Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has today announced that the ‘effects test’ will be introduced into the Australian Competition and Consumer Act. Introducing the test will change Section 46 of the Competition and ...
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Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng and Australian Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb signed the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement on behalf of their own government in Canberra, Australia on June 17. Australian Prime Minister ...
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China and Australia signed a long-awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on June 17 in Canberra, Australia. The agreement ensures 85 percent of all Australian exports enter China tariff-free and 95 percent when the deal is in full force. ...
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China is looking forward to a China-Australia free trade agreement being signed this year, President Xi Jinping said when meeting with Australian Governor-General Peter Cosgrove on Monday. "The two sides should work to sign and approve ...
In the wake of the hepatitis A outbreak in Australia, the government has supported plans for the introduction of country-of-origin labeling. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott had asked his cabinet members to draft a legislation ...
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott began waging a war against red tape, even launching a website dedicated to the notion. The deregulation of the country’s medical device and pharmaceutical industries has been included in that ...
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Freedom Foods signs dairy deal with China’s New Hope Group Australian food manufacturer Freedom Foods and its major shareholder the Perich Group have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with China’s ...
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Dairy and meat industry boost from new China FTA deal A new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has been finalised between Australia and China, with the Australian dairy and meat industries expected to benefit. Australian Prime Minister Tony ...
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The free trade agreement (FTA) to be signed by Australia and China is expected to provide the former's dairy farmers tariff-free access to the latter's infant formula market over the next four years. Australian Government sources were ...
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China and Australia have signed a free trade agreement which intends to scrap tariffs on products such as dairy, beef, seafood, wine, fruit and vegetables. With this deal, the Australian farmers will get a tariff-free access to the ...
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Two months ago, Freedom Foods' Pactum Dairy Group commissioned a new $45m UHT (aseptic) dairy beverage facility in the northern Victorian city of Shepparton for manufacture of high value added dairy beverages for key customers in China and ...
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Former federal government minister Greg Combet has been appointed South Australia’s automotive transformation coordinator in a role that will see him oversee the evolution of the industry over the coming years. The appointment ...
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott and senior government ministers are holding talks with Toyota in a bid to ensure the car maker remains in Australia following Holden's decision to cease local manufacturing in 2017. Coming a day after Toyota ...
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Holden chairman and managing director Mike Devereux says no decision has been made on the future of the car maker's Australian manufacturing operations. Speaking to the Federal Government's Productivity Commission?in Melbourne, Devereux ...
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Holden chairman and managing director Mike Devereux is appearing at the Federal Government's Productivity Commission into the car industry this morning, with an announcement on the car maker's local manufacturing future expected. ...