝巨頭JBS SA所持有的工廠，以及一家由中國公司持有的工廠。由於涉事工廠對中國牛肉出口佔比達到五成，預估上億澳元貿易額或受到影響。
- flowers
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2017-04/25/content_29077869.htm Luoyang, China's "city of peonies," will export 1 million cut flowers to Australia, as part of a flower trade cooperation. Shenzhou Peony Co, a major flower growing enterprise in Luoyang of central China's Henan province, has signed a deal with several Australian distributors to sell 1 million peonies and Chinese herbaceous peonies to Australian customers in 2017. "In order to pass the quarantine inspection of Australia, we have translated Australian standards and import regulations on cut flowers, and offered training to flower farmers since last year," said Guo Xueliang, head of the city's entry-exit inspection and quarantine bureau. "It is estimated that each cut flower will cost three Australian dollars, more than five times the price in China," said a deputy general manager with the company surnamed Cao.
- port of melbourne
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/dataroom/china-merchants-in-port-of-melbourne-race/news-story/92befb4e68fd61282425fadb417324cb
China Merchants has been confirmed as the third bidder for the Port of Melbourne that has been ushered through to the second round of the $6 billion-plus contest. The Chinese bidder will join the two other contestants in the final stages of the race. They include the Macquarie Capital-advised IFM, MIRA and APG consortium, competing against the Credit Suisse and Gresham-backed bidding group comprising Queensland Investment Corporation, Borealis and Global Infrastructure Partners. Previously, it was thought that China’s Zhejiang Port, advised by CITIC-CLSA, was a contender. But it is now understood that party did not lodge an indicative bid. The port has a $4.5bn book value but is expected to sell for at least $6bn and is up for sale by the Victorian government through Morgan Stanley and Flagstaff. China Merchants purchased the Port of Newcastle from the New South Wales government in 2014 for a staggering $1.75bn in a deal that saw Morgan Stanley advise the NSW government.
- On 14 June 2018, China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited (“CMPort” or “the Company”) completes its acquisition of the Port of Newcastlehttp://www.cmport.com.hk/EN/news/Detail.aspx?id=10007652
- The Port of Melbourne has been sold for $7.3 billion to Chinese and Australian sovereign wealth funds and other investors. According to Pallas, China Investment Corp will get a fifth of the port. A similar share will go to Australia's sovereign wealth fund, The Future Fund, and Canada's Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System.https://www.rt.com/business/359854-australia-port-melbourne-china/
- 中國與澳洲關係近日陷入低潮，繼早前中國海關在東北部多個港口實行澳洲煉焦煤進口限制，英國傳媒周四報道，遼寧大連海關已禁止進口澳洲煤炭，並將今年內通過其所監管港口進口的煤炭總量，控制在一千二百萬噸內。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190222/00180_005.html
- utility
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2015-11/24/content_22513091.htm A consortium that includes State Grid Corp of China is among the approved final bidders for a $6 billion electricity network in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, despite growing concern Down Under over sales of strategic assets to foreign companies. All four bidders for TransGrid, the owner and operator of the state's high-voltage electricity transmission lines, have received approval from the country's Foreign Investment Review Board, according to local media reports.
- wind farm
- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/57bcf9be-927d-11e5-9e3e-eb48769cecab.html Days after a Chinese bidder was barred from buying swaths of farmland, Canberra faces another test in which State Grid of China is bidding for one of Australia’s biggest electricity networks. A consortium led by State Grid and Macquarie Infrastructure Real Assets is in a four-horse race to acquire TransGrid, the New South Wales transmission business. It is pitched against three consortiums, one backed by Canadian pension funds, one by Middle Eastern investors and one all-Australian, in a contest expected to fetch the state government about A$10bn (US$7.2bn).
- http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL3N16M5BD China's state-owned utility State Power Investment Corp, fresh from a $2.5 billion acquisition of Australian renewable company Pacific Hydro Pty Ltd, has signed an agreement with Banco Santander to acquire its Australian Taralga Wind Farm Pty Ltd for an enterprise value of about A$300m (US$227m), sources said.SPIC is acquiring the wind farm with the existing debt, but is likely to refinance the facility at a later stage, the sources said. The acquisition will close in around six to eight weeks. Located in New South Wales state, the 106.8MW Taralga Wind Farm project, which comes with a 10-year power purchase agreement with Energy Australia, was built at a cost of A$280m. ANZ, the Federal government's renewable investment fund Clean Energy Finance Corp (CEFC) and Danish export credit agency EK provided the debt, which comprised 65 percent of the cost, according to CEFC's website. The SILC Group, a Melbourne-based boutique firm, was the financial adviser to SPIC, while King & Wood Mallesons was the legal adviser. ANZ was financial adviser to Santander, while Freehills was the legal adviser. SPIC closed a $2.5bn-equivalent 12-month bridge loan at the end of January for the Pacific Hydro acquisition from IFM Investors Ltd. China Construction Bank took half of the loan, with Banco Santander, Bank of China, Bank of Communications, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, DBS Bank and Societe Generale also participating.That acquisition was entirely debt funded and the lenders relied on a parent guarantee from SPIC, according to other sources familiar with the deal. Pacific Hydro's portfolio comprised 19 wind and hydro electricity projects in Australia, Chile and Brazil totalling 900MW, with another 1.8GW of projects in development.
- http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2125334/beijing-jingneng-seeks-clean-energy-growth-australia-and-beijing Beijing Jingneng Clean Energy, a wind and natural gas energy firm controlled by the Beijing municipal government, is eyeing a major expansion of its renewable energy capacity in Australia and cleaner heating project opportunities from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
- China's leading energy equipment producer Shanghai Electric Group is making a mark in international markets by signing a strategic partnership deal with SIMEC Energy Australia on Monday to jointly build a renewable energy project in South Australia.Under the agreement, Shanghai Electric will build the Cultana Solar Farm project in the southern part of the country through an engineering, procurement and construction agreement. The project is the largest ground-based photovoltaic project in Australia, and also marks Shanghai Electric's entry into the country. https://www.chinadailyhk.com/articles/161/76/151/1559623252542.html
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20160319/PDF/a7_screen.pdf 17日，澳洲馬加萊恩太陽能發電站在堪培拉奠基，該電站將實現澳洲豐富的光照資源與中國在太陽能光伏產業擁有國際領先科技對接。 馬加萊恩太陽能發電站由中航國際澳洲有限公司與澳洲茂能集團聯合開發的太陽能發電站，是堪培拉3個大型太陽能發電站之一，佔地40公頃，建成後可發電13兆瓦，預計9月併網運行。電站預計使用壽命為25年，預計可產生6億千瓦時的綠色能源，節省二氧化碳排放69萬噸。它落成後將為3000户堪培拉居民提供電力，並創造更多就業機會。 茂能集團將與中航國際合作，在澳洲開發更多綠色能源。
- 由中國電力投資集團擁有、總部位於澳洲墨爾本的可再生能源公司太平洋水電（Pacific Hydro），將與伯德金郡一名甘蔗農場主人合作，分兩階段打造大型太陽能農場，預計合共斥資十七億澳元（約九十八億港元）。現時計劃已交由當地議會討論，有望於明年三月開始第一階段工程。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20170530/00180_039.html
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20160319/PDF/a7_screen.pdf 中國科學家屈智嵩所在的澳洲國立大學研究小組首次發現，在原子核聚變實驗中，用於加熱燃料的超高温粒子束的特性及表現，可以用一個“全新”引進的理論概念──核聚變中的超高温“流體”來完美解釋。在實現可控核聚變的道路上，科學家又走出堅實的一步。 核聚變反應是指品質小的原子（主要是指氘或氚），在超高温和高壓條件下，核外電子脱離原子核逸去，不同原子核互相吸引發生原子核互相聚合作用。在生成新的品質較大的原子核的同時，釋放出巨大的能量。如果可以實現可控核聚變，能夠合理控制核聚變的速度和規模，實現持續、平穩的能量輸出，現代社會對於能源短缺的擔憂可能成為歷史。
- 青島海洋科學與技術國家實驗室15日舉行 新聞發布會，宣布該驗室在澳洲霍巴特市 設立的國際南半球海洋研究中心將於5月 22日啟用。這也是海洋國家實驗室首個在 澳設立的中澳海洋聯合研究中心。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20170516/PDF/a21_screen.pdf
- ocean wave
- http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2057367/aussie-firm-seeks-chinese-partners-realise-wave-energy Michael Ottaviano, chief executive of Fremantle, Western Australia-based Carnegie Wave Energy, said his firm is seeking potential manufacturing partners in China to help it reach a goal of slashing the cost of producing electricity from waves by 80 per cent to A$0.1 per kilo-watt-hour, the level needed to mass commercialise the untapped energy.
- https://www.ft.com/content/96513f58-d959-11e7-a039-c64b1c09b482 In less than a decade of existence, Huawei Marine Networks has won contracts to install 40,000km of submarine cable, enough to circumnavigate the planet. But the global rollout has hit a snag in the South Pacific as Australia counters China’s growing influence in its backyard. Canberra is poised to stymie a deal under which Huawei was to run a seabed cable more than 4,000km from Sydney to the Solomon Islands, instead bankrolling the A$100m (US$78m) project itself. “The Huawei deal was red-flagged by the Australian intelligence service,” says Jonathan Pryke, analyst at the Lowy Institute think-tank. “The new national security imperative has clearly jolted Australia into action.”
- 因擔憂中國竊密，澳洲官方宣布替代中資公司華為海洋網絡公司（下稱華為海洋），承擔為所羅門群島鋪設至澳洲海底電纜的項目。澳洲外交部證實，澳洲政府將承擔鋪設該條海底電纜的責任，包括為這項海外援助計劃支付大部分的項目資金，預計數千萬澳元。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180127/00178_007.html
- https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-way-huawei-australia-looks-to-cut-chinas-line-into-south-pacific-1524214738 Australia said it would build an undersea high-speed internet cable to the Solomon Islands, in a move that officially shuts out China’s Huawei Technologies Co. as concerns grow about Beijing’s influence in the Pacific.
- The Australian government has stepped in to help build a key piece of infrastructure for the Solomon Islands, as concerns about Beijing’s attempts at “soft diplomacy” continue to grow. Malcolm Turnbull announced that Australia would jointly fund construction of an underwater telecommunication cable network, which will link remote Solomon Islands communities to Honiara. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/13/australia-supplants-china-to-build-undersea-cable-for-solomon-islands
- ict
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-pacific-internet/pacific-leaders-sign-on-to-australian-internet-cabling-scheme-shutting-out-china-idUSKBN1K202Q Pacific nations Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands have signed on to a joint undersea internet cable project, funded mostly by Australia, that forestalls plans by Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd to lay the links itself.
- Controversial Chinese company Huawei has been awarded a $136 million telecommunications contract by the WA Government, raising concerns the deal could compromise Australia's security. Huawei is in a joint venture with UGL to build 4G communications systems for voice and data services on Perth trains, including the yet-to-be completed Forrestfield Airport Link.
WA Opposition Leader Mike Nahan said there were significant security concerns about the deal. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-09/huawei-wins-wa-telecommunications-rail-contract-security-fears/9957258 - 澳洲政府周四以國家安全為由，禁止華為及中興通訊參與該國的5G網絡建設計劃。澳洲財政部長莫里森及通訊部長法菲爾德發聲明指，5G網絡的新架構有能力避過傳統的保安系統，構成網絡及用戶私隱等問題。中國外交部同日回應指，澳洲的舉動屬「歧視及人為設置障礙」。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180824/00180_006.html
- http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201904/29/WS5cc63c64a3104842260b8f7e.html China has begun what could be a long, drawn-out legal battle at the World Trade Organization, or WTO, over Canberra's decision to ban Chinese telecoms companies from taking part in Australia's 5G network. China's case was the 24th item on the WTO agenda, listed as "Australia－discriminatory market access prohibition on 5G equipment－request from China".
