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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 8 February 2010 Australia’s
Trade and Investment John Garnaut, “How MacBank Hit a
Great Wall in China”, The Sydney
Morning Herald, 7 August 2010.
Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/how-macbank-hit-a-great-wall-in-china-20100806-11oh6.html. G20 Natasha Brereton, “Global Deal Reached on New Bank Rules, The Australian,
13 September 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/industry-sectors/global-deal-reached-on-new-bank-rules/story-e6frg96f-1225920291829.
Greg Sheridan, “Distorted Vision of Future US-China Relations”, The Australian, 11 September 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/distorted-vision-of-future-us-china-relations/story-e6frg6zo-1225917582189.
Cameron Stewart, “As the US Wanes, China Gains”, The Australian, 6 August 2010.
Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/as-the-us-wanes-china-gains/story-e6frg6z6-1225901301983.
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 the 1990s |
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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 Peter Van Onselen,
“Gillard’s Mining Tax and Exercise in Political Survival”, The Australian, 2 August 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/gillards-mining-tax-an-exercise-in-political-survival/story-e6frg8zx-1225900825046 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
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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 1 November 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: Michael Gilding, “Miners the Real Faceless Men Who
Got Rid of Rudd”, The Sydney Morning
Herald, 12 August 2010. Available
at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/miners-the-real-faceless-men-who-got-rid-of-rudd-20100812-120xo.html. 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 Sean
Parnell and Rory Callinan, “Grim Reality of VD Ben
Robert-Smith’s Guts and Glory Obscured by Military Censors”, The Australian, 16 June 2011. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/investigations/grim-reality-of-vcs-guts-and-glory-obscured-by-military-censors/story-fn8r0e18-1226075945494. AP,
“Wikileaks: “We Won’t Be Threatened by Pentagon”, 16 August 2010. The
Sydney Morning Herald, Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/wikileaks-we-wont-be-threatened-by-pentagon-20100816-125na.html?autostart=1.
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 Clive Hamilton, “Tackle Big Coal at Your Own
Risk”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 3
February 2011. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/tackle-big-coal-at-your-own-risk-20110202-1adok.html. Mumble
Blog, “The Market Research Con”, The
Australian, 2 February 2011.
Available at: http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/mumble/index.php/theaustralian/comments/the_market_research_con/ John
Dickerson, “Live by the Polls”, Slate,
4 November 2020. Available at: http://www.slate.com/id/2273694?wpisrc=newsletter. Lara
Sinclair, “Murdoch Takes a Page Out of The Times’ New Subscription”, The Australian, 4 August, 2020. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/murdoch-takes-a-page-out-of-the-times-net-subscription/story-e6frg996-1225900804773. 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
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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 9 October 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 Michaela
Boland, “Getting into the Swing of Things with All His Arts”, The Australian, 9 October 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/getting-into-the-swing-of-things-with-all-his-arts/story-e6frg6zo-1225936193380. 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
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Issues and Sources of Information for
Committee Activities Last updated 1 December 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 Phillip
Coorey, “Abbott’s Credibility Challenge, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 December
2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/abbotts-credibility-challenge-20101130-18fdq.html. Ross
Gittins, “As Labor Spouts
Its Values, Gap between Rich and Poor Widens”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 December 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/as-labor-spouts-its-values-gap-between-rich-and-poor-widens-20101130-18f99.html. Jennifer
Hewett, “Labor’s Measured Bet of Putting the Money
on Shorten”, The Australian, 13
September 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/labors-measured-bet-of-putting-the-money-on-shorten/story-e6frg8zx-1225919815926.
Nick
Bryant, “Politicians on the Straight and Narrow”, The Australian, 14 August, 2010.
Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/commentary/politicians-on-the-straight-and-narrow/story-e6frgd0x-1225905120036 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 Sean
Nicholls, “Dysfunctional, Corrupt and Rotten, the Rnd
is Finally Nigh for Labor”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 September 2010, Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/dysfunctional-corrupt-and-rotten-the-end-is-finally-nigh-for-labor-20100901-14nng.html?autostart=. Imre Salusinszky,
“Maxine McKew ‘Defied Tammany Hall’ and Paid
Price”, The Australian, 26 August
2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/election/maxine-mckew-defied-tammany-hall-and-paid-price/story-e6frgdbf-1225910117640. 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 Greg
Sheridan, “Baillieu Shows Guts on Greens”, The Australian, 18 November 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/baillieu-shows-guts-on-greens/story-e6frg6zo-1225955203217. AAP.
“Victorian MP Craig Langdon Names Bill Shorten among ‘Faceless Men” behind
His Demise”, The Australian, 26
August 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/victorian-labor-mp-craig-langdon-names-bill-shorten-among-faceless-men-behind-his-demise/story-e6frg6nf-1225910388357 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/victorian-labor-mp-craig-langdon-names-bill-shorten-among-faceless-men-behind-his-demise/story-e6frg6nf-1225910388357 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 West- ACCCI Western
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