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Recent Austrade media releases are displayed below.

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

Media Releases

Breaking down barriers for women doing business in Asia (Ministerial) 14 Oct 2013
Australian businesswomen engaging with Asia will have the opportunity to learn from the success stories of other women entrepreneurs during a national speaker series this month, Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb said today.
Win your Future Unlimited competition (Minister for Trade and Investment) 30 Sep 2013
Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb will tomorrow launch an important global online competition for new international students to win a year of study in Australia.
Austrade congratulates Australian appointed to senior WTO role 5 Sep 2013
Mr Bruce Gosper, CEO, Australian Trade Commission (Austrade), today congratulated Tim Yeend on his appointment as the Chief of Staff to new WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo.
Asian Century Business Grant Winners (Parliamentary Secretary for Trade) 28 Jun 2013
A total of 27 member-based business organisations have been awarded grants to help them expand their networks in Asia under the Australian Government’s inaugural Asian Century Business Engagement plan.
Exporters to receive maximum benefit from EMDG (Parliamentary Secretary for Trade) 27 Jun 2013
A total of 3,045 small and medium-sized businesses will receive their full entitlements for the second year running under the Export Market Development Grants Scheme (EMDG), run by Austrade to help exporters with their marketing expenses.
Seminar on the Pacific Alliance (Ministerial) 24 Jun 2013
Arvind Subramanian of the Peterson Institute for International Economics wrote earlier this year that multilateral trade as we have known it will progressively become history.
Kelvin Thomson launches mobile resource for international students (Parliamentary Secretary for Trade) 19 Jun 2013
Parliamentary Secretary for Trade Kelvin Thomson today launched the new, mobile and tablet-friendly Study in Australia website.
Australian Export Awards open (Ministerial) 6 Jun 2013
This year's Australian Export Awards, which celebrate the achievements of some of the country's most innovative businesses, are now open.
Australian business women make their mark in global markets (Parliamentary Secretary for Trade) 30 May 2013
A new generation of female global entrepreneurs is emerging in Australia, according to research conducted by the University of Melbourne and Women in Global Business (WIGB).
Latin America Downunder 2013 29 May 2013
Foreign Minister Bob Carr opened a major resources event in Sydney today, addressing ministers, diplomats, businesspeople, academics and journalists from across Latin America and Australia.
Australia’s renowned events specialists at SportAccord Convention 23 May 2013
Organisers of the world’s biggest sporting events will be able to engage with Australia’s major sport event specialists at the SportAccord Convention in St Petersburg, Russia between 26–31 May.
Parliamentary Secretary for Trade visits Chile and Colombia (Parliamentary Secretary for Trade) 21 May 2013
Parliamentary Secretary for Trade Kelvin Thomson is in Chile and Colombia this week for a series of talks and to take part in the Ministerial Summit of the Pacific Alliance.
Preparing for the Asian Century (Ministerial) 14 May 2013
The Gillard Government is providing an additional $84.6 million over four years to Australian universities, some of which will give students more opportunity to study an Asian language.
Protecting Australia's interests abroad (Ministerial) 14 May 2013
Measures announced today in the 2013-14 Budget for the Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio reinforce the Gillard Government's commitment to protect and advance Australia's interests abroad.
Australia Unlimited presents the SportAccord Convention Business Club 10 May 2013
Australia’s major sporting event specialists will gather in St Petersburg, Russia on 26-31 May to attend the marquee SportAccord Convention.
Parliamentary Secretary for Trade showcasing Geelong businesses & exporters to the world (Parliamentary Secretary for Trade) 8 May 2013
Parliamentary Secretary for Trade Kelvin Thomson is in Geelong today for a two-day Trade Outreach Program to showcase the region's business and export potential to 13 Consuls-General from around the globe. He will also hold talks with local industry representatives and exporters.
Parliamentary Secretary for Trade consults local Bendigo exporters on business outlook (Parliamentary Secretary for Trade) 29 Apr 2013
Parliamentary Secretary for Trade The Hon Kelvin Thomson is in Bendigo today for two days of talks with local industry representatives and exporters.
Local businesses in Deakin build local community and lead the world (Parliamentary Secretary for Trade) 23 Apr 2013
Parliamentary Secretary for Trade, The Hon Kelvin Thomson, and Federal Member for Deakin, Mike Symon, today announced 13 local businesses were reimbursed a combined total of over $407,000 under the Australian Government's Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) Scheme in 2011-12.
Ozmine2013 promotes Australian mining expertise to ASEAN region (Parliamentary Secretary for Trade) 16 Apr 2013
Parliamentary Secretary for Trade Kelvin Thomson will address the Ozmine2013 mining exhibition and conference during an official visit to Jakarta this week.
Austrade appoints Trade Commissioner for Myanmar 18 Mar 2013
Austrade CEO Bruce Gosper today announced the appointment of Mark Wood to the new position of Trade Commissioner in Yangon, Myanmar.

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