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Past Media Releases

Past Austrade media releases are displayed below.

 

Other trade-related media releases and speeches are available from the Minister for Trade, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC).

 

Articles and other commentary from Austrade’s Chief Economist available in Economist’s Corner.

2007 Media Releases

Dubai doffs hat to Aussie milliners 30 Mar 2007
As Dubai gears up for the world’s richest horse race, the Dubai World Cup, six Aussie milliners are jockeying for position to outfit the city’s top spending fashionistas at one of the biggest millinery exhibitions in the region.
Digital age helps Aussie bands break into US music industry 23 Mar 2007
Digital tools are helping an increasing number of Australian artists boost their profile and break into the crowded and highly competitive US market.
PopKomming to Australia 21 Mar 2007
International music industry guru, Katja Bittner, Director of the world’s leading meeting place for the music industry, Germany’s Popkomm, is coming to Australia for a two day Austrade seminar (2-3 April) to talk about how Australian acts can tap into the estimated 11 billion euros market.
Austrade comments on business sentiment as dollar hits 80 cents 21 Mar 2007
Now the Australian dollar has hit over 80 cents, its highest level in a decade, Austrade, the Australian Government’s export promotion agency said most Australian exporters do not let exchange rate fluctuations affect their business plan.
Salt opens in Japan: exporting big business for restaurateurs  19 Mar 2007
Austrade has praised Aussie chef turned restaurateur, Luke Mangan for his entrepreneurship, as he forges a new meaning to the term ‘chain restaurant’ and opens Salt in Japan next month with others planned for Hawaii and the US.
SA businesses to build on strengths with Western Europe 16 Mar 2007
SA businesses should build on their strengths in the ICT, services to government, biotechnology, defence and security, sports science and administration, and premium wine sectors to win more business in Western Europe according to Austrade’s Frankfurt-based Senior Trade Commissioner, Peter Rasmussen.
Export or expire- Savvy SA businesses make it work 16 Mar 2007
South Australian businesses are successfully going global to increase their competitiveness and reach, according to Austrade’s Frankfurt-based Senior Trade Commissioner, Peter Rasmussen.
Melbourne Businesses to hear how to win business in Western Europe 16 Mar 2007
With a total market of 490 million people and imports (from outside the EU) worth around A$1.7 trillion dollars per year, Western Europe is an export destination Victorian businesses should seriously consider according to Austrade’s Frankfurt-based Senior Trade Commissioner, Peter Rasmussen.
Geelong businesses to hear how to win business in Western Europe 16 Mar 2007
With a total market of 490 million people and imports (from outside the EU) worth around A$1.7 trillion dollars per year, Western Europe is an export destination Geelong businesses should seriously consider according to Austrade’s Frankfurt-based Senior Trade Commissioner, Peter Rasmussen.
Aussie assault on US music industry secures beachhead at ‘mother of all’ music festivals 15 Mar 2007
Almost thirty Aussie bands (six times more than five years ago) from around the country are taking part in South by Southwest as the centrepiece of this year’s “Aussie assault” on the US music industry, presented by the Australian Music Collective and Austrade’s LA-based Australian Music Office.
New FTA will help Australian business turn Japanese 14 Mar 2007
Business awareness of current Australia-Japan Free Trade Agreement negotiations underway must be increased according to Austrade’s Chief Economist Tim Harcourt who said there is far more awareness of China negotiations.
D-Day: Aussie assault begins as Vic, WA bands land in LA to play The Troubadour, West Hollywood 12 Mar 2007
Three up-and-coming acts from Victoria and one from WA play The Troubadour for the first event of this year’s “Aussie assault” on the US music industry, presented by the Australian Music Collective and Austrade’s LA-based Australian Music Office.
Sydney steps up for Aussie assault on US and South by Southwest 9 Mar 2007
UP-and-coming Sydney acts Josh Pyke and The Presets join the Hoodoo Gurus and another 10 local bands next week for this year’s ‘Aussie assault’ on the US music industry at the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas.
Toga wraps Western Europe in Aussie hospitality 8 Mar 2007
A uniquely Australian form of hospitality, the home away from home apartment hotel, is taking off in Western Europe with Toga Hospitality the first Australian owned hotel group venturing into the market with the launch of one of Copenhagen’s largest apartment hotels.
V’nice Art NT artist to show at world famous Biennale 7 Mar 2007
Northern Territory artist, John Mawurndjul, has painted his way into history becoming the first aboriginal artist to show at Cornice Art Fair a new event on the art world’s calendar and part of the prestigious Venice Biennale, this year.
WA’s Wild Child says muchas gracias  6 Mar 2007
WA’s Wild Child entrepreneur, Leanne Preston, is itching to share the latest achievement of her natural head lice products- cracking the lucrative Spanish paramedical market.
Manufacturers form large percentage of Australian exporters 6 Mar 2007
Austrade’s Chief Economist Tim Harcourt has told a conference of industry leaders that Australian manufacturing exporters are confident about orders picking up in the next 12 months despite the relatively high exchange rate.
New partnership to help business in China 28 Feb 2007
Austrade and Sydney-based firm Gray & Perkins Lawyers have formed a partnership to help Australian businesses looking to develop business and export opportunities in China.
Too big for this world: Aussie assault on the US includes Second Life virtual gig 28 Feb 2007
Australian bands are on their way to the United States for an all out assault on American shores, the Austrade-supported showcase of local music taking in LA, New York, and SXSW07 – the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference 2007 in Austin, Texas in March.
Rain Man taps Western Europe markets 27 Feb 2007
Tasmania’s rainwater entrepreneur, Duncan McFie, is taking the world’s markets by storm with his innovative rainwater drink, King Island Cloud Juice, sending its second shipment of 13,000 bottles to Spain in the next few weeks.
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