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Murray-Darling Basin Drought Continues To Bite
Monday, 10 December 2007, 7:13 pm | Australian Government
The worst drought on record is continuing to bite hard throughout Australia's food bowl. That's the core message of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission's latest two-monthly Drought Update issued today. More >>
Burmese In Nauru To Be Re-settled In Australia
Monday, 10 December 2007, 6:45 pm | Australian Government
'This group of people has been in Nauru for more than a year and has been assessed as having a well-founded fear of persecution should they be returned home,' Andrew Metcalfe, Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship said today. More >>
Telstra Misled Consumers About Next G Coverage
Saturday, 8 December 2007, 8:52 am | Australian Government
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission brought proceedings against Telstra in September, alleging that Telstra had engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct by representing that the Next G mobile network had "coverage everywhere you need ... More >>
Land Title Claimants, Councils Reach Understanding
Wednesday, 5 December 2007, 11:53 am | Australian Government
Native title claimants, four local councils and a water corporation will sign a memorandum of understanding today that paves the way to resolving two native title claims by agreement in Queensland's Wide Bay region. More >>
Novelist Joseph Conrad Display On 150th B'day
Friday, 30 November 2007, 11:56 am | Australian Government
The Australian National Maritime Museum is celebrating renowned novelist Joseph Conrad's 150th birthday with a special display exploring his maritime links to Australia. More >>
Githabul People's Native Title Recognised In NSW
Friday, 30 November 2007, 11:52 am | Australian Government
Justice Branson of the Federal Court of Australia is scheduled to make the consent determination at Woodenbong, recognising the Githabul People's native title rights and interests over 1,120 sq km just south of the Queensland border. More >>
Pacific Workshops Stimulate Regional Dialogue
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 12:09 pm | Australian Government
The workshops will cover two complementary topics - 'Pacific Partnerships' on 22 November and 'Pacific Cultural Heritage in Australian Museums and Galleries: A Regional Dialogue' on 23 November. More >>
Opportunity For Pacific Dreaming In American Samoa
Monday, 19 November 2007, 3:08 pm | Australian Government
Australia Council for the Arts is looking for Indigenous dancers, musicians, actors, writers and visual artists to join Australia's delegation to the 2008 Festival of Pacific Arts. More >>
Australia and the US Climate Change and Energy
Thursday, 6 September 2007, 11:52 am | Australian Government
I am pleased to announce that I have agreed with President George W. Bush today on the importance of confronting the challenges of climate change and energy security. More >>
U.S. Joins APEC Business Travel Card Scheme
Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 2:22 pm | Australian Government
The United States became the 18th country to sign to the APEC Business Travel Card Scheme further boosting trade and investment across the APEC region. The scheme provides for priority processing of business people holding the card, in APEC countries. More >>
Spotlight on Barriers to Investment in APEC Region
Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 4:56 pm | Australian Government
Australian Minister for Trade, Warren Truss, today released a report on investment in member economies of the APEC region. Reducing Behind-the-Border Barriers to Investment has been prepared for the APEC Investment Expert Group by the Canberra-based Centre ... More >>
APEC 2007 Business Summit -- John Howard PM
Monday, 3 September 2007, 7:35 pm | Australian Government
Today I announce further arrangements including program details for the APEC Australia 2007 Business Summit, to be held in Sydney from 6-7 September 2007. Delegates to the summit include senior figures from across the Asia-Pacific region. More >>
APEC Leaders Week 2007 -- John Howard PM Australia
Monday, 3 September 2007, 7:30 pm | Australian Government
I look forward to welcoming economic leaders, ministers, senior officials and business leaders from APEC's 21 member economies to Sydney for APEC Leaders Week. This is the most significant gathering of its kind ever hosted by Australia. It is a historic ... More >>
APEC Region Economic Growth Leads the World
Monday, 3 September 2007, 6:43 pm | Australian Government
On the eve of the APEC meetings in Sydney, the Australian Government Minister for Trade Warren Truss released a report showing the APEC region's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has increased three-fold to $37.3 trillion since the start of APEC in 1989. More >>
$70.7 Million for APEC Climate Change Initiatives
Sunday, 2 September 2007, 8:37 pm | Australian Government
The Australian Government is committing seed funding of $5 million to initiate the Asia-Pacific Network for Energy Technology. APNet will improve linkages between researchers in the APEC region on emerging low emissions energy. More >>
Tourism To Australia Growing 'Bloody' Strongly
Wednesday, 8 August 2007, 8:27 pm | Australian Government
The number of international tourists to Australia grew by 4.2 per cent in the first half of 2007 to reach 2.7 million, with strong increases in Chinese and Korean tourism, according to figures released today by the tralian Bureau of Statistics. More >>
Australia and Philippines Improve Education System
Wednesday, 8 August 2007, 2:24 pm | Australian Government
Australia is providing AU$10 million to help the Philippines improve the quality of teaching and better educate Filipino children. Australia's assistance will aim to increase the number of qualified teachers, improve teaching and learning materials. More >>
China Quota For Aussie Wool Doubles In Past 7 Yrs
Tuesday, 7 August 2007, 5:44 pm | Australian Government
China's demand for Australian wool has doubled in the past seven years, but the full allocation of China's tariff-rate-quota (TRQ) for wool has created uncertainty in the market and is affecting prices. More >>
Illegally Exported Fossils Returned To Argentina
Tuesday, 7 August 2007, 5:33 pm | Australian Government
The Australian Government has shown a strong commitment to stopping the flow of illegally exported cultural heritage by formally returning 130 kilograms of seized dinosaur and plant fossils to the Argentine Republic. More >>
Australia Appoints New Ambassador to Micronesia
Monday, 6 August 2007, 9:49 pm | Australian Government
Ms Susan Cox is to be Australia's new Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Palau and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Ms Cox will succeed Ms Corinne Tomkinson. More >>
