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The Trade and Investment Policy Committee is the engine
room of the Chamber; it provides the theoretical direction for the
Australia-China economic interface. In
the early years this was principally exports and imports, and by the mid
1980s joint-venture investments became a major focus. During the 1990s, with Issues and Sources of Information for Committee Activities Last updated 19 June 2010 G20 US President Obama’s letter to G20, dated 16 June 2010, is available
at: http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/PresidentObamaLettertoG-20061610.pdf?sid=ST2010061800193.
Author unknown, “We Have Just Entered Act II of the Drama”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 June
2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/we-have-just-entered-act-ii-of-the-drama-20100611-y1rs.html.
Robert J. Samuelson, “Why the U.S. Should Support Europe’s Rescue
Package”, The Washington Post, 24
May 2010. Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/23/AR2010052303826.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions.
“Why China Is the Key to Europe’s Debt
Crisis”, The Australian, 30 April.
2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/why-china-is-the-key-to-europes-debt-crisis/story-e6frg71x-1225860371890 Does the EU have too many representatives
at the G20? http://www.smh.com.au/business/world-business/wto-boss-warns-eu-to-sharpen-its-g20-voice-20100329-r5i7.html. Rakteem Katakey, “India Taps Forex Reserves
to Buy Energy Assets”, The Sydney
Morning Herald, 19 March 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/india-taps-forex-reserves-to-buy-energy-assets-20100318-qiiy.html. Sebastian Mallaby,
“Currency Spat Reveals a Nervous Chinese Autocracy”, The Washington Post, 19 March 2010. Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031803045.html?wpisrc=nl_pmopinions Bruce Grant, “Reversing the Global
Retreat”, The Sydney Morning Herald,
9 March 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/reversing-the-global-retreat-20100308-psmh.html. John Durie, “ASIC Chief Has Tough Job at
Helm of Financial Stability Board”, The
Australian, 11 January 2010.
Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/asic-chief-has-tough-job-at-helm-of-financial-stability-board/story-e6frg9io-1225818065637. Reuters, “Global Financial Regulations
Overhaul Seen in 2010”, The Sydney
Morning Herald, 6 January 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/global-financial-regulation-overhaul-seen-in-2010-20100106-ltyh.html. Margot Schüller, Yun Schüler-Zhou, “China’s Economic
Policy in the Time of the Global Financial Crisis: Which Way Razeen Sally is Director of the European
Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) and wrote a blog on US and
EU trade policy, with comments about a possible revival of a transatlantic
free trade area. It appears on the
ECIPE Internet site, 4 December 2009 (http://www.ecipe.org/blog/a-transatlantic-free-trade-area)
as well as on East Asia Forum, 2 January 2010 (http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/01/02/a-transatlantic-free-trade-area/). The final communiqué of the London Summit
dated 2 April 2009 is available at: http://www.wcoomd.org/files/1.%20Public%20files/PDFandDocuments/Highlights/G20_Final_London_Communique.pdf World Bank Institute, ‘Protectionism
a Threat to Global Recovery, Say Emerging Market Policymakers’,
including links to a podcast and video, 6 April 2009. Permanent URL for
the page: http://go.worldbank.org/7VBCP5GXQ0.
See also ‘Trade Protection: Incipient but Worrisome Trends’ by Elisa
Gamberoni and Richard Newfarmer, http://siteresources.worldbank.org/NEWS/Resources/Trade_Note_37.pdf. A short evaluation of the causes of the
global financial crisis by David Hetherington of Per Capita, which, as stated
in their homepage –http://www.percapita.org.au – is an
independent progressive think tank dedicated to building a new vision for
Australia, is entitled “Less Ideology, More Economics” and was made available
on 3 April, 2009 by The Australian
at: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25281576-7583,00.html.. A full set of communiqués and final reports
from the London Summit 2009 (the G-20 Meeting) can be obtained from the home
page http://www.g20.org/index.aspx. Official photographs, including the
reception hosted by Her Majesty the Queen and the dinner for heads of
delegations, both on Wednesday 1 April, plus photographs of the meeting the
following day can be obtained from: http://www.londonsummit.gov.uk/en/media-centre/media-library/photos/. Commentary on the future of the G-20 in The Australian: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25537556-7583,00.html. A more extensive opinion in the form of a
7,700 word essay by Simon Johnson, a professor at MIT’s Sloan School of
Management who was the chief economist at the International Monetary fund
during 2007 and 2008, is to be published in the May issue of The Atlantic, but it is available