- 澳洲政府去年八月以安全威脅為由，禁止華為及中興等中國供應商為當地提供5G網絡設備。有澳媒報道，沃達豐（Vodafone）和記澳洲公司已與諾基亞公司簽署為期5年的協議，諾基亞將為5G服務提供設備，並將逐步替換部分網絡的華為設備。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20191231/00180_004.html
- 澳洲傳媒報道，當地金融服務公司AMP的一名中國籍男員工，早前涉嫌盜取客戶資料被捕，他周四於悉尼法院認罪。案情指，廿八歲疑犯鄭義（Yi Zheng，音譯）涉嫌竊取廿名公司客戶的資料，AMP網絡安全部門去年十二月發現公司網絡有可疑活動後通知警察。警方相信鄭義下載屬受影響客戶的廿三份身份證明文件，再傳送至個人電郵帳戶。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190208/00180_016.html
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2016-12/05/content_27569476.htm Australian and Chinese governments have settled arrangement to open aviation market between the two countries, Australian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester and Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Steven Ciobo said in a statement on Sunday.
- 東海航空昨日開通由深圳直飛北澳洲的航線，成為目前中國首條波音737直飛達爾文的跨洲航線，單程航行時間只需五小時四十分鐘，航程較以往需轉機的航線節省至少九小時。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180531/00178_029.html
- maritime
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20160927/PDF/a19_screen.pdf 在26日舉行的2016中國 ．青島海洋國際高峰論壇上，青島海洋科學與技術國家實驗室（以下簡稱「海洋國家實驗室」）主任吳立新院士透露，海洋國家實驗室年內將在澳洲建設南大洋國際研究中心。
- https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/china-joins-australia-led-maritime-drill For the first time, China is participating in Australia's largest maritime exercise which is being held off the northern port of Darwin.More than 3,000 personnel from 27 countries across the Indo-Pacific region are taking part in Exercise Kakadu. The training will enable them to establish familiarity which helps to prevent conflict on the high seas and improve coordination in disaster relief efforts.
- http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2016/1125/LTN20161125376.pdf Evolution Rail, a consortium comprising CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. (“CRRC Changchun”), a holding subsidiary of the Company, Australian Downer EDI Limited (“Downer”) and Australian Plenary Group, has entered into a contract with Australian Department of Transport on the Victorian Government’s High Capacity Metro Trains project (“HCMT Project”).
- https://news.cgtn.com/news/3241444e356b7a6333566d54/share_p.htmlAustralia initiated an anti-dumping and countervailing investigation against railway wheels imported from China, and an anti-dumping investigation on the same product from France, the country’s Anti-Dumping Committee announced on Wednesday. The Australian Steel Company Pty Ltd. applied for the investigation to take place. China exported 7.7 million US dollars’ worth of the railway wheels to Australia in 2017.
- tourism
- 中國旅遊海外體驗中心 16 日在中國國家旅遊局駐悉尼辦事處正式啟 動。體驗中心通過高科技手段向澳洲居民推 介中國旅遊景區。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2015/07/17/a19-0717.pdf
- the federal tourism minister, Richard Colbeck, has proposed translating road signs into Mandarin in an effort to capture more of the lucrative Chinese tourism market. “With close to a million visitors from China coming to Australia, injecting $7.7bn into the economy annually and growing, we must do whatever we can to ensure they enjoy their experience and want to return,” he said. “About 40% of Chinese tourists are choosing to self-drive so signage, roads, Wi-Fi and basic amenities are important to encourage them to explore our vast country safely.” Despite having “no firm plans”, he said he would present the suggestion to state and territory leaders at his first tourism ministers’ meeting in 2016. http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/dec/09/translate-australian-road-signs-to-lure-chinese-travellers-says-tourism-minister
- casino
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20161017/00178_007.html 澳洲傳媒報道，中國當局近日再拘留八人，他們涉嫌與澳洲皇冠度假集團在中國招攬賭客案有關，涉及此案在華被拘人數增至廿六人。
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20170802/00180_027.html澳洲昆士蘭省省長帕拉什丘克周二宣布，經過長達數個月的地區諮詢後，否決由澳洲及中國企業合組的ASF財團，提出在黃金海岸興建的百億港元賭場度假村計劃。ASF財團暫未回應。由澳中財富集團、中國建築、中交廣州航道局有限公司組成的ASF財團，於一四年投得昆士蘭政府發放的賭場牌照。
- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3fcec8a8-2146-11e5-aa5a-398b2169cf79.html Australian miners are urging Beijing to suspend a coal-quality testing regime, which they claim is unfairly blocking cargoes at Chinese ports and increasing costs for exporters at a time when the seaborne coal trade is under severe stress. The environmental tests are part of Beijing’s “war on pollution” and, when combined with a trend towards increasing use of domestically produced coal, are leading to a dramatic decline in coal imports by China, the world’s biggest consumer of thermal coal.
- 中國早前限制澳洲的煤炭及焦煤進口，增長通關時間。澳洲傳媒周一引述財經分析師指，中國私人電力公司近日以高於市價的價錢，與澳洲煤商簽五月的訂單。分析指，有關限制或將結束。早前中國在東北多個港口，對澳洲進口煤炭採取繁複通關程序。中國外交部回應指，純粹是加強對進口煤的質量安檢及環保檢測。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190416/00178_011.html
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2017-01/25/content_28050815.htm Australian mining juggernaut Rio Tinto has struck the biggest ever single asset sale in their company's history, agreeing terms with Yancoal Australia, owned by Chinese company Yanzhou Coal Mining, for $2.45 billion sale of their News South Wales business, Coal & Allied, late Tuesday.
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-26/rio-backs-yancoal-s-improved-offer-for-coal-mines-over-glencore Rio Tinto Group told shareholders to back Yancoal Australia Ltd. as the buyer of its Australian coal mines after the China-backed company added extra incentives to fend off a last-minute challenge by Glencore Plc. Yancoal offered $240 million in royalty payments and an increased break fee to its previous $2.45 billion cash offer for the Hunter Valley coal mines, according to a statement from Rio on Monday. The new offer is more attractive than Glencore’s bid because there’s a better chance of speedy completion, Rio said.
- coking coal
- China’s imports of Australian coking coal in May plunged 49.3% from a month earlier, customs data showed on Tuesday, as buyers held off purchases because of uncertainty regarding government policy on Australian imports.https://www.reuters.com/article/china-economy-trade-coal/chinas-australian-coking-coal-imports-halve-in-may-from-april-idUSL4N23W2IX
- China’s imports of Australian coking coal, a key raw material for steel-making, doubled in June from a month earlier despite persistent restrictions at Chinese ports, official data showed.https://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL4N24T03B
- mining
- http://news.takungpao.com.hk/paper/q/2016/1117/3392645.html 堅瑞沃能昨日在北京宣布與澳洲Altura礦業簽署認購及合作協議，完成後堅瑞沃能將持有Altura 19.9%的股份，成為該公司第一大股東。
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2017-02/20/content_28261675.htmChinese engineers who carved a railway through the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and built the world's longest sea-bridge across Hangzhou Bay have a new challenge: developing a $3.4 billion project on Australia's remote Eyre Peninsula to meet increased demand for cleaner iron ore. China Railway Group Ltd, the world's second-largest infrastructure builder, is backing the mine, port and rail-road project that aims to supply high-quality, lower-emission ore to Chinese steel mills facing stricter environmental rules.
- 澳洲新南威爾士省政府周三宣布，為回應當地環保人士及農民的強烈訴求，將從中國能源企業中國神華手上，回購超過一半的當地煤炭勘探牌照。中國神華發聲明指對新南威爾士省政府的決定感到失望，但理解回購是一個「可接受的財務結果」。orientaldaily 13jul17
- China’s Hanking has moved on Primary Gold, announcing a $37.5 million takeover bid for the explorer.The bid is subject to Foreign Investment Review Board approval and Hanking acquiring at least 50 per cent of the target. Primary has also agreed to matching rights for Hanking should a superior proposal emerge and a $400,000 break fee. Hanking already holds an 8.4 per cent stake in Primary.https://thewest.com.au/business/mergers-and-acquisitions/hankings-premium-375m-offer-to-secure-primary-gold-ng-b88751891z
- http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2014-12/16/content_19094844.htm Chinese producers of vehicles, rail cars expand abroad via global mining giants
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20160901/PDF/a9_screen.pdf 一款中國和澳洲企業聯合研製履帶式服務機器人，在2016中國（泰山）國際礦業裝備與科技展覽會進行表演，吸引不少觀眾和採購商駐足觀看。
- https://www.ft.com/content/9df81164-28b5-11e7-9ec8-168383da43b7 Australia has agreed a cyber security pact with Beijing under which both countries have pledged not to conduct or support the theft of intellectual property or trade secrets from each other.
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20141202/00180_003.html 澳洲一項最新研究發現，塔斯馬尼亞東南沿海水域加速暖化，造就海膽數量大幅增加。海膽過多將嚴重破壞生態系統，或會導致海岸成為永久的不毛之地。有澳洲專家建議將海膽出口到中國，緩解問題。
- medical
- 澳洲傳媒周二報道，中國江河集團擬作價二十億澳元（約一百億港元），全面收購澳洲第二大醫療中心運營商、澳洲國防軍醫療服務承包商Healius，消息傳出後令外界擔憂洩露特種部隊的醫療紀錄。總理莫里森稱當局將審查交易計劃，確保符合國家利益。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190814/00180_005.html
- chinese medicine
- agree to set up a chinese medicine centre in australia takung 21nov14 b22
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2016-11/01/content_27235197.htm australia's fresh milk taking direct flights to China
- 澳优乳业（01717）宣布，透过旗下两间全资附属公司，斥资合共1.7亿（人民币，下同），收购澳洲奶粉厂房及品牌Ozfarm。根据订立的购股契约，澳优透过全资附属公司Ausnutrition Care，斥资代价1000万澳元（约5134万元人民币），连同约1400万股Ausnutrition Care股份，向ADP集团收购Australian Dairy Park（ADP）全部权益。ADP为一家位于澳洲的乳製品生产企业，从事婴幼儿配方奶粉、功能性奶粉和中老年健康奶粉的研发、生产和罐装，是首批获中国国家认监委批准，在华註册的首两家澳洲婴幼儿配方乳品生产企业之一。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20170524/PDF/b2_screen.pdf
- Chinese dairy producer Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co is among bidders that made formal offers for Australia's Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co, in a deal that may value the farmer-owned firm at about A$1 billion ($779 million) including debt, people with knowledge of the matter said. Suitors including Canadian cheesemaker Saputo Inc and Kirin Holdings Co's Lion Pty unit made non-binding offers by Tuesday's deadline, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the details are private. Murray Goulburn will decide later this month on a shortlist of bidders, who will be invited to management presentations and site visits ahead of final offers, according to the people.Australia's biggest dairy processor and adviser Deutsche Bank AG received several unsolicited indicative proposals earlier this year after announcing a strategic review. The company reported an A$371 million net loss in the financial year that ended June after it cut the price it pays dairy farmers and milk production fell. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2017-10/13/content_33192864.htm
- China Mengniu Dairy Co. agreed to buy organic infant formula maker Bellamy’s Australia Ltd. for A$1.5 billion ($1 billion), securing a premium brand in one of the fastest-growing segments of the dairy market.The Hong Kong-based firm offered A$13.25 per share Monday for Bellamy’s, a sizable 59% premium to the stock’s last closing price. The Launceston, Tasmania-based company’s board unanimously recommended the offer.The deal, which is subject to approval from Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board, would hand China’s second-largest dairy producer a trusted formula brand as it seeks to wrest back market share from global rivals. Bellamy’s has been producing formula in Australia since 2004 and is a stalwart of supermarket shelves there, part of the appeal for Mengniu with Chinese consumers still wary of local manufacturers after a tainted baby milk scandal more than a decade ago.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-15/china-mengniu-dairy-agrees-to-buy-bellamy-s-for-a-1-5-billion
- 蒙牛乳業(02319)繼全購澳洲嬰兒食品供應商貝拉米後，昨日再宣布向日本麒麟控股收購其澳洲品牌乳品及飲料公司Lion-Dairy & Drinks（LDD）全部股權，交易價6億澳元（約31.86億港元）。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20191126/00202_013.html
- canola oil
- http://au.investing.com/news/commodities-news/china-pushes-for-tougher-standards-on-canola-imports-from-australia-sources-23482 China is pushing for tougher standards on canola imports from Australia and is looking to reduce the amount of foreign material it allows per shipment, in order to curb the threat of fungus, sources familiar with the talks said on Friday. The move is the latest salvo by China in what is seen by traders as an attempt to cut arrivals of canola, also known as rapeseed, and help sell down bulging vegetable oil stocks at home. The country is sitting on about 5.5 million tonnes of rapeseed oil, enough to meet demand for about a year. China has already informed the world's top canola exporter, Canada, that from April it would allow only 1 percent dockage or the amount of foreign material, which could include seeds of other plans or straw. The current allowable dockage per shipment is 2-2.5 percent. is now in talks with Australia, the world's second-biggest canola exporter, about rules on shipments and two sources familiar with the discussions said China was looking to impose the same standard as it has on Canadian cargoes. "Australia is in discussions with China about establishing a protocol for the supply of canola - foreign material levels are argued by China to be a quarantine risk," said one of the sources. "China has decided that minimising foreign material to 1 percent will fix the problem."
