Latest from Austrade Australia’s manufacturing industries evolve to access global opportunities 15 Dec 2017 To embrace the impact of global manufacturing led by digitally driven products and services, Australian businesses are adopting new strategies and evolving their operations to access new opportunities ... Read article... Economic analysis Australia’s economic outlook remains strong relative to OECD peers 14 Dec 2017 The Australian economy continues to grow at a solid pace, according to the latest OECD Economic forecast summary (November 2017). Read article... Australia Unlimited feature Cutting-edge design with a conscience 14 Dec 2017 Designer Brodie Neill has taken his childhood passion for furniture-making and turned it into an international career, creating innovative pieces that could help to save the oceans. Read article... Investor Update UK ICT investment into Australia: 2017 highlights 13 Dec 2017 British-Australian collaboration in the ICT sector remains strong, with many UK companies choosing Australia to establish Asia-Pacific regional headquarters due to the availability of highly skilled w ... Read article... Investor Update Sumitomo Chemical to buy Botanical Resources Australia 13 Dec 2017 Japanese chemical giant Sumitomo Chemical group has spent approximately ¥15 billion (A$177 million) on Botanical Resources Australia, a Tasmanian pyrethrum business. Read article... Economic analysis The diverse international activities of Australian businesses 12 Dec 2017 One of the features of Australia's International Business Survey (AIBS) - now in its fourth year - is that the survey provides an overview of a wide range of international activities of Australian fir ... Read article... Economic analysis A close look at AIBS respondents 12 Dec 2017 The AIBS series of surveys seeks to understand more about our internationally-active firms and this blog on the 2017 survey introduces the majority of our respondents – 941 internationally active comp ... Read article... Economic analysis AIBS 2017: A new survey of Australia’s internationally-active businesses 12 Dec 2017 A new report produced by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and based on data drawn from Australia’s International Business Survey (AIBS) series was released today. Read article... Insights Insight - Why Australian startups should start looking at Malaysia 8 Dec 2017 Malaysia is rapidly emerging as a key market for startups, thanks to a wide array of government initiatives to transition the country to a digital economy. Read article... Education news Growing interest in Myanmar for Australian education and training 8 Dec 2017 Austrade Myanmar recently held the Australia Universities Outreach to International Schools seminar in Yangon, for a group of 12 Australian universities. There was strong participation and a high leve ... Read article... Australia Unlimited feature New glue seals wounds in seconds 7 Dec 2017 Australian scientists have invented a gel that seals wounds and stops bleeding – both internally and externally – within 60 seconds. The breakthrough glue has the potential to revolutionise emergency ... Read article... Investor Update Hitachi investing A$1.25bn in Australian ‘social innovation’ to 2020 7 Dec 2017 Hitachi has committed A$1.25 billion to ‘social innovation’ projects in Australia to 2020, and has already invested around A$875 million in 2016–17, primarily to mining technology projects, as reporte ... Read article... Investor Update NEC Australia wins the 2017 Investment Award 6 Dec 2017 Minister Steven Ciobo MP announced NEC Australia as the winner of the 2017 Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment’s Investment Award. Read article... Media releases Australian Exporter of the Year (Ministerial) 6 Dec 2017 I am pleased to announce Ego Pharmaceuticals is the 2017 Australian Exporter of the Year. The dermatological products maker, which increased sales to China 179 per cent in 2016–2017, won the title las ... Read article... Media releases 2017 Beryl Wilson Austrade Scholarship winner (Ministerial) 4 Dec 2017 I am pleased to announce Ms Ying Gao as the winner of the 2017 Beryl Wilson Austrade Scholarship for Women in International Business. Read article... Economic analysis Australia’s Better Life Index is among the highest in OECD countries 1 Dec 2017 Australia performs well in many indicators of well-being relative to most other OECD countries in the Better Life Index, an Index constructed by the OECD to compare well-being across countries that dr ... Read article... Investor Update Foreign investment the focus of Northern Australia Investment Forum 1 Dec 2017 Agribusiness and food, resources and energy, and tourism infrastructure were the focus of the second Northern Australia Investment Forum, held in Cairns on 19-21 November 2017. Read article... Australia Unlimited feature This is rocket science 30 Nov 2017 Australia is blasting off into the space age, thanks to Flavia Tata Nardini. Her company, Fleet Space Technologies, is creating what she calls a “digital nervous system” in space, launching hundreds ... Read article... Insights Insight - Brazilian investors: coming to a farm near you? 27 Nov 2017 Foreign investment in agriculture in Australia is essential for regional development, increased sector productivity and building agricultural export markets. It is one of the federal and state governm ... Read article... Media releases Senior investment specialists appointed (Ministerial) 27 Nov 2017 Four new senior investment specialists have joined the Australian Trade and Investment Commission, Austrade. They will work with a fifth senior investment specialist, who started earlier this year, to ... Read article... Page < Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > Search by Keyword Keyword search Search Filter by Type Australia Unlimited feature Economic analysis Education news Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Success Stories FTA Case studies Insights Investor Update Latest from Austrade Media releases Speeches Success stories