online now. It is entitled: “The Quiet
Coup”: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/imf-advice. Note that Hetherington and Johnson have
quite different points of view, but bring out similar remedies for the
crisis. A paper by Professor Leong H. Liew entitled
China and the
Global Financial Crisis analyses the impact of the global financial crisis on China’s domestic
economy and considers the central government’s initial responses to the
crisis. Published on the Internet by
the Lowy Institute 13 February 2009. An article written by Mark Landler contains
reference to a number of concerns expressed as early as March 2005 of the
possible consequences of the continuing debt incurred by the US from its
substantial export-import deficit with the People’s Republic of China. The link to the article is contained in the
title: Chinese Savings
Helped Inflate American Bubble. Note that the page containing this article
also has links to previous articles exporting the causes of the financial
crisis and a more recent one entitled: “Cracks in US-China Relations Are
Widening Again in Crisis”. Asia Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) Innwon Park, “Regional Trade Agreements in
East Asia: Will They Be Sustainable?” Asian
Economic Journal, Vol. 23, No. 2 (June 2009), pp. 169-194. This includes an analysis of an APEC-level
regional trade agreement. Available
online at: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122452499/PDFSTART?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0. ACCCI Opinion Paper: “Reshaping APEC – Is It Really Necessary” by John Zerby China and the World Trade
Organisation Julia Ya Qin, “Trade, Investment and
Beyond: The Impact of WTO Accession on China’s Legal System”, The China Quarterly, No. 191 (September 2007), pp. 720-742. Available for online purchase at: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?iid=1346944. Huang Dongli, “Commentary on ‘Trade,
Investment and Beyond’”, The China Quarterly, No. 191 (September 2007),
pp. 742-744. Available for online
purchase at: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?iid=1346944. China’s Accession
to the World Trade Organisation: Impacts on China and East Asia, by Andrew Straus (Student Essay on China). Some implications of the collapse of the
Doha Round of trade negotiations by C Fred Bergsten: Summary available at: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/61212/c-fred-bergsten/rescuing-the-doha-round. Related Chamber Documents from
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The Commercial
Committee, since 1976, has always been the “meat and potatoes” of ACCCI
activities. It is where all the
colourful “ To give it a more
flexible direction and structure, the Executive Committee decided to sign
co-operative agreements with a small number of provinces and cities. Subsequently this became the original Key
Cities Strategy with a specific emphasis on the four broad categories of
industries known as: ·
Urban Services ·
Rural Industries ·
Infrastructure ·
Commercial Culture A more complete
description of the Key Cites Strategy is available on the Internet site. Refer to: Issues and Sources of
Information for Committee Activities Ian Verrender,
“Big-Talking Giants May Come Down with a Thud”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 July 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/bigtalking-giants-may-come-down-with-a-thud-20100712-107yl.html Asher Moses,
“Chinese Cyper Attackers Hit Optus”, The
Sydney Morning Herald, 15 April 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/chinese-cyber-attackers-hit-optus-20100415-sgm8.html Matt Chambers,
“Macarthur’s Shares Soar as Even Its Rejected Suitors Brush Up for Bidding
War”, The Australian, 13. April 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/macarthurs-shares-soar-as-even-its-rejected-suitors-brush-up-for-bidding-war/story-e6frg8zx-1225852940497. Mitchell
Bingemann, “Huawei Enlists Former Politicians in Its Bid for NBN Work”, The
Australian, 19 January 2020. Available
at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/huawei-enlists-former-politicians-in-its-bid-for-nbn-work/story-e6frgakx-1225820993248. “The Realities of Doing Business in China”,
remarks by David Eldon, Chairman
of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited at the Asia
Society/HKABA Luncheon, Sydney, 3 February
2004. In portable
document format;. in Microsoft Word. There are many commercial opportunities in Transcript of interview with Michael C. H. Jones by the International
Business Daily, which is published by the Ministry of Commerce of the
People’s Republic of China. A letter
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Since 1989, various events covered
by the media in Recent Media Releases Refer also to the “Speeches and
Media Releases” tab on the home page Last updated 29 July 2010 Brad Norington, “Times Change in Fine Print
