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Why Australia: Business

“Australia is open to foreign direct investment. There is a well-established regulatory regime, a very open business environment and a fundamentally healthy economy.”
Stephen Dowd, Senior Vice-President, Global Infrastructure, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

Australia makes it easy to do business, offering one of the best-regulated commercial environments in the world.

Since the global financial crisis, investors’ risk appetites have changed. Investors seek long-term growth opportunities in a stable, low-risk business and regulatory environment.

More than 18,000 foreign companies are registered in Australia, where a secure and transparent regulatory system provides investors with the predictability and certainty needed to start a business.

In addition, the nation’s financial services sector offers the rare combination of maturity and growth. The sector is worth $5.4 trillion, equivalent to four times Australia’s nominal GDP, making it one of the largest pools of bank assets in the Asia-Pacific region.

Business credentials

  • Australia’s regulatory environment is ranked the world’s best (INSEAD 2012 Global Innovation Index).
  • Australia is the second easiest place in the world to set up a business (World Bank Doing Business 2013 report).
  • Australia’s financial sector has access to one of the world’s largest pools of investment funds and is the third largest pool of bank assets in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Australian Foreign Investment Guide

The Australian Foreign Investment Guide provides useful information on investing and operating a business in Australia and the range of assistance available to investors.

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