- http://chinaseafoodexpo.com/west-australia-co-op-sets-lobster-holding-tanks-guangzhou-airport/ Geraldton Fishermen’s Co-operative is about to change the face of WA’s rock lobster industry by opening its own supply chain into China. GFC will create history by becoming the first Australian business to hold and own live seafood on Chinese soil. It is preparing for the official opening of its warehouse and holding facility at Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou next week. It will be supplied from 80-tonne capacity saltwater storage tanks being built about 10km from the Perth International Airport in Welshpool. The lobster will go via air freight from the $20 million Perth facilities to the GFC tanks in Guangzhou.
- 澳洲政府因呼籲國際獨立調查新冠病毒源頭而與中國鬧僵，北京近日擬對澳洲大麥徵收反傾銷稅報復。澳媒昨日報道，中國已暫停向四間澳洲屠宰場採購紅肉，未知是否報復行動之一。中國外交部否認報復，指有關企業違反檢疫要求。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200513/00178_014.html
- wine
- 阿里巴巴集團旗下天貓昨與澳洲葡萄酒管理局簽署合作備忘錄，雙方將在互動營銷、專業培訓等方面深化合作。天貓昨也與法國貝丹德梭葡萄酒年鑒（Bettane ＆ Desseauve）簽訂合作，使天貓成為貝丹德梭在內地的獨家合作夥伴，共同在天貓推廣葡萄酒。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2018/05/31/b02-0531.pdf
- condom
- https://www.ft.com/content/2adb8f5e-410f-11e7-9d56-25f963e998b2
Humanwell Healthcare, a Shanghai-listed pharmaceuticals company, and state-owned Citic Capital China Partners will buy the century-old condoms and sexual health business of Ansell, whose Jissbon brand sheaths are already a mainstay in Chinese convenience stores.
- http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2017-01/26/content_28061810.htm Chinese designer Zhang Yichao will present her creations at a show in Perth along with 12 Australian designers later this week. The show, themed on Chinese culture, is organized by the China Fashion Association and the West Australia Fashion Committee as part of Spring Festival celebrations Down Under.
- media
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2016liuvisitkza/2016-05/28/content_25505790.htm Chinese and Australian media outlets signed multiple agreements in Sydney on Friday that will promote and deepen their exchanges and build on the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries. Underscoring the latter aspect, the signings were witnessed by Liu Qibao, the Communist Party of China Central Committee's publicity chief, and Gary Quinlan, acting secretary of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Six cooperative agreements were signed, involving Xinhua News Agency, China Daily, China Radio International, People's Daily website, Qingdao Publishing Group, the University of Technology Sydney, Fairfax Media, Sky News Australia, Global CAMG and Weldon International. In recent years, China-Australia media cooperation has borne fruitful results and played an important role in facilitating mutual understanding between the two countries. Kang Bing, deputy publisher of China Daily, and Allen Williams, managing director of Australian Publishing Media Fairfax, signed a framework agreement on cooperation and logistics on behalf of the two media groups. Under the agreement, Fairfax Media's Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Financial Review newspapers will issue an eight-page English-language edition of "China Watch" once a month starting in May. "In the process of international communication, China Daily has been forging alliances with important international players in media. Our cooperation with Fairfax Media today is an example of this momentum," Kang said.
- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/324d82c4-2d60-11e6-a18d-9a96ab29e3c95.html When Liu Qibao, China’s propaganda minister, visited Sydney last month and signed a raft of deals with Australia’s top media companies, few paid much attention. But the fruits of that trip — a supplement produced by China Daily, the Communist party’s English-language mouthpiece, appearing in such bastions of free speech as the Sydney Morning Herald — lay bare the growing reach of China’s multibillion-dollar propaganda machine as it seeks to win hearts and minds across the globe.
- http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2016-11/03/content_27263755.htm The 4th China-Australia Media Forum was held in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Wednesday, involving officials from China and Australia as well as representatives from nearly 30 mainstream media outlets in attendance. The forum, co-hosted by China's State Council Information Office and Australian News Channel, focused on the "media's role in promoting China-Australia relations: opportunities and challenges".
- 澳洲公營機構澳洲廣播公司（ABC）周一表示，中國當局已確認全面封殺ABC中文網站，令內地網民無法瀏覽，原因是該公司違反中國法規，惟未具體交代ABC違規詳情。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180904/00178_007.html
- film
- literature- http://www.chinadailyasia.com/lifeandart/2017-04/27/content_15605619.html While the Chinese movie market has attracted Australian filmmakers over the past decade, only eight coproduction projects have taken off since 2006, when the two countries first signed a treaty to encourage film partnership. But with seven new coproduction deals signed in Beijing on April 20, the number is expected to rise. Under a program called Red Billion, co-launched by Australia China Film Association and Sydney Films Production Company, some 30 feature films are being targeted for joint production by 2020. Covering a wide range of genres, the lineup includes the sci-fi drama Dream Reader Union, which is about a young hacker's adventure to unite warriors with a connection to China's first emperor Qin Shihuang, and the money-themed drama Trader Behind the Scenes about the crisis of China's stock market in 2015. Comedies such as Once Upon a Time in the Northeast: Artistic Youth, A Trip to Australia and Lost in Australia are other highlights of the program. The natural scenery of Australia will feature in the movies as well as typical Chinese elements, according to the producers. Weinan Song, director of Sydney Films, says the program aims to promote both Australian locations and more film cooperation between the two countries. The 2006 film coproduction treaty between China and Australia took force two years later. It is limited to feature-length movies, according to Screen Australia, a major funding body for the Australian film industry. A qualified coproduction can get a rebate from the Australian government of up to 40 percent on its total expenses, says Debra Richards, CEO of Ausfilm, an association that promotes Australian coproductions with foreign companies. Chinese movies that do postproduction work or digital effects in Australia - regardless where they are shot - can get a similar rebate from Australian government of up to 30 percent.
- china daily 2apr19 australian mission in china promotes writers from down under
- university
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160912/00178_013.html 前年成立的悉尼科技大學澳中關係研究院，接受了中國商人黃向墨的一百八十萬澳元（約一千零六十萬港元）之後，黃因此成為研究院的主席。其後，研究院發表多份作品，均對中澳關係持積極和樂觀的看法。有教師表示，由黃向墨擔任該機構的主席，使得他們對該機構的「中立性和獨立性」感到擔憂。澳洲一些大學因接受與中國關係密切人士的捐款而受到當局警告，不要成為外國利益的宣傳工具。另有分析認為，繼華企不斷收購澳洲企業後，華商透過向大學捐款，是希望可以進一步提升影響力。據悉，黃向墨是深圳玉湖投資集團董事長，亦是澳洲華資代表人物，早前曾以一千二百八十萬澳元收購悉尼北郊一幢豪宅。他也曾向西悉尼大學捐款三百五十萬澳元。
- 洲成峰高教（01752）上周收到澳洲高等教育质量与标准署（TEQSA）通知，批出管理和商业领域课程的部分自行认证权（SAA）。澳洲成峰高教主席祝敏申表示，获得SAA是公司升格成为私立大学的重要一步，另会研究开设更多可引领潮流的课程，如区块链、人工智能在企业管理的运用等。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20180522/PDF/a18_screen.pdf
- 中國博物館
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2014/11/13/a15-1113.pdf 澳洲墨爾本 Bendigo中國博物館昨日表示，由於展覽空間及館藏空間已滿，擬於2015 年擴建。據悉，墨爾本所在的維州政府將為此提供2,000萬澳元的資金。維州政府宣佈，將斥資 16萬澳元於 2015年 7月前制定好一份鄉村發展計劃。這項發展計劃將考察金龍博物館（Golden Dragon Museum）如何應對旅遊行業的改變，包括開發吸引人的數字化項目等。
- fireworks
- 悉尼市政府今年將放10萬枚煙花，其中80%來自中國https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20191230/00180_002.html
- chinese companies listed in australia
- yan coal http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20181207/PDF/b5_screen.pdf
- investors from china
- http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21706476-politicians-blunder-exposes-inconsistencies-australias-attitudes-you-cant-buy-trust
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2014-12/17/content_19102421.htm Beijing Capital Land Ltd (BCL) - a Hong Kong-listed property developer - said on Tuesday itaims to expand its overseas operations to 10 percent of its overall business next year in aneffort to diversify its portfolio and stabilize performance. So far, the company has registered more than 2 billion yuan ($322.8 million) in overseas sales, while, as of November, it had recorded contracted sales of 20 billion yuan in total, up 38.8 percent year-on-year, but still far from its full-year sales target of 28 billion yuan. BCL's cooperation with Dyldam - one of Australia's leading high-density residential propertydevelopers - in co-developing a residential housing project in Australia is part of the company'sefforts to realize its aim. The project involves a total investment of between A$70 million ($57.4million) and A$100 million, with each partner holding a 50-percent stake. Targeting the medium-to-high end property sector, the project is located in Sydney's suburb ofCarlingford. As of Dec 15 this year, 267 of the project's total 408 units have been sold sincesales began last Saturday.
- http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1853338/chinese-group-bid-two-australian-cattle-properties
- 安徽三和建材科技股份有限公司日前向澳大利亞證券投資委員會(ASIC)遞交了招股說明書並獲得批准，首次有安徽省民營企業成功登陸澳洲資本市場。三和建材最低發行600萬股，最高發行3,400萬股，每股價格0.45澳元，募集資金將用於環保型商品混凝土攪拌站的建設、收購原材料供應商及補充營運資金，以增強公司的持續盈利能力。三和建材專注於預拌混凝土生產、研發、銷售和運輸，持有混凝土行業最高生產資質http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2015/09/11/b04-0911.pdf
- http://www.chinadailyasia.com/business/2015-10/16/content_15330680.html Guangzhou-based grain and edible oil producer Donlinks Grain & Oil Co Ltd has become the latest Chinese bidder to enter the race for S. Kidman & Co Ltd, one of Australia's largest landholders. Donlinks will form a consortium with Genius Link Capital Ltd, an asset management company registered in the British Virgin Islands, to make a second-round offer for the Australian beef producer and landowner. "The S. Kidman & Co bid will help diversify our agriculture business," the company said in a statement. If the bid is successful, Donlinks will own 51 percent of S. Kidman. Additionally, the acquisition could create new market opportunities for Donlinks and improve its performance, the company said. Shares of the company were suspended from trading on Thursday. As many as seven Chinese firms are believed to have joined the bidding process for S. Kidman since April, when the Australian company offered its holdings for sale. Local media reported that Shanghai-based Pengxin Group and Chinese agribusiness company New Hope Group could have placed bids for the Australian landholder. Greg Campbell, chief executive officer and managing director of S. Kidman, refused to confirm the names of the short-listed bidders.
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2015/10/15/a14-1015.pdf澳洲北領地區政府 13 日宣 佈，已選擇中國的嵐橋集團為達爾文港的經營 夥伴。據新華社報道，嵐橋集團以約3.69億美 元（約 29億港元）贏得北領地區首府達爾文 港99年的租賃權。
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20151017/PDF/a13_screen.pdf 據英國廣播公司報道：澳洲媒體報道稱，對於中資企業嵐橋集團（Landbridge Group）獲得澳洲北領地達爾文港口99年的租賃權，澳洲軍方高層表示關注。
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20151219/00178_016.html 中國私企嵐橋集團租借被稱為「戰略防禦港口」的澳洲達爾文港九十九年的消息傳出後，不斷引起各方疑慮。澳媒近日披露，據澳洲北領地區政府所定的條款，嵐橋集團有責任確保船舶安全進出達爾文港，任何國家的軍艦進出港口時，須通知嵐橋集團，甚或須獲同意才能調動。
- http://www.china.org.cn/business/2015-10/30/content_36933141.htm Delisi Food Co, a Shenzhen-listed food supplier, has bought a 45 percent stake in Australia's fourth-largest meat processor as beef imports into China continue to rise. The investment in Bindaree Beef Group is estimated to be worth $105 million, according to Australian press reports. The deal will enable the Australian company to use Delisi's extensive Chinese sales platform. "Delisi's expertise in meat sales and processing, its premium and trusted brands, and its established distribution channels open up new avenues for Bindaree to leverage China's growing appetite for beef protein," Bindaree Chairman John McDonald said in a statement.