War in New York”, The Australian, 1
May 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/times-change-in-fine-print-war-in-new-york/story-e6frg6so-1225860801235. Guangdong Sub-Council of the China Council for
the Promotion of International Trade celebrates the 50th anniversary since
its foundation. Click here for
letter of congratulations from the Chamber. A short DVD of Nanjing and Jiangning District of
Nanjing was made available by the delegation that visited Issues and Sources of Information for Committee Activities Business Ethics and
Corporate Governance Reports
and comments on the Stern
Hu Case: Michael Sainsbury,”’Conflict of Interest’ in Focus in Trial of
Rio Tinto's Stern Hu”, The Australian,
19 April. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/conflict-of-interest-in-focus-in-trial-of-rio-tintos-stern-hu/story-e6frg9df-1225855615105. Comment by Julie Bishop: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/blogs/the-bishops-gambit/harsh-lessons-from-stern-hus-trial/20100331-rbus.html. Background information: http://www.smh.com.au/business/rio-workers-steel-for-verdicts-but-spotlight-on-industry-20100327-r3mo.html http://www.smh.com.au/business/hu-just-roadkill-on-the-economic-superhighway-20100329-r8d6.html. Comment from the Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304370304575151612455202950.html. Other
Business Ethics and Corporate Governance Issues: Sean Parnell,
“Party’s Over for Liberal MP”, The
Australian, 20 May 2010. Available
at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/partys-over-for-liberal-mp/story-e6frg6z6-1225868871536 “Good Ethics is Good Business”, a paper by
Stephen Cohen, School of Philosophy, University of New South Wales. Click here
for a copy (10 pages in
portable document format). Freedom of Information Ben Saul, “Condemned by Faceless Accusers
and Secret Evidence”, The Sydney
Morning Herald, 7 June 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/condemned-by-faceless-accusers-and-secret-evidence-20100606-xn26.html. Matthew Moore, “Premier Tells Ministers to
Obey New FOI Act”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 May 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/premier-tells-ministers-to-obey-new-foi-act-20100523-w42z.html. Michael Sainsbury, “China’s Propaganda
Machine Busy as Media Indulge in Google-Bashing”, The Australian, 29 March 2010.
Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/chinas-propaganda-machine-busy-as-media-indulge-in-google-bashing/story-e6frg996-1225846613083 Reuters, “Web
Censorship: Clash of the Behemoths”, The
Sydney Morning Herald, 13 January 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/web-censorship-clash-of-the-behemoths-20100113-m6d6.html Human
Rights and Equal Opportunity Paul Sheehan, “Rudd’s Electoral Cracks
About to Open Further”, The Sydney
Morning Herald, 9 June 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/rudds-electoral-cracks-about-to-open-further-20100609-xugc.html?autostart=1. George Williams, “Human Rights: People with
Power Don’t Want to Give It Up”, The
Sydney Morning Herald, 27 April 2010.
Available at:
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/human-rights-people-with-power-dont-want-to-give-it-up-20100426-tn7b.html Brennan Report: “China-Australia Human Rights Technical
Cooperation Program”, background information by Mr David Robinson, Human
Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, with introduction by Michael C.H.
Jones, dated August 2002. Click here for both documents. David Robinson’s background information
updated as at 5 July 2007: Click
here for this document in Microsoft Word. “Human Rights
Fundamentalisms”, by David Kinley.
This is the Inaugural Lecture for the Chair in Human Rights Law at
Sydney University, delivered 6 December 2006 with the text made available by
the author that included updates as at February 2007. In
portable document format. Information from
the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on matters relating to global and
regional bodies that are advancing human rights priorities. Link to the document is: http://www.dfat.gov.au/hr/. Information on human rights and equal opportunity in
Australia’s aid program is available at: http://www.ausaid.gov.au/china/hrtc_program.cfm. Non-Government Organisations Deborah Snow,
“Power Saga Contorts a Community’s Face: The Standing of a Peak Chinese
Australian Body is Under Threat”, The
Sydney Morning Herald, 20 March 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/power-saga-contorts-a-communitys-face-20100319-qm5j.html. Workshop with
Lanzhou delegation. Click here for photographs, and Workshop with Beijing China Ministry of
Agriculture. Click here
for photographs. Rule
of Law (including Corporate Governance) Sarah-Jane Tasker, “Tell China We Deal from
Different Deck”, The Australian, 15
February 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/in-depth/tell-china-we-deal-from-different-deck/story-e6frgah6-1225830279397.
