australia government

Directory
- http://www.directory.gov.au/

Department of prime minister and cabinet
- https://www.dpmc.gov.au/national-security/2017-independent-intelligence-review


外交部
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20170302/00180_012.html澳洲外交部長畢曉普周三宣布，將會召回全球共一百一十三名駐外高級官員回國，商討及制訂未來十年的外交關係，包括平衡與美國及中國間的關係，為澳洲史上首次。

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (also called DFAT, ˈdiː.fæˑt, DEE-fat) is the department of the Government of Australia with the responsibility of the foreign policy, foreign relations, foreign aid, consular services, and trade and investment of the Commonwealth of Australia.The department finds its origins in two of the seven original Commonwealth Departments established following Federation: the Department of Trade and Customs and the Department of External Affairs, headed by Harry Wollaston and Atlee Huntrespectively. The department was abolished on 14 November 1916 and its responsibilities were undertaken by the Prime Minister's Department and the Department of Home and Territories. It was re-established on 21 December 1921. Until the Second World War, Australia's status as a dominion of the British Empire in the then British Commonwealth meant its foreign relations were mostly defined by the United Kingdom. During this time, Australia's overseas activities were predominantly related to trade and commercial interests, while its external affairs were concerned mostly with immigration, exploration and publicity.^[4] The political and economic changes wrought by the Great Depression and Second World War, and the adoption of the 1931 Statute of Westminster, necessitated the establishment and expansion of Australian representation overseas, independent of the British Foreign Office. Australia began to establish its first overseas missions (outside London) in 1940, beginning with Washington, D.C., and now has a network of over 80 diplomatic (and 22 trade) posts. The Department of External Affairs was renamed the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1970. On 24 July 1987, the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Trade were amalgamated by the Hawke Labor Government to form the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
- The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) is an Australian Government statutory authority that operates within the portfolio of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. ACIAR was established under the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Act 1982 (Cth), to assist and encourage Australian agricultural scientists to use their skills to identify and find solutions to agricultural problems of developing countries.

Australian Trade Commission (www.austrade.gov.au)

• Hong Kong site http://www.austrade.gov.au/Local-Sites/Hong-Kong

department of agriculture fisheries and forestry (formerly AQIS) http://www.daff.gov.au/
Department of Health http://www.health.gov.au/

• National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) http://www.nicnas.gov.au/
• Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances http://www.nicnas.gov.au/regulation-and-compliance/aics

Attorney-General
- The Critical Infrastructure Advisory Council (CIAC) is a joint government and industry advisory body that provides leadership for the Trusted Information Sharing Network (TISN) for Critical Infrastructure Resilience. It oversees the work of the Sector Groups, Expert Advisory Groups and Communities of Interest within the TISN, and advises the Australian Attorney-General on matters of critical infrastructure resilience. It is chaired by the Attorney-General's Department, which also provides secretariat support. 

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO; /ˈeɪzɪoʊ/) is Australia's national security agency responsible for the protection of the country and its citizens from espionage, sabotage, acts of foreign interference, politically motivated violence, attacks on the Australian defence system, and terrorism. ASIO is comparable with the British Security Service (MI5) and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Generally, ASIO operations requiring police powers are co-ordinated with the Australian Federal Police and/or with state and territory police forces.^[4] ASIO officers have the right to arrest and detain. After passage of the National Security Legislation Amendment Act 2014 by the Parliament of Australia, ASIO officers are exempt from prosecution for a wide range of illegal activities in the course of conducting "operations". ASIO officers may carry arms, and the Minister responsible has the ability under certain conditions to approve the provision of any weapon or training to any specified person, even outside of ASIO officers. ASIO Central Office is in Canberra, with a local office being located in each mainland state and territory capital.^[7] A new A$630 million Central Office, Ben Chifley Building, named after Ben Chifley, prime minister when ASIO was created, was officially opened by then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on 23 July 2013. 

- ASIO is a statutory body under the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 responsible to the Parliament of Australia through the Attorney-General. ASIO also reports to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, and is subject to independent review by the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security. The head of ASIO is the Director-General of Security, who oversees the strategic management of ASIO within guidelines issued by the Attorney-General. 