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20151112/00178_016.html 中國富豪王健林旗下大連萬達集團，有意在澳洲黃金海岸投資數十億澳元，在總規劃四十五公頃土地上，打造可匹敵當地現有樂園的大型主題公園。英國傳媒引述萬達集團方面表示，正就獲取地皮及建主題公園事宜跟昆士蘭省政府磋商。
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20151118/00178_021.html再有中資公司撥巨款投資開發澳洲地產項目。據澳洲傳媒報道，由華人Jingwen Lin和Jing Jun Zhu領導的新進開發商Linzhu Australia，計劃斥資逾六千萬澳元（約三億三千萬港元）在悉尼唐人街打造一幢集住宅、酒店、零售等多功能於一體的大樓，還將打造一個「空中花園」。
- http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1883226/chinese-milk-producer-targets-baby-formula-australian-ipo
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2015/12/02/b04-1202.pdf 綠地控股昨 日宣佈，綠地澳洲公司成功中標悉尼北區麥考瑞公園 綜合開發項目，規劃打造大型綜合社區項目。據指， 目前綠地在澳洲總計有六個項目同時進行開發，總建 築面積約 40 萬平方米，總投資額約 110 億元（人民 幣，下同），綠地自 2013年進入澳洲市場以來已累計 實現銷售72億元。
- http://m.chinadaily.com.cn/en/2015-12/10/content_22677556.htm A Chinese-owned consortium appears to have successfully fought off a challengefrom a rival Australian group bidding to buy the country's oldest dairy company,after a judge dismissed an injunction holding up the sale. Victorian Supreme Court Justice James Judd dismissed the request by TasFoodsLtd for an extension of the injunction, which had temporarily blocked the sale ofVan Diemen's Land to the Chinese-backed Moon Lake Investments Pty Ltd. Moon Lake was recently bought by Chinese businessman Lu Xianfeng, the founderand largest shareholder of Ningbo Xianfeng New Material Co, which is listed on theShenzhen Stock Exchange with a market capitalization of $1.52 billion. TasFoods claims it had reached an agreement in principal to take over VDL forA$250 million ($181.6 million), which has been operating in the state of Tasmaniasince 1825.
- 中盛資源(02623)宣布，非全資附屬與盛國際和華澳簽訂諒解備忘錄，收購澳洲維多利亞區域280英畝農場、安格斯牛和一個向中國出售安格斯牛的中國網站，預期將於6月完成。收購事項的代價將發行與盛國際的股份方式支付。預期收購完成後，與盛國際不再是附屬。收購事項須待達成簽訂正式協議、與盛國際進行股本重組、股本集資、相互盡職審查及其他監管規定。與盛國際主要在澳洲從事礦產資源勘探。該公司認為，收購事項有助與盛國際多元化其業務及為其股東帶來回報，與盛國際業務的重組亦是落實集團集中精力和資源，致力於以鈦為產業鏈等新材料新技術新能源領域的業務，拓展戰略的實施。http://www2.hkej.com/instantnews/announcement/article/1238971/中盛資源附屬擬購澳洲農場
- http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20160224/19503327澳洲政府批准由中國建材商收購澳洲最大乳品供應商！澳洲財長昨表示，中國商人盧先鋒出資2.8億澳元（約15.7億港元）收購塔斯曼尼亞Van Diemen's Land Co（VDL）的交易已獲批准。消息引起澳洲人恐慌，擔憂食品安全受影響。澳洲財長莫里森（Scott Morrison）昨宣佈外國投資審查委員會已批准將本國最大的乳品企業出售給中國商人盧先鋒的Moon Lake公司。除了VDL原本140個員工會被保留，同時需承諾遵守澳洲稅務法規。VDL表示歡迎政府這一決定。Moon Lake稱將加快完成交易，會繼續供應當地鮮奶，並將另外投資一億澳元（約5.6億港元）開發VDL土地，開多9個養殖場及增加95個本地職位。有190年歷史的VDL在塔斯曼尼亞西北擁有25座養殖場以及1.7萬公頃土地，養乳牛近18,000頭，年產奶量近1億公升、770萬公斤乳固體。旗下一半養殖場位於號稱擁有世界上最潔淨空氣和水源的北棉莊園（Woolnorth）。VDL目前為新西蘭新普利茅斯區議會（New Plymouth District Council, NPDC）所有，奶源交由紐西蘭恆天然乳業加工分銷。
- https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/31220724/legend-seafood-deal-for-kailis-bros/ The family-owned Kailis Bros has sold 90 per cent of its seafood processing, wholesale and export business to a Chinese conglomerate best known for owning the world’s biggest personal computer maker, Lenovo, and the Motorola mobile business.
- http://www.reuters.com/article/vitaco-ma-shanghai-pharma-idUSL3N1AL16
Chinese group led by drugmaker Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd and private equity firm Primavera Capital has agreed to buy Australian vitamins maker Vitaco Holdings for A$313.7 million ($239 million). Vitaco said in a statement on Thursday the Chinese group would buy all of the firm at a valuation of A$2.25 per share, a 28 percent premium to their closing price on Wednesday, less than a year after it listed shares in Sydney at A$2.10 apiece.
- Farmland
- http://m.chinadaily.com.cn/en/2016-03/07/content_23764514.htm A Chinese investor was last month given the green light to buy Australia's largest dairy farm company, with the finance minister saying he welcomed foreign investment "not contrary to our national interests". The sale of farmland to foreigners including to Australia's biggest trading partner China has been a sensitive issue, with Canberra in November blocking the sale of one of the world's largest cattle estates to Chinese companies. Chinese businessman Lu Xianfeng, who owns an Australian window-blind maker and founded a Shenzhen-listed engineering company, made a 280 million Australian dollar ($202 million) bid for the Tasmanian-based and New Zealand-owned dairy business in November. Australian Treasurer (finance minister) Scott Morrison said the Tasmanian Land Company (TLC) Group－which owns the 190-year-old dairy business Van Diemen's Land Company－had always been held by foreigners.
- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/62443272-0608-11e6-9b51-0fb5e65703ce.html#ixzz46KIizEPR A Chinese-led consortium has agreed to buy a historic Australian company that owns more than 1 per cent of the country’s vast landmass just months after Canberra blocked a similar deal led by the same prospective purchaser. Shanghai Pengxin Group has brought in Australian investors since the previous deal was blocked, but S Kidman & Co’s decision to sell most of its holdings to the consortium creates a political problem for Scott Morrison, Australia’s treasurer, who last week tried to delay approving Kidman’s sale beyond a general election on July 2. Under the proposed sale, Hunan Dakang, a company controlled by Shanghai Pengxin, would acquire an 80 per cent stake in Kidman with the remaining 20 per cent purchased by Australian Rural Capital — a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4a5c5fa-0dc5-11e6-9cd4-2be898308be3.html Canberra is poised to block a Chinese consortium from buying a historic Australian company that owns more than 1 per cent of the country’s vast landmass, highlighting growing unease over Beijing’s voracious appetite for foreign agricultural assets. Scott Morrison, Australia’s treasurer, said on Friday that he had told a consortium led by Shanghai Pengxin Group that his preliminary view was that the A$370m (US$285m) purchase of S. Kidman & Co was not in the national interest due to its “size and significance”.
- Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart is offering A$365m (US$277m) in conjunction with a Chinese partner for a historic cattle company that could test Canberra’s tolerance for Chinese investment after it turned down two previous bids for the land.https://www.ft.com/content/c1f29a6a-8df8-11e6-a72e-b428cb934b78
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2016-09/12/content_26767718.htm Chinese investors hold just 0.38 percent of Australia's agricultural land, said Scott Morrison,Australia's treasurer, on Wednesday, citing a report which he said should allay concern amongAustralian voters that the Asian nation is buying up farmland on a massive scale. A total of 13.6 percent of agricultural land is held by international investors, with 52 percent of thatowned by UK investors, Morrison said, citing the first report from the Agricultural Land Register.The US is the next biggest holder, followed by the Netherlands and Singapore with China fifth.
- China agriculture group eyes 'ambitious' Australia expansion (ft 7oct16) https://www.ft.com/content/209771b6-8b7f-11e6-8cb7-e7ada1d123b1
- Property
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20160411/00202_029.html澳洲外資檢討委員會公布，中國投資者於截至去年六月底為止的財政年度獲批准於澳洲買樓240億澳元（約1,405億港元），按年激增一倍，為期內澳洲樓市最大投資國，比美國及新加坡分別多逾兩倍及五倍。澳洲於上述財年批准外國投資970億澳元，房地產佔近一半。
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2015-12/08/content_22657502.htm Buyers of Australian property from the Chinese mainland are turning away fromSydney and Melbourne and looking at southeast Queensland where dwelling valuesare "compelling", according to John McGrath, chief executive officer of McGrathLtd. The company debuted on the Australian share market in Sydney on Monday.Sydney and Melbourne prices are at the end of the "growth cycle", McGrath said.Chinese demand had helped propel a surge in Sydney homes.After running up 47 percent in the three years to October, sending the value of anaverage Sydney house to about A$1 million ($730,000), home prices in the citydropped 1.4 percent in November. It was the biggest decline in at least five years.Prices are down as much as 15 percent from a year earlier.