John Garnaut,
“Children of the Revolution”, Sydney
Morning Herald, 13 February 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/children-of-the-revolution-20100212-nxjh.html Various agencies,
“China Jails Dissident Liu for 11 Years”, The
Sydney Morning Herald, 26 December, 2009.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/china-jails-dissident-liu-for-11-years-20091225-lf23.html Stuart
Washington, “Litigation Lessons for ASIC”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 December 2009. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/litigation-lessons-for-asic-20091225-lexv.html. “A Leaner, Tougher
and more Experienced Chamber steps up to the Plate”, by Michael C. H. Jones. In portable
document format. Rule of Law and Culture, by Michael C H Jones, President ACCCI Convergence and the Judicial Role: Recent
Developments in China, by J J
Spigelman, AC, Chief Justice of New South Wales. Other Issues The
Times,
“Publication of Afghan Informant Details Worth the Risk: WikiLeaks Founder
Julian Assange”, The Australian, 29
July 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/publication-of-afghan-informant-details-worth-the-risk-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange/story-e6frg6so-1225898273552. Rodney Tiffen, “You Wouldn’t Read About It:
Climate Scientists Right”, The Sydney
Morning Herald, 26 July 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/you-wouldnt-read-about-it-climate-scientists-right-20100727-10t5i.html. Fred Kaplan, “Not the Pentagon Papers”, Slate, 26 July 2010. Available at: http://www.slate.com/id/2261780/pagenum/all/#p2. Elizabeth Farrelly, “Where the Dickens Is Our
Lost Morality?”, The Sydney Morning
Herald, 22 July 2010, Available
at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/where-the-dickens-is-our-lost-morality-20100721-10l2l.html .Hamish
McDonald, “The Choice Is As Simple As ABC”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 July 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/the-choice-is-as-simple-as-abc-20100716-10e3l.html. AFP/AAP, “Australia’s Top Diplomat Expelled
from Fiji”, The Sydney Morning Herald,
13 July 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/australias-top-diplomat-expelled-from-fiji-20100713-108an.html. Scott Rochfort, “Rupert and Prince Chase an
Arabian Fox”, The Sydney Morning Herald,
8 July 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/rupert-and-prince-chase-an-arabian-fox-20100707-100ne.html. Recent statements from the Fiji Government
online portal: Australian Foreign Minister’s comments exaggerated, 30
June 2010: New Media Decree part of Government reforms, 1 July
2010: New Media Decree clear on investment, 1 July 2010. News Limited attacks Fiji economy over media decree, 6
Jul 2010: PM Condemns Australian Government statement 7 July
2010: Fiji still honoured to partner the USA, 7 July 2010: Scott Rochfort, “Rupert and the Prince
Chase an Arabian Fox”, The Sydney
Morning Herald, 8 July 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/rupert-and-prince-chase-an-arabian-fox-20100707-100ne.html. Managing media coverage: Defence White Paper: Smart phones for social networking: |
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From the very beginning in September
1976, the Chamber recognised that cultural differences can have an impact on
trade and on mutually beneficial relations.
The first trade mission to The contrast or hurdle between rule
of law through the separation of powers in The Chamber used the full range of
“devices” to bring business people together in those early years and thereby
to scratch the surface of understanding at the small to medium levels of
commercial activity. This is the
reason for ACCCI’s historical involvement in sport and particularly dragon
boat racing and rugby union football.
A cross-cultural plan took shape to help introduce dragon boat racing
to the young people of Issues and Sources of
Information for Committee Activities Last updated 29 May 2010 Soft Power International Strategies Priority: Peter Hartcher, “When Indian Students
Suffer, Australia Risks Being Scarred for Life”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 April 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/when-indian-students-suffer-australia-risks-being-scarred-for-life-20100412-s3zh.html. Bonnie S. Glaser and Melissa E. Murphy, Soft Power with Chinese Characteristics,
Centre for Strategic and International Studies. 2008. Available at: http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/090310_chinesesoftpower__chap2.pdf. National Cultural Strategies Jacqueline Maley, “Bishop Enters Battle
Against Secular Ethics Classes”, The
Sydney Morning Herald, 14 April, 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/bishop-enters-battle-against-secular-ethics-classes-20100413-s7pp.html. Other Priorities Lera Borditsky, “Lost in Translation”, The Wall Street Journal, 24 July
2010. Available at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703467304575383131592767868.html?mod=WSJ_hp_us_mostpop_read Tom Reilly, “Storm Row: ‘News Has the
Ethics of Big Tobacco’”, The Sydney
Morning Herald, 21 July 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/storm-row-news-has-the-ethics-of-big-tobacco-20100720-10jj3.html?autostart=1 Politics, Big Money and Sport Rowan Callick, “Director Slammed for ‘White-Out’ of Legendary Gallipoli Sniper Billy Sing”, The Australian, 6 May 2010. Availalble at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/director-slammed-for-white-out-of-legendary-gallipoli-sniper/story-e6frg6nf-1225862770626 Sally Neighbour, “Battle Against the Burka
Is Not Based on Bigotry”, The
Australian, 26 April 2010.
Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/battle-against-the-burka-is-not-based-on-bigotry/story-e6frg6zo-1225858120834. James Spigelman, “When Laws Clash with
Culture”, The Sydney Morning Herald,
16 April 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/when-laws-clash-with-culture-20100415-shfy.html. Phillip Coorey, “How the West Was Lost: A
Lack of Faith in Civilisation”, The
Sydney Morning Herald, 12 April 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/how-the-west-was-lost-a-lack-of-faith-in-civilisation-20100411-s0ow.html Rowan Callick, “The Cold Steel Behind
China’s Soft Power”, The Australian,
13 March 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/the-cold-steel-behind-chinas-soft-power/story-e6frg6z6-1225840205283. John McDonald, “Political Paymasters Starve
Our Galleries”, The Sydney Morning
Herald, 15 January, 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/political-paymasters-starve-our-galleries-20100114-ma0a.html. Letter to the Chamber from A1 Team
Australia and a letter to A1 Team Australia from the
Prime Minister. “Looking to London 2012” from The Australian. The link to the
article is: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/beijing_olympics/fullmedaltally/0,27717,,00.html. The Sydney Conservatorium of
Music, together with the Australian Centre for Asian Art and Archaeology,
will present a symposium from Thursday 8 April to Saturday 10 April 2010. The theme is “Preserving Tradition Facing
the Future in Asian Musical and Visual Cultures”. Details are available from: http://www.music.usyd.edu.au/international/symposium/theme.shtml. Olympic Precincts Conference presented by
the Sydney Olympic Park Authority and supported by Metropolis Congress 2008
and the Australian Centre for Olympic Studies at the University Technology
Sydney on Wednesday 22 October 2008 at the Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic
Park. Details of the Congress and full
registration details maybe found at:www.metropoliscongress2008.com. A set of three media articles on
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Information for Committee Activities Last updated 29 July 2010 2010 Election Issues and Strategies Federal http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/gillard-waits-in-the-wings-20100318-qi86.html http://www.joehockey.com/mediahub/speeches.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_state_election,_2011 http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/voters-take-baseball-bat-to-the-ballot-box-20100319-qm9x.html http://www.barryofarrell.com.au/ http://www.andrewstoner.com.au/general/nsw-nats-team/nsw-nats-team.htm: Victoria Sydney
City Council http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Council/Councillors.asp. Global Institutions The Changing
World Order WTO UN Report Global
Food Crisis The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has a
page on its Internet site devoted to the global food situation. This includes
a list of available reports, key topics and media announcements. It is available at: http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/wfs-home/en/?no_cache=1. Toi Crest, “There’s a Food Crisis Coming”, The Times
of India, 19 December 2009. Available
at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Theres-a-food-crisis-coming/articleshow/5354969.cms. The World Bank’s World Development Report 2008 is
devoted to “Agriculture for Development”.
Available for download at: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/WDR_00_book.pdf. Climate Change Ross Gittins, “Hot Air Obscures the Real
Climate Change Story”, The Sydney
Morning Herald, 1 May 2010,. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/hot-air-obscures-the-real-climate-change-story-20100430-tz9w.html?rand=1272635032469. Hugh Bredenkamp and Cathrine Pattilo,
“Financing the Response to Climate Change”, International Monetary Fund Staff
Position Paper No. 6, 25 March 2010.
Available at: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/spn/2010/spn1006.pdf. Sid Maher, “World Cool on Rudd’s Clean Coal
Funding”, The Australian, 29 March
2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/world-cool-on-rudds-clean-coal-funding/story-e6frg6nf-1225846623758. Australian
Department of Energy, Resources and Tourism has an Internet site devoted to
energy efficiency opportunities, giving the results of the analysis of data
(referred to that First Opportunities)
reported by large energy-using corporations to the government and the public
in December 2008. The site also has
links to the March newsletter and to an overview of the Energy Efficiency
Opportunities Program: http://www.ret.gov.au/energy/efficiency/eeo/Pages/default.aspx. Ross Gittins,
“Libertarians Silent on Insulation Bungle”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 March 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/libertarians-silent-on-insulation-bungle-20100228-pb4m.html?rand=1267360524927 The World Bank’s World Development Report 2010 is devoted to the theme:
“Development and Climate Change. It is
417 pages in length and requires 62.7 MB.
