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Past Media Releases

Past Austrade media releases are displayed below.

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

2009 Media Releases

US Healthcare Technology Company Selects Sydney as its Asia-Pacific Headquarters (Ministerial) 19 May 2009: Trade Minister Simon Crean today welcomed the decision by United States healthcare and technology company, Entra Health Systems to choose Sydney as its Asia-Pacific headquarters.

$14.9 million for clean energy trade and investment (Ministerial) 12 May 2009: The Government will provide $14.9 million over three years to attract productive investment into Australia’s clean energy sector and assist Australian clean energy companies to access international markets through export and investment.

Export Market Development Grants – extra $50 million to guarantee 100 per cent payouts in 2008-09 (Ministerial) 12 May 2009: Cash-strapped Australian exporters will get a much needed funding boost when their Export Market Development Grants are paid in full for 2008-09.

Aussie ICT firms urges to focus on global opportunities 11 May 2009: Australian ICT firms should take advantage of major trade events like CeBIT Australia and continue to pursue international business opportunities to weather the global economic downturn, according to Austrade.

Australia Leading the Way at Shanghai World Expo 2010 (Ministerial) 8 May 2009: Minister for Trade Simon Crean visited Shanghai today to take part in the 'topping out' ceremony for Australia's national pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010.

Business Insights For Women Exporters 23 Mar 2009: Senior female Austrade officials from around the world will provide insights on market trends and business strategies for women exporters at a special event in Sydney

World a twitter about Aussie wine 18 Mar 2009: With the UK market putting the squeeze on Aussie wine producers a world-first approach has been taken to get our boutique, smaller scale producers into the British limelight.

Australian services company wins deal at the height of corporate Japan 18 Mar 2009: With the assistance of Austrade market research, Brisbane’s High Q have struck a deal to provide world leading IRATA safety training to a Japanese company responsible for cleaning the windows of some of Tokyo’s tallest buildings.

Aussie bands descend on the US to rock SXSW 18 Mar 2009: Austrade is helping Australia’s musical acts enter the multi-billion United States market by supporting the largest music delegation to attend South by Southwest Music and Media Conference 2009 (SXSW) in Austin, Texas 18-22 March.

Growing links with Colombia (Ministerial) 15 Mar 2009: The Trade Minister Simon Crean will hold talks this week with the Colombian Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Mr Luis Guillermo Plata, to further strengthen ties between Australia and Colombia.

South Asia's growth good for Aussie businesses 13 Mar 2009: Strong positive growth rates across South Asia, despite the economic downturn, will continue to create new and expanded business opportunities for Australian firms, according to Austrade.

Australia’s largest-ever gig at SXSW under one umbrella 6 Mar 2009: ‘Sounds Australia’ – a new industry brand to promote Australian contemporary music abroad – will be unveiled at a showcase gig to farewell Australia’s delegation to South by SouthWest Music Festival (SXSW).

Aussie food trends set the next course for Brits 26 Feb 2009: Aussies have taken a leaf out of Jamie Oliver’s cookbook and are teaching the Brits a thing or two about food with the launch of an Austrade food trends report in the UK this month.

Aussie mining firms committed to Indonesia 24 Feb 2009: Australian participation at the Ozmine Conference in Jakarta has nearly doubled this year, with more mining suppliers turning to exports to weather the global financial crisis.

Italian lake loved to death receives the Aussie kiss of life 24 Feb 2009: It’s clogged with blue green algae and signs warn against swimming, but a dying Italian lake will have new life breathed into it thanks to an innovative Aussie environmental solution.

Showcasing Australia's clean energy credentials (Ministerial) 19 Feb 2009: The Minister for Trade Simon Crean today announced the first joint Australia-New Zealand business mission to the United States and Chile to showcase the clean energy industries of both nations.

Australia committed to Africa’s continued resources growth 9 Feb 2009: Despite the global economic downturn, Australia’s confidence in the African resource sector remains strong, with over 400 Australian delegates expected in Cape Town next week for one of the world’s largest mining trade shows, Mining Indaba.

Socceroos to score trade goals in Japan (Ministerial) 6 Feb 2009: As the Socceroos prepare to take on Japan in a crucial World Cup qualifier, the Australian Government will kick off a series of business networking events aimed at helping Australian companies break into the lucrative Japanese market.

Global Opportunities program to help industry clusters access export markets (Ministerial) 5 Feb 2009: The Minister for Trade, Simon Crean, today announced that the Austrade-managed Global Opportunities program will provide export and investment facilitation services as well as funding support of up to $1.8 million over the next three years to eight industry clusters of Australian companies, to help them expand their international business activities.

Breakthrough on cherry exports to Japan (Ministerial) 25 Jan 2009: Tasmanian cherry grower Reid Fruits has overcome market access challenges to ship 17.5 tonnes of premium Japanese-variety (Satonishiki) cherries which retail at A$50 per kilo in Japan – the homeland of the unique cherry.