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160117/00178_035.html 再有中國富豪在澳洲置業，據澳洲傳媒報道，中國連鎖超市永輝超市的老闆黃巧蓉（Huang Qiaorong，音譯）及其丈夫張軒松（Zhang Xuansong，音譯），兩人去年聖誕節過後以三千六百萬澳元（約一億九千萬港元）購入悉尼一幢海濱豪宅，售價為該年澳洲房產交易第六高。
- 黃向墨
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160227/00178_001.html 澳洲不時傳出有中國富豪在當地購置豪宅，澳洲傳媒日前披露，悉尼北郊一幢「山中之王」（King of the Mountain）豪宅，早前被一名澳洲籍華裔商人黃向墨以一千二百八十萬澳元（約七千二百萬港元）買下。報道揭發黃疑是廣東省兩名大貪官前揭陽市委書記陳弘平及前廣州市委書記萬慶良背後金主，與兩人關係密切。
- 澳洲悉尼環形碼頭火車站附近一個建築地盤，昨早發生大火，現場火光熊熊、不斷冒出黑煙，更傳出多下爆炸聲。多達六十名消防員到場灌救，約兩小時後控制火勢；最少有十三人吸入濃煙不適，但無須送院。據悉，起火地盤為澳洲籍中國商人黃向墨旗下公司所擁有。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180214/00180_015.html
- 曾多次向澳洲政黨捐款的中國富商黃向墨，因被指參與外國干涉行為，不獲澳洲政府批准入籍申請及撤銷居留權。他於周五首度開腔回應，強調沒有違法，批評否決申請的理據是「莫須有」，並要求自由黨及工黨退還二百七十萬澳元（約一千五百萬港元）的捐款。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190209/00180_014.html
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160318/00178_016.html 澳洲悉尼東部一幢擁有七十六年歷史的大屋，早前獲一個華人家庭垂青，以悉尼平均樓價九倍的價錢、共八百一十五萬澳元（約四千八百萬港元）買下，惟該買家隨後竟然打算把大屋夷平，重新興建一幢現代化房屋，引發當地的媒體關注。
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160406/00178_017.html廿四歲中國富二代林俊華（Jack Junhua Lin，音譯）本月初在當地首次置業，在著名富人區悉尼派珀角（Point Piper），斥資八百萬澳元（約四千七百萬港元）購入一間豪宅，據報是當地最年輕的中國投資者。
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160811/00178_006.html去年曾以三千萬澳元（約一億八千萬港元）購買澳洲度假勝地白日夢島（Daydream Island）的中金投資（集團）有限公司，據報再豪擲二千五百萬澳元（約一億五千港元），購下鄰近大堡礁、昆士蘭省的南莫里島（South Molle Island），料將開發成瞄準中國遊客的星級度假村。
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160911/00178_020.html全國人大常委會前委員長萬里的孫女萬寶寶，近日在社交平台Instagram上載照片，分享其乘坐私人飛機周遊列國等名媛生活。萬寶寶在北京、香港等地都有置業，她去年斥資一千零五十萬澳元（約六千二百萬港元）購得澳洲悉尼一處頂級公寓，惟據報她入住該公寓僅兩晚後，便將其出售。
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160930/00178_012.html中國投資者斥重金在澳洲買樓嗜好「彩頭」，一家中資企業近日買下澳洲悉尼市中心一幢辦公大樓，擬改建為二十四層高的豪華酒店和住宅公寓，並為討「發發發」好意頭，以88,888,888.88澳元（約五億三千萬港元）價格成交。
- https://www.ft.com/content/f89e81d6-4762-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996
Shanghai United Real Estate, a little-known Chinese property developer, is planning to invest more than A$1bn in Australia, shrugging off economists’ growing concerns about the emergence of a possible “housing bubble” in the main cities. The investments follow the group’s A$130m purchase last month of an InterContinental hotel in Double Bay, Sydney — a property that is famous as the location of the death of INXS singer, Michael Hutchence, in 1997. Shanghai United is the latest in a flood of Chinese developers to enter the Australian market as they seek to diversify overseas, amid diminishing returns in their home market.- 澳洲悉尼外郊豪宅區一幢佔地一千二百平方米的豪宅，近日以一千零八十五萬（澳元‧下同，約六千四百二十四萬港元），打破當地最高成交價，引起關注。澳洲媒體周日報道，買家相信是中國女首富、藍思科技始創人周群飛的及其丈夫鄭俊龍。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180529/00178_013.html
- 福建廈門一名女子兩年前透過當地一家中介公司，購買澳洲墨爾本一幢別墅，並支付三十六萬人民幣（約四十一萬四千港元）首期。她親身到墨爾本考察後，發現樓盤竟是一個杳無人煙的荒地，深感貨不對辦，於是要求取回首期，但開發商以違約為由，僅退還七萬多元人民幣（約八萬港元）。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190528/00178_019.html
- 澳洲警方早前與中國公安部合作，調查一名在中國涉嫌行賄，其後逃到澳洲並洗黑錢的中國富商。澳洲警方在上周六宣布，已經充公該富商在墨爾本的三個物業，共值四百二十萬澳元（約二千三百萬港元）。澳洲《太陽先驅報》報道，名為紀輝（Hui Ji，音譯）的中國富商現年三十二歲。二○一二年時，他在中國及另一人涉嫌詐騙投資者及賄賂建築業高層，其後用假名為張凱（Kai Zhang，音譯）的中國護照逃到澳洲。中國公安部要求澳洲警方協助追捕。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190609/00180_008.html
- 新加坡機構房地產私募股權投資公司SC Capital Partners宣佈，中國保利地產以2.7億澳元代價，向其買入一項位於澳洲悉尼南面中央商業區(CBD)的商業物業。SC Capital Partners稱，其代表旗下RECAP基金與保利澳洲簽約，向後者出售其在悉尼Goulburn Street 59號的商業物業權益。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2020/02/13/b04-0213.pdf
- investors from australia
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2015-09/14/content_21850520.htm Juwai.com may not be a household name in Australia, Europe or the United States,but in China it is the "must-go-to" site when looking for property overseas. Launched in 2011, Juwai.com now outranks all US websites combined, accordingto Baidu, China's version of Google, with 71 percent share of all Chinese online realestate sites. The site has 2.6 million monthly consumer visits from 315 cities in the Chinesemainland and 48 countries and regions around the world and has more than 2.8million listings from 89 countries. The seeds for Juwai, which literally means "home overseas", were sown by twoyoung Australians from Queensland five years ago over a couple of beers in HongKong. Simon Henry and Andrew Taylor had been working in real estate in Hong Kong andMacao since the mid-2000s.
- http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1893784/true-tales-australian-artist-william-yang-draws-out-inner
- http://www.afr.com/leadership/innovation/alibaba-billionaire-founder-jack-ma-gives-26m-to-university-of-newcastle-in-memory-of-australian-mentor-20170202-gu4fg3 Chinese businessman Jack Ma returned to the NSW city of Newcastle on Friday and gave the university $US20 million as a tribute to a local man, Ken Morley, who helped him on his journey from penniless youth to e-commerce tycoon worth $US28 billion. The money will fund a scholarship scheme to remember Mr Morley, a Newcastle electrical engineer who met the 15-year-old Mr Ma in Hangzhou while on trip to China in 1980 and became his friend, teacher and mentor.
- 居外網主席Georg Chmiel由○五年起投身地產業，過往曾擔任房地產網站公司REA集團和iProperty，以及澳洲房地產公司LJ Hooker的管理層。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20190912/00269_002.html
- http://www.economist.com/news/china/21601301-chinese-immigrants-are-remaking-entire-suburbs-australias-biggest-city-promised-land
- http://www.scmp.com/property/international/article/1620627/chinese-investors-keen-australian-hotels
- chinese immigrats increased to 450000 in 10 years hket 9feb15 a23
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160227/00178_003.html 澳洲有近一百萬名華人定居，外逃的貪官「非常容易地消失在澳洲各地龐大的華人社區中」，中國政府雖與澳洲聯手展開「追逃」行動，惟兩國至今仍沒有簽訂引渡條例。據了解，貪官主要循三種途徑逃至澳洲，一事先加入澳洲國籍，成為合法公民再在澳洲成立公司、開辦業務，出逃後就可高調、體面地生活，無後顧之憂；或是先將家人送出國讀書、工作，順道轉移資產，甚至會先讓家人取得澳洲國籍，出逃後以在澳人士家屬身份低調生活；第三則作為中國企業的中澳合作項目負責人，多次藉工作機會赴澳洲視察，並最終以工作為由拒絕回國。有澳洲華人會計師事務所負責人透露，中國外逃貪官的配偶及子女在當地活動非常隱密，澳洲地廣人稀，且注重隱私保護，有利貪官隱藏身份。有知情人士更表示，澳洲有許多專門為華人提供幫助的律師、移民中介，甚至地下錢莊，他們均會為顧客保密，亦不會太過問金錢的來源。
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160903/00180_017.html 據報道，參議員鄧參森（Sam Dastyari）的公幹開支超出國會津貼限額，故他向祝敏申開設的教育機構申請，要求為他繳付約一千七百澳元（約一萬港元）的餘額。澳洲司法部長回應事件，表示這並非政治捐款，只是參議員的私人貸款。祝敏申活躍於當地華人團體事務，曾在當地一份華文報章任職發行人。根據澳洲選舉委員會的資料，祝敏申經常向當地政黨捐款，包括自二○一○年起，曾經向工黨及自由黨捐款逾廿三萬澳元（約一百三十五萬港元）。
- 中國籍男子潘亞東（音譯，Yadong Pan）二○一七年底在澳洲開車撞死人，當地媒體報道，他因看不懂英文標誌牌而撞上另一部車，造成一人死亡、一人受傷。潘男周一（25日）因危險駕駛致他人死亡和嚴重傷害，被判監三年四個月，而且必須服刑兩年才有資格獲假釋，之後或會被驅逐出境。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190327/00180_022.html
- 澳洲悉尼西部阿什伯里區一個七人華裔家庭，昨晨在家中廚房慶祝復活節期間突爆炸，房屋大部分結構倒塌。五人成功逃離，兩名長者一度被困，最終被救出，全部人僅受輕傷。當局相信是煤氣爆炸，形容該家庭十分幸運。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200413/00180_032.html
- Racial discrimination
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160703/00180_023.html澳洲首都坎培拉法院最近裁定，坎培拉醫院的僱用政策涉嫌歧視一名在中國出生及受訓的醫生，需向該名醫生賠償四萬澳元（約廿三萬二千港元）。
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20161222/00180_024.html 澳洲墨爾本東部華人社區居民日前一覺醒來，發現座駕遭人惡意破壞，多達十六輛汽車車身遭人刮花，車窗被打破。其中一輛車的車頭，被劃上非裔黑幫名字「APEX」，暫未知是否該黑幫所為。
- sinologist
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2016-05/13/content_25248201.htm An early Sinologist from Australia, Colin Mackerras is still discovering China, especially itsancient art forms. Liu Xiangrui reports. Colin Mackerras was pursuing his master's degree at Cambridge University when he learnedthat foreign-language teachers were needed in China in the 1960s. He decided to give it a trydespite the different geopolitical conditions back then. His visits over half a century have resulted in hundreds of academic papers and dozens of bookswith views from within China and the West. An early Australian to follow Asian studies with a focus on China, Mackerras is today known asan established Sinologist. He had taken up Chinese studies at the behest of his mother.
- https://westernsydney.edu.au/ics/people/researchers/kay_anderson
chinese
- [precarious belongings] quoted anderson that chinatown has been a locus for renewal of white australian conceptions of chinese for over a century
- historical record
- http://www.chia.chinesemuseum.com.au/br_a_dobjects.htm
- in the 1980s and 1990s, real eastate agents made a lot of money by selling properties to hk investors and migrants who were anxious about the hk handover to china, but many of these have now sold up and either moved on or moved their assets back to china.
- chinatown
- https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3020498/oldest-chinatown-australia-faces-headwinds-suburban By the early 1860s many Chinese district associations had bought land there to build club rooms, which the Chinese community could use as meeting places, and soon the strip became Australia’s first Chinatown. After more than 160 years of boom and bust Little Bourke Street is still there. Buildings from the 19th and early 20th centuries still stand, and today it is a food and cultural hub. Chinatown’s survival is a testament to its ability to evolve, says Mark Wang, CEO and co-founder of Melbourne’s Museum of Australian Chinese History. Given Chinatown’s history and cultural significance, plans for a A$450 million (US$311 million) New Chinatown 14km east of the city, not surprisingly, met a mixed response from Melburnians. Some were excited at the prospect of a new food and business strip, while others were sceptical, and saw the development as a cynical exercise in cultural exploitation. The proposal follows a pattern of urban decentralisation and suburban development that is occurring in many of Australia’s cities.
- anti- english
- 澳洲有住宅發展商為吸引華人投資者，將悉尼北部一座價值三千五百萬澳元（約兩億港元）的新落成住宅屋苑命名為「翰林苑」，同時將刻上「翰林苑」三個中文字的大石匾設於當眼位置，未有以官方語言英文刻上名稱。此舉令當地民眾感到不滿，指發展商的舉動令他們感到被排斥；有議員促請屋苑呼籲增加英文石匾。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20171128/00180_022.html
- anti-chinese
- 澳洲悉尼內西區市郊街頭周一早上驚現多張模擬Pokemon GO遊戲卡的種族歧視海報，當中以誇張的醜化漫畫描繪中國人和黑人，並寫上「遞解他們出境」。有居民表示不能接受，警方稱會徹查事件。orientaldaily 12jul17
- 澳洲昆士蘭布里斯班近日發生多宗暴力犯罪案件，不少華人成為受害者。數百名華人周日走上街頭遊行，抗議暴力，要求政府解決治安問題。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190506/00180_019.html
- 有外國傳媒報道，在野工黨黨魁肖特在二○一五年談判時，曾代表工黨反對澳中自由貿易協議。但中國商人黃向墨支付五萬五千澳元（約三十三萬港元）與肖特共進午餐後，肖特即改變立場，支持「迅速通過」自貿協議。肖特周二透過發言人否認接收捐款影響該黨立場。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20171214/00178_021.html
- 澳洲國防部一名科學家，疑與中國航天企業有生意往來而遭調查。澳洲傳媒報道，該名科學家隸屬澳洲國防部下屬機構，曾通過安全檢查，能接觸機密訊息；他被發現與中國導彈研發機構存在商業往來的情況後而被調查，目前他已離開有關公司。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180327/00178_017.html
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2016/06/30/a23-0630.pdf澳洲各黨就 7 月 2日的大選拉 票進入白熱化階 段，近一個月以 來，澳洲華人圈 的網上論壇、微 博和微信公眾號 都被大選資訊「洗版」。華人議政 熱情明顯高於往年，但政治媒體質 素不足、真假資訊混雜，社交網出 現情緒化的謾罵。具從政經驗的華 人社區領袖接受本報專訪時表示， 華人應跳出「唐人街政治」，多接 觸主流資訊、積極參與主流政治， 發揮影響力。
- 澳洲將於下月舉行大選，愈來愈多政治人物開始使用中國手機社交應用程式微信，包括現任總理莫里森及在野工黨黨魁肖特等，向華人選民爭取支持。美媒指莫里森的微信帳戶由一名福建人持有，至於肖特的帳戶則屬一名山東人，兩人不願透露與微信帳戶有關的中國人資料。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190428/00180_006.html
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2019/05/16/a23-0516.pdf, https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190518/00180_009.html, https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190518/00180_010.html, http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20190518/PDF/a23_screen.pdf
- https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3051521/chinese-immigrants-went-australia-looking-gold
- [packers lunch] dr victor chang was kerry packer's surgeon (flew by helicoptor flight to operate on kerry packer after his accident at polo field.