The permanent URL for downloading all or portions of the report is: http://go.worldbank.org/BKLQ9DSDU0. Lenore Taylor, “How the Rich-Poor
Chasm Sank Copenhagen Summit”, The
Australian, 13 February, 2010. Available
at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/opinion/how-the-rich-poor-chasm-sank-copenhagen-summit/story-e6frgd0x-1225829865899 Lowy Institute for
International Policy is launching three papers on climate change: “China and the Global Environment: Learning from the Past, Anticipating the
Future” available at http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=1186. “Comprehending Copenhagen: A Guide to the
International Climate Change Negotiations” available at http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=1177. “The Mekong: River under Threat” available
at: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=1188. The United
Nations Draft Decision -/CP.15, referred to as the Copenhagen Accord, is
available at: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2009/cop15/eng/l07.pdf. “Garnaut Climate Change Review – Interim
Report to the Karl Hallding,
Guoyi Han and Marie Olsson, “China’s Climate- and
Energy-security Dilemma: Shaping a New Path of Economic Growth”, Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, Vol. 8, No. 3
(2009). Available online at: http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jcca/article/view/63/63. Andreas Oberheitmann and Eva Sternfeld, “Climate
Change in China – The Development of China’s Climate Policy and Its
Integration into a New Internhttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/the-long-voyage-to-a-refugee-solution/story-e6frg6z6-1225888678893ational Post-Kyoto Climate Regime”, Journal
of Current Chinese Affairs,
Vol. 8, No. 3 (2009). Available online
at; http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jcca/article/view/63/63. National Governments Australia Tony Barrass, “The Long Voyage to a Refugee
Solution”, The Australian, 7 July
2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/the-long-voyage-to-a-refugee-solution/story-e6frg6z6-1225888678893 David Uren, “China Risk to Exports
Bonanza”, The Australian, 23 June
2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/china-risk-to-exports-bonanza/story-e6frg8zx-1225882978543. John Black, “Wealthy Greens the New DLP”, The Australian, 5 June 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/wealthy-greens-the-new-dlp/story-e6frgczf-1225875396658.
Kerry O’Brien, “Class: the Issue No One
Wants to Talk About”, The Sydney
Morning Herald, 1 June 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/class-the-issue-no-one-wants-to-talk-about-20100601-wumo.html.
Dan Harrison, “Scrap Study Themes, Coalition
Says, and Bring in ‘Mainstream’ Topics”, The
Sydney Morning Herald, 26 May 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/scrap-study-themes-coalition-says-and-bring-in-mainstream-topics-20100525-wb67.html.
Gary Johns, “Government
Without a Cause, Attacking Its Friends”, The
Australian, 29 April 2010.
Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/government-without-a-cause-attacking-its-friends/story-e6frg6zo-1225859601078. Biographical information about the author
can be obtained from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Johns. Niki Savva, “Rudd
Revenge on ALP Agenda”, The Australian,
27 April 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/rudd-revenge-on-alp-agenda/story-e6frg6zo-1225858519372
“The Bishop’s Gambit”,
Julie Bishop’s opinion blog in “National Times” at http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/blog/the-bishops-gambit,
Paul
Cleary, “With Resources in the Driver’s Seat, It Could Be a Bumpy Ride”, The Australian, 10 April. 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/with-resources-in-the-drivers-seat-it-could-be-a-bumpy-ride/story-e6frg8zx-1225852027869.
Diplomacy in Ruins: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/diplomacy-in-ruins/story-e6frg6z6-1225845879881
plus http://accci.com.au/BlueRibbonPanelReport.pdf
and http://www.accci.com.au/ACCC
Lowey Institute Media Release.pdf. Of potential relevance to international
trade cases: Telecommunications: Defence spending: Max Sulch,
“Spymaster Stirs Spectre of Covert Foreign Activities”, The Australian, 20 March 2010.
Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/spymaster-stirs-spectre-of-covert-foreign-activities/story-e6frg6z6-1225842681065.
Text of the Prime
Minister’s essay entitled ‘Pain On the Road to Recovery’ at http://www.smh.com.au/national/pain-on-the-road-to-recovery-20090724-dw6q.html?page=-1, and
commentary-in-response by the Leader of the Opposition entitled ‘Rudd’s Debt
to Burden Future Generations’ at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/Media/LatestNews/tabid/110/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/546/Rudds-debt-to-burden-future-generations.aspx: ‘Reformed COAG in a One-Stop
Co-Op’, a comment on the meeting of the Council of Australian Governments by
Australia’s Prime Minister: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25715209-5013480,00.html. The text of the
speech by the Prime Minister of Australia at Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore
on 29 May 2009 is available at http://www.pm.gov.au/media/Speech/2009/speech_1041.cfm. Prime Minister’s speech on Security and Defence - Australian White Paper http://www.pm.gov.au/media/Speech/2008/speech_0468.cfm and associated press conference http://www.pm.gov.au/media/Interview/2008/interview_0470.cfm. Commentary on security strategy: Sally Neighbour, “Slow Progress on Security
Strategy”, The Australian, 26
December 2009. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/slow-progress-on-a-security-strategy/story-e6frg6zo-1225813625427. Final report of the Australia 2020 Summit: MS Word
6.9MB or PDF
5.1MB, with lower resolution versions available from http://www.australia2020.gov.au, as
well as index and downloads by chapter. Transcript of Kevin Rudd’s speech at
Beijing University is available at: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23511584-5013947,00.html. The central organising principle
underpinning the national agenda of economic reform is boosting Australia's
long term global competitiveness. Link
to a speech by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23440627-5016654,00.htm. A related commentary on productivity as a
key element for Rod Eddington has been appointed Chairman
of Infrastructure The Minister for Defence, the Hon Joel Fitzgibbon MP, announced that he
commissioned a new Defence White Paper.