The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry was established on 14 December 2017 by the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd). The Governor-General issued Letters Patent which formally appoint the Royal Commissioner and outline the Terms of Reference for this inquiry. The Commissioner, the Honourable Kenneth Madison Hayne AC QC, is authorised to submit an interim report no later than 30 September 2018, and will provide a final report by 1 February 2019.​ ​
- The head of the financial ser­vices royal commission has laid down the law to the big banks on the inquiry’s opening day, warning lenders against persecuting witnesses and scolding them for failing to stick to a timetable to confess misconduct. The move came as the royal commission declared home loans, car loans and credit cards would be put under the microscope at its first public hearing next month, with the inquiry ­already uncovering evidence lenders may have breached the law by failing to treat borrowers “honestly and fairly”.https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/royal-commission-opening-salvo-puts-big-banks-onnotice/news-story/c6679738c222e0bd110ffeccd6a7fe66
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) http://www.csiro.au
- Government of Western Australia Department of Commerce www.commerce.wa.gov.au
- Therapeutic Goods Administration http://www.tga.gov.au/
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority http://www.apvma.gov.au/
- http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/

• http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/coproductions/partner_countries/china.aspx One of Australia’s newest co-production agreements, the treaty between Australia and China was signed in 2006, and is limited to feature films (or films of a like nature) only. Starting with a three-way co-production with Germany, The Children of the Silk Road, in 2006/07 the Australia/China relationship has produced three features with budgets totalling $44 million.

- corruption and whistle blowing related

• Icac new south wales
• Crime and misconduct commission queensland

National archive australia http://www.naa.gov.au


New south wales
- state records http://www.records.nsw.gov.au

queensland
- trade and investment queensland https://www.tiq.qld.gov.au/

• office in singapore

• suzanne ong, business development manager

south australia
- people

• alice jim 詹慧兰，south australian business development manager, australian trade and investment commission, australian cg in hk 24/f harbour centre alice.jim@austrade.gov.au

victoria
- government business office

• has office in hk (harbour centre)

Civil service

- http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/key-government-services-to-be-hit-with-australian-public-service-industrial-action-20160321-gnmzzp.html The federal government has warned of lengthy delays at international airports and limited access to welfare and taxation services as thousands of public servants launch strike action. Staff at 13 federal departments and agencies walked off the job on Monday morning as part of a rolling campaign designed to break a two-year deadlock on pay and entitlement negotiations.
- social media

•  http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/coalition-warns-public-servants-over-social-media-attacks/news-story/4c1294bac8e580e9b3a770682edcd40b
  The Turnbull government will today seek to impose restrictions on public servants criticising the Coalition on social media, warning that employees risk disciplinary action for “liking” anti-government posts or privately emailing negative mat­erial to a friend from home. Documents obtained by The Australian show public servants would also be warned they could be in breach of the public service code of conduct if they do not ­remove “nasty comments” about the government posted by others on the ­employee’s Facebook page. Under the new policy, liking or sharing anti-government material on a social media platform will generally be taken as an endorsement and as though the public servant had created the material. Even if a public servant shares a post they do not agree with, and puts an angry face emoji with the post, the employee could still be in breach if their opposition to the post is not made sufficiently clear. Declaring the code operates “in effect” to limit an individual’s right to freedom of expression, the ­government also warned public ­servants against posting criticism anonymously or under a pseudonym.

reshuffle
-  https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/pm-pushed-to-create-a-national-security-mega-department-ng-b88510328z Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is considering a major reshuffle that would give WA Federal Liberals an even more influential role in the coalition, as the Government prepares to forge ahead with a new national security mega department. In what would be a major shake-up of how Australia’s security bodies are governed, deep thought is being given to the possibility of bringing together the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Border Force and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation under one banner. With the Government expecting a report into the country’s intelligence agencies from former Department of Foreign Affairs chief Michael L’Estrange within weeks, some senior Liberals want Mr Turnbull to use this as a trigger for a reshuffle that would elevate Immigration Minister Peter Dutton to take charge of the new department, which would mirror the Home Office in Britain. That elevation for Mr Dutton would allow more sweeping changes and put WA politicians in line for more frontline positions in Cabinet.