- 趙佐榮教授是前澳洲新南威爾斯省，新英格蘭－
西北地方發展局成員（1993至1996），1997-2004 年接受澳洲聯邦政府《外交貿易部》委任為澳中理事會理事。200 5年至今，趙教授為中華人民共和國駐悉尼總領事館提供法律意見， 並且在2009年擔任中國人民銀行駐南太平洋辦事處特邀顧問；2 017年2月，趙教授獲澳州塔姆沃思市（Tamworth, Australia）市政府頒授國際商務榮譽大使。 趙教授分別在澳洲和中國的法學院兼課直至2013年。 他講授法律超過二十年講授法律的經驗， 並擁有中國及澳洲六所大學的榮譽法律教授資格。 趙教授專攻國際貿易法，移民和知識產權； 並與大衛費林特教授共同撰寫和編輯了《澳洲法律大全，第24卷》 、《國際貿易法》。亞洲開發銀行曾委任他為國際法律專家，分別於 1998年與2007年撰寫TA3302和TA4410專案報告 書。1997年6月30日， 澳洲政府特別服務電視台邀請他和另外兩位全國知名的漢學家現場評 述香港回歸的前景。1998年他和他合作的律師事務所兩度義務代 表亞裔，透過中文報章籌款，起訴一個國家黨種族歧視， 澳洲政府因此而修改憲法相關部份。他在《星島日報》（澳洲版） 有兩個專欄，逢周三和周六出版。book club email 2nov17 - 一名在香港出生、持難民簽證在澳洲居留的中國籍男子，涉嫌在澳洲阿德萊德經營一個大型賣淫集團，每日賺取多達二萬澳元（約十二萬港元）。他上周末被捕，被控八項洗黑錢罪名，法庭以他有機會潛逃中國為由，周二拒絕讓其保釋。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180614/00180_021.html
- 居於澳洲墨爾本的二十歲華裔青年伍習磊（Dillon Wu），今年十月在一家工廠當學徒時，被發現在一個油罐內昏迷，送院搶救後不治。涉事工廠事後被揭發有多達十一項高風險安全隱患，伍的家人希望警方可將工廠負責人繩之以法，還死者一個公道。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20181231/00178_016.html
- james lie, regional manager at village roadshow, an australian mass media and entertainment company hk tatler mar19
- 澳洲昆士蘭布里斯班一名受人敬仰的華裔醫生，周一深夜在家中車庫遭不明人士開槍襲擊、胸部中槍，送院後證實不治。槍手行兇後逃逸，警方認為案件是隨機犯案，有華人社區領袖指案件震驚社區。 事發於當晚十一時四十分左右，五十六歲皮膚科醫生曾路平（Luping Zeng，音譯）在麥格雷戈（MacGregor）的住所，把汽車泊入車庫。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190419/00180_024.html
- 內地「職業乞丐」疑登陸澳洲，維多利亞省警方近日拘捕七名中國籍人士，他們涉嫌以旅遊簽證到墨爾本中央商業區行乞，被控行乞及擁有涉嫌犯罪所得財物，扣查約一千澳元（約五千五百港元）款項，並將疑犯移交執法部門處理。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190706/00178_008.html
- 澳洲墨爾本警方日前拘捕了七名老年「職業行乞者」，懷疑他們有組織地持旅遊簽證，從中國赴澳，在當地乞討金錢。中國駐墨爾本總領事館上周六發聲明稱，正向當地警方了解核實有關情況，目前警方尚未正式確認被捕者是中國公民。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190707/00178_008.html
- scmp 26agu19 "a woman of colour" jenny kee australian fashion influencer
- 澳洲二○○三年在北韓貨船「峰秀號」（Pong Su）檢獲一百五十公斤、估值約一億六千萬澳元（約八億五千萬港元）海洛英，一度轟動全國。澳洲傳媒近日披露從未曝光的破案細節，揭開這宗與香港及澳門犯罪集團有關、屬國內當年最大宗海洛英走私案的神秘面紗。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20191010/00180_011.html
- https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3034256/chinese-women-australia-tackling-race-barriers-and-helping-their
- media
- 星島新聞集團昨結束澳洲業務，其澳洲子公司需要清盤。悉尼辦事處發行部主管邱先生向本報投訴指，昨晨香港集團董事代表及四名清盤公司代表到辦事處與全體員工會面，指因為生意問題，公司需要清盤，而且不會支付遣散賠償。他不滿公司要求員工向政府申請基金，需時二至三個月，並批評公司無良。星島承認結束相關業務；當地華人證實未能買到昨日星島日報澳洲版。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20200207/00176_039.html
- A group of private Chinese and Australian businesses have delivered 70 tonnes of medical equipment, including one million face masks from the Chinese city of Wuhan to Sydney, amid accusations that Australia’s medical supplies stockpile had been depleted after it made humanitarian shipments to Wuhan in January as the city battled a surge of coronavirus cases. The shipment, which included protective gear, goggles and medical gloves, arrived in Sydney’s Kingsford Smith airport on a Jinpeng Airlines cargo aircraft, flight Y87447. It was one of the first flights to depart Wuhan, after a months-long lockdown to stem the outbreak was lifted on Wednesday. Several businesses – including the Hainan-owned Jinpeng Airlines, also known as Suparna Airlines, China’s Jiuzhou Tong Pharmaceutical Group, and a local group of businesses led by Sydney entrepreneur Richard Yuan, who chairs the local Australia China Goodwill Association – funded the flight and the goods which had been sourced from different parts of China.https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3079181/coronavirus-australia-gets-1-million-face-masks-wuhan
taiwan
- 據澳洲傳媒報道，台灣與澳洲早年原有意簽訂自由貿易協定（FTA），但澳洲二○一五年與大陸簽訂FTA後，台灣與澳洲的FTA便一直遭到擱置。有消息指出，澳洲政府很可能為順利與香港簽訂FTA，才放棄和台灣合作。報道引述澳洲自由民主黨議員利昂傑姆指出，他早年到台灣訪問時獲知雙方將簽署FTA，但其後與前貿易部長羅伯確認時，對方卻指基於外交和貿易部門資源有限，將依順序處理與台簽訂FTA的事宜，惟一直沒有進展。利昂傑姆擔心，澳洲政府是受到大陸的壓力。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20171122/00178_004.html
- https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-abandoned-plans-for-taiwanese-free-trade-agreement-after-warning-from-china-20181024-p50bj5.html Australia walked away from plans for a free trade agreement with Taiwan after China warned any deal would hurt relations between Beijing and Canberra. Taiwan was on a list of economies the Coalition government was considering for bilateral trade deals but, in a series of meetings over 2017 and 2018, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi conveyed directly to former foreign minister Julie Bishop that China was opposed to Australia boosting formal ties with the government of President Tsai Ing-wen. "The Chinese government made it clear to me that circumstances had changed between Taiwan and mainland China and that China would not look favourably on Australia seeking to pursue a free trade agreement with Taiwan, as New Zealand had done some years ago," Ms Bishop told Fairfax Media.
- 據報道，澳洲政府與台當局於去年9月秘密簽署協議，澳方可把安置在瑙魯共和國具有緊急醫療需要的難民送到台灣治療。今年1月台灣已收治一批難民，當時有難民指控遭到不人道對待。知情人指出，「上次來台就醫難民不願離台，最後被強制驅離，鬧得很難看」。此外，對於外界質疑醫療費用是否由台灣埋單，台當局24日緊急澄清：相關費用由澳洲政府支付。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20180625/PDF/a17_screen.pdf
- investors from taiwan
- 台資飲品連鎖店「日出茶太」的澳洲公司Chatime Australia，涉向悉尼和墨爾本有十間分店少付員工約十六萬九千澳元（約九十萬港元）工資被起訴。調查指，日出茶太在當地擁有一百五十二名員工，當中有四十二名年輕員工、九十五名持簽證的員工遭剋扣工資。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20191219/00180_019.html
Hong Kong
- history
- https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2o8aj7b&h=ATMVBffKBvtYzE2WHaSivqwyx51GM8ydIyIOc83xd9WnBAKgZyr_M773Kl10Ff_-D-4oJxH60dIwh-TKlHmSgg6mq_ONZFnVAahefyk3H7qNNWVWWcgutX4qGRBRYgNoOcjpzMXvrDVtY5q5_ZHzJt9VRgSgifaMaF63h9G4_xvphVf6Ls_oaBy7IAufLxxLLUtM9z8U1uTvJ-Q9QNncfg2FcGiY4I18lZGyB4wOvOqzkhzOUtlpZa5fFIxN5tGCFdfrLQxkJS5Yg3Cq_fPQQL8_ include history of wing on, sincere, jardine, taikoo sugar
- scmp supp
- 26jan16
- 22sep17 australia and nz special
- Interview with scmp 8oct16
- hong kong australia business association https://www.hkaba.com.au/
- vic chapter http://www.hkaba-vic.com.au/
- south australian chapter http://www.hkabasa.asn.au/
- wa chapter http://www.ibcwa.org.au/directory/index.php?dirId=32
- queensland chapter http://www.hkaba-qld.com.au/
- http://www.lef.com.hk China-Australia Legal Exchange Foundation
- 澳洲中華經貿文化京流促進會 www.acetca.org.au
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2016/05/18/a22-0518.pdf
- leaders visit
- official visit to hk- 林郑月娥昨日在创新及科技局局长杨伟雄等陪同下，在机场政府贵宾室会见特恩布尔。特恩布尔是三十多年来，首名访港的在任澳洲总理。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20171113/PDF/a1_screen.pdf
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20151128/00176_023.html 澳洲首任城市及環境管理部長Jamie Briggs昨訪港，在港鐵總城市規劃經理廖頌基及港鐵中國物業總經理陳顯滬帶領下，參觀港鐵九龍站及附近商場設施，澳洲駐香港及澳門總領事Paul Tighe亦有陪同。Briggs更試搭機場快綫到香港站，期間與坐在身旁的陳顯滬自拍留念。
- http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1895981/piercing-eyes-australian-mp-jamie-briggs-quits-post-after-acting A late-night incident with a female public servant in a Hong Kong bar has led to the resignation of the Australian minister for cities and built environment. Liberal party member Jamie Briggs announced at a press conference Tuesday he was stepping down from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s ministry, saying his behaviour hadn’t met ministerial standards. “At no point was it my intention to act inappropriate and I’m obliged to note for the record that nothing illegal has been alleged or in fact did occur,” Briggs said. Briggs visited Hong Kong at the end of November as part of an international tour of major public transport systems. He toured Hong Kong’s MTR headquarters and posed with MTR non-executive director Victor Chan Hin-fu for photos on the Airport Express.
- Aug 2015 sced visit accompanied byho yiu hong of hkwcc (hkwcc 5th anni annual rep)
- 创新及科技局局长杨伟雄今日将前赴澳洲悉尼，于周四至周六进行三天访问，并与悉尼主管创新及科技的高层官员会面，加强香港与澳洲在创新及科技范畴的联繫。杨伟雄在悉尼期间，将会与当地主管创新及科技的高层官员会面，以加深认识澳洲的全国科技创新计划及推动创新的措施。他亦会参观澳洲联邦科学与工业研究组织旗下的Data61、两间培育中心及澳洲证券交易所，了解当地的研发工作、初创生态系统的最新发展，以及支持科技公司上市的措施。杨伟雄亦会出席两项庆祝香港特区成立20周年活动，星期五于澳洲工商总会伙拍香港驻悉尼经贸办举办的“香港20：发展与机遇”论坛上发表演说，星期六则为香港澳洲商会新南威尔士州分会举办的“香港20缤纷嘉年华”主礼。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20170906/PDF/a18_screen.pdf
- https://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/negotiations/a-hkfta/Pages/default.aspx
- https://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/not-yet-in-force/a-hkfta/fact-sheets/Pages/a-hkfta-outcomes.aspx
- hktdc resources
- https://hkmb.hktdc.com/en/1x0afljq/hktdc-research/closer-china-australia-economic-ties-opportunities-for-hong-kong
- http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-australia-fta-idUSKCN18C07F Australia and Hong Kong began talks to secure a free trade agreement, Australia's trade minister Steven Ciobo said on Tuesday, that he said would focus on securing increased access for service providers and could be firmed up within a year. Ciobo, who met Hong Kong's Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Gregory So in Hong Kong, said that while tariffs on Australian goods are already set at zero, talks would focus on improving access for financial, education, travel, construction, mining, energy and transport companies. Ciobo told Sky News that Canberra would "look and try to negotiate as comprehensive an FTA as possible over the next 12 months or thereabouts. If we can do it a little more quickly than that, that would be fantastic."