Link for details: http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/Fitzgibbontpl.cfm?CurrentId=7444. Media report on statement by Greg Combet MP
for Charlton/Newcastle and Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23275914-31477,00.html. The Federal Government will consider new
tax breaks to encourage businesses and universities to join forces in a bid
to double A copy of the International Integrity Act
2007, which enforces United Nations Security Council sanctions is available
at: http://www.comlaw.gov.au/ComLaw/Legislation/Act1.nsf/0/43C34CE521706650CA25742B000F8491/$file/1472007.pdf. The Federal Minister for Trade, the Hon
Simon Crean MP, announced a comprehensive review of Australia’s export
policies and programs. Link for
details: http://www.trademinister.gov.au/releases/2008/sc_018.html. Note also the link to the minister’s speech
on Australia-Japan relations: http://www.trademinister.gov.au/speeches/2008/080123_anzbc.html. The Hon Stephen
Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Joint Press Conference with Chinese
Foreign Minister, 5 February 2008.
Link to document is: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/transcripts/2008/080205_jpc.html. Presentation by
Mr Sam Gerovich, Australian
Consul-General, Tax
Review Papers and Publications Papers on the Australia’s Future Tax System
A list of factsheets is available at: http://taxreview.treasury.gov.au/content/Content.aspx?doc=html/pubs_factSheets.htm. Commissioned Papers
Subscribe to receive important updates on the review Commentaries on Tax Reform David Uren, “Henry Urges Wider
Profits Tax”, The Australian, 22
June 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/henry-urges-wider-profits-tax/story-e6frg6nf-1225882484014. Heather Ridout, “Pilloried Tax
Is a Step in the Right Direction”, The
Sydney Morning Herald, 10 June 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/pilloried-tax-is-a-step-in-the-right-direction-20100609-xwq2.html. AAP, Rivers of gold to pay for Australians' golden years, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 May
2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/rivers-of-gold-to-pay-for-australians-golden-years-20100502-u0yt.html. A copy of the Asprey Review, which is the
tax review that preceded the current tax review, is available at http://purl.library.usyd.edu.au/setis/id/p00087. Politics of the Henry Tax
Review and the superannuation question: Matthew Franklin, “NSW Premier
Kristina Keneally Links Tax Plan to Health”, The Australian, 10 March 2010.
Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/nsw-premier-kristina-keneally-links-tax-plan-to-health/story-e6frgczf-1225838901286. George Megalogenis, “Howard’s
Tax Cuts Frustrate Rudd’s Reforms”, The Australian, 26 December 2009.
Available at:http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/howards-tax-cuts-frustrate-rudds-reforms/story-e6frg6zo-1225813625078.
A short note on Federal-State
finances during the 2009-2010 (recession) budget, which may make a useful
comparison with the proposals contained in “Australia’s Future Tax System”,
is available at: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25686748-2702,00.html. New Zealand Tim Dick, “NZ Takes a ‘Smooth
Path’ to Emissions Trading”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 May 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/nz-takes-a-smooth-path-to-emissions-trading-20100521-w1up.html State
Governments New
South Wales Peter Martin, “Stimulus Packages Prop Up
Building Industry”, The Sydney Morning
Herald, 17 June 2010. Available
at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/stimulus-packages-prop-up-building-industry-20100616-ygev.html. Louise Hall, “Auditor Warns of Scope for
Fraud in State Agencies”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 June 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/auditor-warns-of-scope-for-fraud-in-state-agencies-20100615-ydbj.html. New South Wales Government Budget 2010-2011
homepage is at: http://www.budget.nsw.gov.au/ Sean Nicholls, “Who’s Who in the Lobby Game
Is Everyone’s Business”, The Sydney
Morning Herald, 20 May 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/whos-who-in-the-lobby-game-is-everyones-business-20100520-vlit.html. Louise Hall, “They Ran the State, and Now
in Retirement They’re Running Up Bills”, The
Sydney Morning Herald, 30 April 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/they-ran-the-state-and-now-in-retirement-theyre-running-up-bills-20100429-twms.html. Matthew Moore, “Into a Sea of Trouble”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 April
2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/into-a-sea-of-trouble-20100423-tj3x.html. Call for inquiry: Coal Industry growth re Newcastle as
"the world's largest coal export port": Competing industries: Environmental costs re peoples health: Josephine Tovey and Andrew West, “Act Quickly Or Be
Paralysed, Councils Warn”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 March 2010. http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/population-boom-means-double-trouble-for-the-west-20100317-qfq0.html. The
Sydney Morning Herald,
“Think, Revive and Thrive: A State Vision”, 11 March 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/think-revive-and-thrive-a-state-vision-20100310-pzei.html. Matt O’Sullivan, “Train Project Goes Off the
Rails”, The Sydney Morning Herald,
11 March 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/train-project-goes-off-the-rails-20100310-pz8l.html. Brian Robins, “Demotion for Events NSW as
Macdonald is Handed the Reins”, The
Sydney Morning Herald, 10 March 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/demotion-for-events-nsw-as-macdonald-is-handed-the-reins-20100309-pvuj.html Kristina Keneally, Premier of New South
Wales, announced the Metropolitan Transport Plan – Connecting the City of
Cities on 22 February 2010. The
announcement is available at: http://www.accci.com.au/MTP.pdf. List of Current Ministers of
the New South Wales Parliament, with photos, brief profile, telephone numbers
and email addresses: http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/V3ListCurrentMinisters. Chamber briefings to NSW Government
representatives. Powerpoint
presentation: NSW-China Briefing. (426KB) Queensland Tony
Koch, “Gordon Nuttall’s Daughter Evicted in ‘Vendetta’”, The Australian, 9 July 2010.
Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/gordon-nuttalls-daughter-evicted-in-vendetta/story-e6frg6nf-1225889581845. Transport and logistics: Changing attitudes toward
cabinet solidarity in Queensland: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25716480-5013479,00.html Tasmania: Matthew Denholm, “Premier
Backflips on Power-Sharing”, The
Australian, 14 April 2010.
Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/premier-backflips-on-power-sharing/story-e6frg6zo-1225853389798. Victoria Lauren Wilson, “John Brumby Caves in on
Graft”, The Australian, 3 June
2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/john-brumby-caves-in-on-graft/story-e6frg6nf-1225874750801. Ewin Hannan, “Union Abandons Labor in
Favour of Greens”, The Australian,
1 May 2010. Available at:, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/union-abandons-labor-in-favour-of-greens/story-e6frg6nf-1225860821505. Western
Australia Patricia Karvelas, “Julia Gillard’s Special
Health Deal for the West”, The
Australian, 31 July 2010.
Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/julia-gillards-special-health-deal-for-the-west/story-e6frgczf-1225890964082. Richard Ackland, “Hey Hey, It’s a Very Sad
Day for Justice”, The Sydney Morning
Herald, 11 June 2010. Available
at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/hey-hey-its-a-very-sad-day-for-justice-20100610-y0cz.html. City
Governments State of Australian Cities Property markets Matthew Moore, “Cut To Developer Levy Will
Send Rates Soaring”, The Sydney Morning
Herald, 11 June 2010. Available
at: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/cut-to-developer-levy-will-send-rates-soaring-20100610-y0ms.htm. Greater Sydney Municipal Governments Mathew Moore, “Population Boom
Means Double Trouble for the West”, The
Sydney Morning Herald, 18 March 2010.
Available at. http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/population-boom-means-double-trouble-for-the-west-20100317-qfq0.html. Public
Feedback is invited in reference to the draft of Sustainable Sydney 2030 strategy.
The introduction by the Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP is available at: http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/2030/documents/LMCMMP.pdf.
A download of the plan is available at:http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/2030/theplan/Downloads.asp. Briefing paper from the City of
Parramatta: http://www.parracity.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/12851/Community_Hubs_Briefing_Paper_26-09-07_website.pdf. “Mr Rudd, Why Did You Forget Parramatta”,
media release by Chiang Lim, Deputy Mayor of Parramatta, 16 March 2010. Available at: http://www.chianglim.com.au/news/media_releases/prime_minister_rudd_dont_take_parramatta_for_granted/menu_id_115.html. Further to above letter, “Chiang Lim Goes
to Federal Cabinet”. Available at: http://www.chianglim.com.au/blog/blog/chiang_lim_goes_to_federal_cabinet/menu_id_106.html. Diane Bartok, “Lord Mayoral Vote Vetoed”, Parramatta Adviser, 24 March
2010. Available at: http://parramatta-advertiser.whereilive.com.au/news/story/popular-vote-vetoed/. Internet addresses of
strategically positioned Greater Sydney Municipal Governments: Hunter and Central Coast - ACCCI Northern Sydney Region -http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/region/profiles/Hunter.htm and http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/region/profiles/Central+Coast.htm Western Sydney- ACCCI Central
Sydney Region - http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/region/profiles/westernsydney.htm. Blue Mountains and Central
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