- http://economists-pick-research.hktdc.com/business-news/article/Research-Articles/The-Hong-Kong-Australia-Free-Trade-Agreement-Highlights-and-Implications/rp/en/1/1X32LK39/1X0AGZ9U.htm, https://hkmb.hktdc.com/en/1x0ah05v/market-spotlight/australia-set-to-open-gates-for-hong-kong
- Negotiations between Australia and Hong Kong on free trade agreement were concluded on Thursday, paving the way for the deal to come into force next year and ensuring Australia will have FTA's with seven of its top eight export markets. It will also guarantee certainty of access for guaranteed certainty of access for Australian suppliers of education, professional, financial, transport, construction, tourism and recreational services, he said.Senator Birmingham said the FTA would make zero tariffs a permanent feature of the trade relationship, increasing certainty for exporters and presumably boosting business to Hong Kong and beyond. https://www.afr.com/news/australia-hong-kong-finalise-free-trade-deal-20181112-h17trh
- 外電引述消息表示，長和（00001）與英國電訊商沃達豐（Vodafone）合營的沃達豐和記澳洲（VHA），與澳洲固網公司TPG達成合併協議，合併後，新公司的隱含企業價值將達150億澳元（約858億港元）。合併後，新公司名為TPG Telecom Limited，VHA將持50.1%股權，其餘49.9%由TPG擁有。新公司由VHA現任行政總裁Inaki Berroeta擔任行政總裁，TPG原有行政總裁David Teoh將成為新公司主席。VHA在澳洲設有5000個基站，TPG電訊則在澳洲擁有逾2.7萬公里光纖網絡，兩者合併後將成為澳洲三大電訊商之一。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20180831/PDF/b3_screen.pdf
- 長江和記(00001)海外併購計劃再遭遇挫折。澳洲競爭及消費者委員會（競委會）昨日公布，否決長和旗下澳洲電訊公司沃達豐和記澳洲（Vodafone Hutchison Australia，下稱VHA）與澳洲電訊商TPG Telecom的合併申請。兩間公司揚言會向聯邦法院提出上訴。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20190509/00202_022.html
- aviation
- http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2101593/australia-urges-hong-kong-open-skies-and-agree-free-trade Australia is urging Hong Kong to open up its skies and agree a free trade deal on aviation as experts warn the city risks being left at a “disadvantage” in a golden age of outbound Chinese travel. Beijing and Canberra last year negotiated an “open skies” deal to allow an unlimited number of flights between the two countries, but Hong Kong was not included as it negotiates its own air traffic rights under the Basic Law, the city’s mini-constitution. On Thursday, Steven Ciobo, Australia’s minister for trade, tourism and investment, pressed Hong Kong authorities to secure a “more liberalised” air traffic deal, claiming an agreement could be reached within current free trade negotiations.“Hong Kong has a tremendous amount going for it, but one area I think Hong Kong could do better in, to be honest, is in air services agreements,” he said. Ciobo was in town to support the launch of Virgin Australia’s direct flights between Melbourne and Hong Kong. Under the current arrangement, air traffic rights heavily favour Cathay Pacific Airways, which has taken all the available locally allocated slots and effectively sidelines competitor Hong Kong Airlines from operating to Australia’s major cities. Hong Kong Airlines’ predicament illustrates its ongoing struggle to compete on an equal footing.Cathay Pacific said it supported the government’s policy of progressive liberalisation. “Traffic rights are an important asset not to be traded lightly,” an airline spokesman said. “Hong Kong enjoys an important geographical position, and foreign carriers are naturally always interested in trying to secure added advantages.” Finding a way around existing rules, Hong Kong Airlines and Virgin Australia joined forces to serve the city and Australia. Last year, Hong Kong Airlines’ parent company, HNA, acquired a major stake in Virgin Australia.The two are arch-rivals of Cathay Pacific and Qantas, Australia’s national airline. On Thursday, Virgin Australia Group unveiled a plan to take on the two prestigious carriers in Hong Kong. Its CEO John Borghetti said Sydney, Brisbane, and another unnamed city – possibly Perth or Adelaide – were being considered for new Hong Kong flights.
- 澳洲航空公司維珍澳洲周四宣布，由於香港社會持續動盪，令近月的澳洲往返香港航班需求大減，加上武漢肺炎疫情令不確定性增加，公司將於三月二日之後永久停飛香港航線。 https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20200207/00176_029.html
- maritime
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160818/00178_019.html香港籍運煤貨輪「福建五星號」上月因商業糾紛被澳洲當局扣留，上周三被放行後並沒駛回中國，仍停在昆士蘭省沿岸（圖）。澳洲海事安全局其後派員登船，發現船主不但遺棄船上約四千萬澳元的貨物，更將廿名中國船員困在貨輪內「等死」。澳洲當局指，船主目前在香港，已聯絡香港海事處跟進。
- 寶威控股（0024）昨宣佈，旗下寶威物料（BCL）與於新加坡上市公司Alliance Mineral Assets Limited（AMAL）簽訂認購協議。BCL將以總代價1,957.5萬澳元（約1.2億港元），認購約7,481萬股認購股份，約佔經擴大後已發行股本約13.47%權益。AMAL為一間澳洲礦業公司，專門開發及開採鋰和鉭資源以及相關產品。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2017/10/05/b03-1005.pdf
- 立法會紡織及製衣界議員鍾國斌（Felix）喺社交網站貼文，見到佢去咗澳洲考察，但係一去到當地做研究嘅地方就嘆晒氣話嘥晒，原來因為覺得嗰度可以接單做貨！https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20190728/00176_068.html
- wine
- 據美國傳媒周一報道指，中國為報復澳洲的政治干預指控，以新海關規則來留難澳洲出口到中國的產品，令大量澳洲產葡萄酒滯留在中國港口。中國外交部昨日則回應指，中國海關和進口檢驗檢疫部門是按照正常的程序處理入關申請。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180529/00178_014.html
- elderly care
- 綠地香港控股公司（0337.HK）昨宣佈，與國內外知名機構聯手打造的上海首家阿爾茲海默症專業照護機構正式落地，首批料推出60張床位。數據顯示，目前內地阿爾茨海默症患者總人數約至800萬，且是全球患病人數增速最快的地區之一。綠地香港與澳大利亞莫朗國際健康集團（Provectus Care）、上海國際醫學中心共同投資的上海首家阿爾茲海默症專業照護機構，將針對老年認知症細分市場，定制具有國際頂級標準的照護服務模式。莫朗國際健康集團是澳洲最大的私立醫院和養老機構企業，在全球擁有120多家醫療及養老機構。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2018/03/13/b04-0313.pdf
- links with Chaozhou people in HK http://www.hkcd.com.hk/pdf/201504/0421/HA10421CSTA.pdf
- chow tai fook and far east consortium bid casino project
- http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1539226/hong-kong-firms-team-joint-bid-australian-casino-site
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2014/06/24/b01-0624.pdf
- http://www.businessnewsaus.com.au/articles/star-gets-casino-licence-for-queen-s-wharf.html
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20141125/00180_005.html 香港商人馮永祥旗下公司早前對澳洲Reef Casino Trust（RCT）提出收購，並計劃於成功收購之後，再在澳洲開恩茲展開新的大型賭場度假村發展計劃，惟收購計劃受挫。據指，馮永祥的收購案報價有效期是本月廿八日，惟昆士蘭省政府近日稱未能在限期前審批馮的收購計劃，意味收購很有可能擱置。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20141203/00180_019.html 香港商人馮永祥早前在澳洲昆士蘭省收購賭場受挫，昆士蘭省長紐曼昨日就此事回應稱，必須確保賭牌發予有聲譽的企業，不會因受壓而降低審查標準。昆省博彩當局亦表示，馮永祥旗下公司Aquis Casino Acquisitions沒有盡快提交當局所需的收購計劃資料，故該公司收購不成並非當局的過失，強調倉卒批核該計劃只會損害澳洲賭業。
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20160821/00176_027.html香港商人馮永祥在澳洲興建賭場的計劃觸礁。馮永祥日前接受澳洲傳媒訪問時親口證實，已經放棄向澳洲當局申請賭牌，在昆士蘭省開恩茲興建總值八十一億五千萬澳元（約四百八十億港元）的賭場度假村，而改為興建普通的度假村。馮永祥解釋，花費六年時間及大量資金後，由於全球賭業市場衰退，因此只好放棄興建賭場。
- http://www.afr.com/business/gambling/echo-entertainment-wins-2b-bid-to-build-brisbane-casino-20150720-gig108 An Echo Entertainment-led consortium has turned the tables on James Packer's Crown Resorts by winning a $2 billion bid to build a casino resort in Brisbane's Queen's Wharf precinct. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk named Echo, which owns Brisbane's only casino, as the state government's choice to help kickstart tepid economic growth. She said the Echo bid was the stand-out because of the better use of public space and because the consortium was ready to start straight away. "This development will transform Brisbane's CBD. Construction means thousands of jobs. Some 3000 during construction and 8000 ongoing jobs," Ms Palaszczuk said on Monday after cabinet signed off on the bid. Echo is developing the project with Hong-Kong based business partners Chow Tai Fook and Far East Consortium. Collectively it is known as the Destination Brisbane consortium.The trio beat a combined bid from Crown and China's state-backed property developer Greenland Group.
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/green-light-for-james-packers-2-billion-crown-casino/news-story/0ea0c95bfde6484bffcfe14d4d76dade?nk=1479526d171930c3d114bafe7799b0e5-1467183013
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2017/02/07/b02-0207.pdf 遠東發展昨宣佈，與其合作夥伴The Star Entertainment Group Limited 及周大福完成澳洲黃金海岸Sheraton Grand Mirage度假村收購。該項收購由遠東合作夥伴及銀行融資撥付，集團共投資約2,000萬澳元，並將擁有該合營企業的25％權益。
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20170614/00178_009.html澳洲富豪帕克（James Packer）旗下的皇冠度假集團（Crown Resorts）員工，涉嫌在中國宣傳及招攬大額賭客，到墨爾本皇冠賭場消費一案，涉案的十八人被中方拘留八個月後，日前正式遭起訴非法宣傳賭博，移交上海寶山區法院審理，該案將於本月廿六日開審。皇冠度假集團昨發聲明指，由於案件已移交法院審理，他們將不便評論。
- 澳洲富豪帕克（James Packer）旗下皇冠度假集團（Crown Resorts）再有高層人事變動，已服務集團十三年的Michael Neilson不再擔任公司秘書。orientaldaily 4jul17
- 澳洲博彩公司Star Entertainment公佈，注意到以鄭家純家族為首的周大福企業與邱達昌旗下遠東發展（0035）經已分別出資逾2.45億澳元（約14.78億港元），各認購Star Entertainment 4,582.5萬股，成為該公司具重要性的股東，兩間企業的持股量分別約為5%。Star Entertainment目前在澳洲悉尼及新南威爾士持有3個賭場牌照，分別為The Star Sydney、The Star Gold Coast及The Treasury Brisbane。此外，3家企業在布里斯本、悉尼及黃金海岸持有數個合營項目。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2018/04/17/b01-0417.pdf
- http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2015-08/27/content_21719641.htm Traditional Therapy Clinics Ltd which owns the Hong Kong-registered China Fuqiao Healthcare Co Ltd, will be listed on the Australian bourse on Monday. China Fuqiao Healthcare, in turn, holds a 100 percent stake in Fuqiao (Chongqing) Holdings Co Ltd, which is the fastest-growing foot therapy massage brand in China.
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20150905/PDF/b1_screen.pdf 雲頂香港（00678）公佈，公司已獲澳洲“ILGA”（新南威爾士州的博彩及酒類管理法機構）同意，收購澳洲Echo Entertainment超過10%的股權，但不可超過23%，公司會繼續向“OLGR”（昆士蘭州負責娛樂場監控法的當局）申請類似的同意書。在未獲“ILGA”及“OLGR”同意前，公司不可持有Echo Entertainment超過10%的權益。 Echo Entertainment為一家在澳洲註冊成立的公司，於澳洲證券交易所上市，並擁有及經營位於澳洲悉尼的The Star Casino、澳洲布里斯本的Treasury Casino and Hotel，及澳洲黃金海岸的Jupiters Hotel and Casino。
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/chinese-buy-nations-largest-dairy-van-diemens-land-company/story-fn91v9q3-1227566733334 The near-completed deal comes in the same week as federal parliament prepares to debate the Chinese-Australia free-trade agreement, and will be a test of Treasurer Scott Morrison’s attitude to foreign investment. Mr Hu and Mr Zhang through their respective companies, Ryoden Development and the Australia-registered Waratah Corporation, will each buy about 35 per cent of VDL from current owner New Zealand’s New Plymouth Council. The other third of Australia’s biggest single milk producer is set to be bought by the Lempriere Capital equity managers, linked to the Melbourne-based Lempriere family, noted wool traders. The deal is one of Australia’s biggest agricultural sales to foreign investors and will require approval by the Foreign Investment Review Board as it is significantly larger than the new $15m approval threshold set earlier this year. In 2012, the Lempriere group also organised the sale of Australia’s largest cotton farm and irrigation water holder, Cubbie Station, to another Chinese company, Shandong Ruyi, for $240m, retaining a 20 per cent stake for itself. Hong Kong-based Mr Hu and former Howard government communications minister Richard Alston, chairman of Waratah Corporation, visited Tasmania last week to inspect the 25 dairy farms owned by VDL.
- A new bidder has emerged for Australia's oldest dairy farm, the Van Diemen's Land Company (VDL) in north-west Tasmania, as the owners deny reports it has been sold to Chinese investors. A national newspaper has reported two Chinese investors are finalising the purchase of a majority interest in the company. But owners Taranaki Investment Management (TIML) said no stake had been sold and negotiations were continuing with several different investors, all of whom have signed confidentiality agreements. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-13/dairy-giant-van-diemens-land-scotches-reports-of-sale-to-china/6850480
- http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/67c7bbe2-9bfa-11e5-8ce1-f6219b685d74.html Chinese pharmaceuticals group Luye Medical will buy Australian private hospital operator Healthe Care Australia in a $700m deal that underlines the ambitions of China’s healthcare industry for expansion as well as its interest in acquiring expertise to bring home. Healthe Care is owned by private equity firm Archer Capital and operates 17 hospitals with more than 1,800 beds across Australia, the companies said in a joint statement on Sunday. The group is Australia’s third-largest private hospital operator.
- Ovolo hotel in sydney
- http://www.scmp.com/property/international/article/1904892/aoyuan-eyes-australia-and-wants-be-treated-local-down-under Keen to diversify domestic risks, cash-rich Chinese developers, including Guangdong-based China Aoyuan Property, are actively going overseas. Aoyuan has been targeting Australia recently and is determined to be eventually be treated like a local developer. Aoyuan bought its first overseas project in Sydney and set up an Australian office last spring. Jacky Chan, Aoyuan’s group vice-president and head of the Australian office, said Australia’s well-rounded education system and stable politics were the key factors that attracted Aoyuan to invest there. It is optimistic about increasing housing demand from wealthy migrants. “Australia has about 300,000 new migrants every year; these group are rich as they invested at least A$5 million (HK$27 million) to gain Australian residency and certainly they have needs to buy houses,” Chan said, adding that the large number of Chinese students in Australia was also a target market.
- http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/stuart-robert-tony-abbott-and-ian-macfarlane-gifted-250k-worth-of-watches-from-chinese-businessman-they-thought-were-fake/news-story/17fe6ab79143723fd80bf55397817d56 A CHINESE businessman gifted $250,000 worth of watches to a group of Liberal MPs one night in Parliament House — and they all thought they were fake. The fascinating tale of the big bucks bling has emerged after the Herald Sun revealed under-pressure Human Services Minister Stuart Robert gave back two watches he received from the Liguancheng Group back in 2013. Others who briefly had possession of the watches were Tony Abbott and his wife Margie. Backbencher Ian Macfarlane told the Herald Sun he was inadvertently wearing a $40,000 watch on his wrist after he was handed the gift at Parliament House out of a plastic bag. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/mp-stuart-robert-hosted-dinner-with-chinese-mogul-in-2013/news-story/77c9ba3af7b1c78ebe76af1fe067a000
- 香港上市公 司合生元（01112）去年九月斥資約9.9億 美 元 ， 收 購 澳 洲 維 他 命 生 產 商 Swisse Wellness大約83%股份，也是在香港融資。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20160524/PDF/a2_screen.pdf
- 在澳洲凱恩斯開設旅行社的港人李 偉傑http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20171017/PDF/a11_screen.pdf
- property
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20160630/00176_043.html有港人透過地產代理購買澳洲樓，落了港幣五萬元訂金後，翌日冷靜期期間擬撤銷合約，但代理竟拒絕退訂，聲言只能透過該公司轉購其他澳洲樓。立法會議員指在港推銷海外物業未必受本地法例保障，促請當局修例立法規管。
- 蔡志明bridge street building in sydney hket 5may17 d1
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20170821/00269_002.html有人更打三份工，成功儲到首期買洋樓
- 港媽Katy為了子女將來可在功課壓力較輕的國家接受教育，計劃明年舉家定居澳洲，並趁去年底港樓仍處相對高位時沽貨套現。近期澳元低水，她變相可節省大筆資金購入澳洲物業，目標買間大屋歎世界。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20200415/00269_002.html
- investors from australia
- http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20150926/PDF/b2_screen.pdf 澳交所日前宣佈，下周將在港開設辦公室，全面拓展亞洲市場。澳交所副行政總裁Peter Hiom表示，亞洲是全球增長最快速地區，亦是該交易所顧客流增長之源，因此藉?更靠攏其顧客，將讓澳交所提供更適時、更多資訊及更有競爭力的服務。事實上，澳交所上月已表明，將在本港建立直接連接樞紐，讓交易員能更快及更低廉成本，進入澳洲市場。
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20151031/00180_037.html 澳洲一名年輕女企業家，三年前在香港開設自家比堅尼品牌，乘着Instagram（下稱IG）的興起，邀請名人如Beyoncé及Ellie Goulding等在IG上載其品牌泳衣照後，成功打出名堂，今年更登上澳洲BRW年輕財富榜。三十歲的迪林（Erin Deering）與未婚夫兼生意拍檔，於二○一二年開設自家比堅尼品牌。公司首年盈利已近四千萬港元、翌年躍升至近兩億港元，原因是迪林邀請了在IG上擁數千萬計追隨者的名人如Beyoncé、Ellie Goulding及Kendall Jenner等，貼出她們親自示範比堅尼的照片，結果令產品大賣。迪林指IG是最佳的推廣平台，將產品交給一個擁有眾多追隨者的名人，便愈有機會將讚好轉化成銷售。
- Australia’s retail technology industry, Fusion Factory, announced last month the acquisition of Hong Kong-based company Purecomm.Established in Hong Kong in 2012 by current CEO Charlie Bodycote, Purecomm is one of the Asia Pacific’s leading retail technology companies. Retailers using Purecomm can offer click and collect, ship from store, drop shipping, in-store returns, cross-border shipping and the “endless aisle” feature.Purecomm gives Fusion Factory a presence in Asia, expanding its Asia-Pacific presence. The firm’s Comestri platform has drawn a great deal of interest from Australian, United States and United Kingdom companies looking to sell into the Asian market.https://hkmb.hktdc.com/en/1x0ajaes/venture-hong-kong/cyberstreet-comes-to-main-street
- australia hk company collaboration to enter mainland
- Hsin Chong Construction Group Ltd. ("Hsin Chong Construction Group" ; Stock code:0404.HK) today has signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with Sapphire Holdings Group ("Sapphire"), a renowned healthcare group from Australia. The signing of the MOU forges a strategic alliance for both enterprises to expand into the aged care market in Mainland China and Asia. The signing ceremony was held in Hong Kong, with the attendance of members of the Board and management teams of both signatories, representatives of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and the Australian Trade Commission. Under the MOU, Hsin Chong Construction Group and Sapphire will form a strategic cooperation. In view of the immense opportunities and advantages in the aged care living market in China and Asia, the cooperation is to develop national grade aged care residential areas and introduce the international health management concepts of Sapphire. At the same time, the cooperation aims to provide superior care and nursing care services covering medical, leisure and health management services to senior citizens in Mainland China and Asia. Joseph CHOI Kin Hung, Chief Executive Officer Designate of Hsin Chong Construction Group, said at the signing ceremony, "We initially plan to allocate some of the land under our large-scale property development projects to build national-grade aged care residential areas. Our integrated development project La Viva in Tieling, Shenyang and property projects in Shandong and Foshan all have sufficient space to plan and build aged care residential areas." The cooperation is to also explore related development opportunities in other areas of Mainland China and Asia. https://www.acnnewswire.com/press-release/english/25301/hsin-chong-construction-group-in-strategic-alliance-with-sapphire-holdings-group-to-expand-into-aged-care-market
- 澳富豪柬國掃盤港尋商機http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20181126/00269_002.html
- 澳咖啡師港開舖 http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20190121/00269_002.html
- 來自澳洲的地產界奇女子Victoria Allan，千里迢迢來港工作和創業，更斥資近5,000萬元買入整幢舊樓後翻新出租，回報數以倍計。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20190709/00269_001.html
- 報道指，昆士蘭大學學生會周三舉行「市集日」，有反修例示威者在早上十時開始舉行集會靜坐，又設置「流動連儂牆」讓路過的學生和民眾留下心聲字句。示威者要求港府撤回修例、成立獨立委員會調查香港警方處理六至七月集會示威的手法等。在場學生稱，一批中國內地留學生在接近中午時分，陸續來到現場並包圍示威者，未能離開的示威者開始唱歌，大陸留學生亦唱起國歌。期間一名戴口罩的男子企圖撕毀連儂牆及海報，並與示威者互相推撞，據報有示威者被叉頸攻擊，其後有警員到場維持秩序。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20190725/00176_014.html
- hk post80s couple emigrated to adelaide hket 22aug19 c5
- 工作假期陷阱處處 港人澳洲淪黑工http://news.stheadline.com/dailynews/content_hk/2014/09/12/300975.asp
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160629/00180_019.html澳洲公平工作委員會一項調查揭發，昆士蘭省一間農場中介公司，曾剝削近百名留學生及持工作假期簽證人士的薪酬，受害者當中包括香港人。中介公司在一年半內從中榨取近一萬六千澳元（約九萬二千港元），被揭發後承諾會全數發還欠薪。
- tourism
- 澳洲發港旅遊警示 http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20140930/00176_021.html
- Chinese Cuisine Training Institute exchange tour to Sydney http://www.hkcd.com.hk/pdf/201504/0420/HZ16420CSTA.pdf
Macau
- 早年在澳門娛樂場任職管理層的李俊傑，自2012年起在澳洲昆士蘭省物色農地，並朝着綜合旅遊項目發展，最終選址位於凱恩斯市，即大堡礁的所在城市。項目佔地逾600公頃，與澳門氹仔面積相近，總投資額逾40億港元。項目分三階段發展，分別為農莊生態遊度假項目、旅遊房地產，以及酒店公寓。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2017/10/16/b02-1016.pdf
- 澳洲警方昨日表示，該國前情報官員尤倫（Roger Uren）涉嫌在未經授權下，從工作場所取走及保留機密情報資訊，違反機密法被捕。尤倫之妻嚴雪瑞，被指與澳門房地產發展商吳立勝一同行賄聯合國大會已故前主席阿什，以獲取商業投資支持，在二○一六年被美國曼哈頓聯邦法官判處監禁一年八個月。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20191025/00178_002.html
online resources
- https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/
- https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
Great information
ReplyDeleteEvery sector you have covered in this news
here is another research to join on Galaxy Resources Please check the link: hhttps://forum.kalkinemedia.com/Thread/?tid=222&n=galaxy-resources-eyeing-on-battery-chemicals