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Austrade
The Australian Trade and Investment Commission, or Austrade ( ), is the Australian Government's trade, investment and education promotion agency which was also given responsibility for tourism policy, programs and research from 2013. Austrade was established under the ''Australian Trade Commission Act 1985.'' It is a non-corporate Commonwealth entity under the ''Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013'', and a statutory agency under the ''Public Service Act 1999''. Austrade is part of the Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio. Under Austrade's corporate structure, its chief executive officer is accountable to the Federal Minister for Tourism, Trade and Investment. Mr Xavier Simonet was appointed chief executive officer of Austrade in November 2020. Global network Through a global network of offices, Austrade aims to assist Australian companies to connect with buyers in offshore markets, attract foreign direct investment into Australia, and promote Australia' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Jackson (businessman)
Alan Robert Jackson (30 March 1936 – 4 August 2018) was an Australian businessman who was the CEO of BTR Nylex between 1984 and 1990 and CEO of BTR plc between 1990 and 1996 as well as Chairman of Austrade between 1995 and 2001. He was also a board member on the Reserve Bank of Australia between 1991 and 2001. Early life and education Alan Jackson was born in Drouin but grew up in Bunyip, in the Western part of the Gippsland in Victoria. As a child, Jackson attended Warragul High School, leaving in 1952, at the age of 15 to train to became a pastry chef but became an office boy or clerk in Melbourne instead. At 19, he took accountancy studies by correspondence at Hemmingway Robertson Institute. Jackon did not complete his High School Certificate, but did a brief management course at Harvard's Business School in 1977. On 20 January 1962, Jackson married Esme Jackson (née Giles). The couple had four daughters together. He died on 4 August 2018 in Malvern East. Caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Johnston (businessman)
Robert Henry Johnston (26 May 1924 – 7 May 1995) was an Australian industrialist and businessman who was the President of Toyota Australia from 1986 to 1994 and was the Chairman of the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) between 1993 and 1995. Robert Johnston was born in 1924 in Camperdown in Sydney, New South Wales. He studied at North Newtown Boys' Intermediate High School, where he matriculated in 1938. From there, Johnston began work as a copy-boy at John Fairfax & Sons. However, in June 1942 Johnston was selected for officer training in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve. It was by January 1943, in which he became a midshipman on HMAS Assault and later served on HMAS Kanimbla. He was later promoted to Lieutenant in May 1946. Johnston was decommissioned in June that year in which he later studied at the Sydney Technical College and became an associate of the Australian Society of Accountants. Between 1951 and 1986 Johnston would rise through the ranks of the Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Adler
Norman Ross Adler (born 13 December 1944) is an Australian business executive, was the managing director of Santos from 1986 to 2000.2000 Annual Report Santos pp 5,6,40,42,43,64,65 He also chaired the board of from 2001 to 2006. Education Adler went to the and graduated with |
Firepower International
Firepower International was a fraudulent company that advertised as a Hong Kong-based company owned and operated by Global Fuel Technologies Ltd, specializing in technology purporting to reduce the fuel consumption and environmental impact of Internal combustion engine, petrol-operated vehicles. There were other offices in Sydney, China, Rhodes, Athens and Papua New Guinea, according to the now-defunct official company website. However, "in reality it was a handful of people in an industrial estate in Perth", who were conducting a complex of fraudulent operations.Sheehan "Truth almost as sordid as the lies"''Sydney Morning Herald'' 4 May 2009 The original entity—Firepower Operations Pty Ltd—was a A$1 company, first registered in December 2004, owned by Firepower Holdings Group Ltd, a company with an address in the British Virgin Islands.Ryle ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 8 January 2007 Through connections created with Australian federal ministers, trade officials and their networ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourism In Australia
Tourism in Australia is an important part of the Economy of Australia, Australian economy, and comprises domestic and international visitors. Australia is the fortieth most visited country in the world according to the World Tourism Organization. In the financial year 2018/19, tourism was Australia's fourth-largest export and over the previous decade was growing faster than national GDP growth. At the time it represented 3.1% of Australia's Gross domestic product, GDP contributing A$60.8 billion to the national economy. In the calendar year up to December 2019, there were 8.7 million international visitors in Australia. Tourism employed 666,000 people in Australia in 2018–19, 1 in 21 jobs across the workforce. About 48% of people employed in tourism were full-time and 54% female. Tourism also contributed 8.2% of Australia's total export earnings in 2018–19. Popular Australian destinations mainly include the coastal capital cities of Sydney and Melbourne, as well as o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Ferris
William Duncan Ferris (born 26 July 1945) is an Australian philanthropist and entrepreneur. He is the founder of the Ferris Foundation, which supports the arts and culture in Australia, and he is the author of three books. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for service to the community through a range of philanthropic endeavours. Early life and education Ferris holds an Honours degree in economics from the University of Sydney and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School where he graduated as a Baker Scholar in 1970. Career Ferris has served several major organizations throughout his career. He served as a director on the boards of several companies, including Qantas, BHP, the Commonwealth Bank, Accolade Wines Australia and UK, Austar, Macquarie University Asia Pacific Council, Austal and the Australian Institute of Management, Brandon BioCatalyst and AdvanCell Pty Ltd. Ferris founded Australia's first venture capital firm i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Economy Of Australia
Australia is a Developed country, highly developed country with a mixed economy. As of 2023, Australia was the List of countries by GDP (nominal), 14th-largest national economy by nominal GDP (gross domestic product), the 19th-largest by Purchasing power parity, PPP-adjusted GDP, and was the List of countries by exports, 21st-largest goods exporter and List of countries by imports, 24th-largest goods importer. Australia took the record for the longest run of uninterrupted GDP growth in the developed world with the March 2017 financial quarter. It was the 103rd quarter and the 26th year since the country had a technical recession. As of June 2021, the country's GDP was estimated at $1.98 trillion. The Australian economy is dominated by its service sector, which in 2017 comprised 62.7% of the GDP and employed 78.8% of the labour force. At the height of the mining boom in 2009–10, the total value-added of the mining industry was 8.4% of GDP. Despite the recent decline in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Ritter (architect)
Paul Ritter (6 April 1925 – 14 June 2010) was an architect, town planner, sociologist, artist and author. Following a world lecturing tour in support of his book "Planning for Man and Motor" Paul Ritter was invited to become to become the inaugural city planner of the City of Perth. Fired after two years, Ritter remained in Western Australia and spent the subsequent two decades serving as Councillor for East Perth. Ritter is remembered as a brilliant, eccentric and often controversial public figure. He is primarily remembered for saving the Cloisters, playing a role in preventing the construction of an eight-lane Controlled-access highway, freeway on the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River foreshore, and the design of Thornlie, Crestwood Estate. Ritter's later career was blighted by a 3-year prison sentence for making misleading statements in applying for Austrade#Export Market Development Grants, export marketing grants. Early years Ritter was born in Prague on 6 Apr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Trade And Investment (Australia)
The Minister for Trade and Tourism is a portfolio in the Government of Australia, falling within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The position is currently held by Senator Don Farrell, sworn in as part of the Albanese ministry on 1 June 2022, following the Australian federal election in 2022. The minister is assisted by the Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, held by Matt Thistlethwaite, and the Assistant Minister for Tourism, held by Nita Green. Portfolio In the Government of Australia, the minister and assistant minister(s) administer the portfolio through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) jointly with the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Other trade-related bodies for which the minister and assistant minister are responsible are: * Austrade * Export Finance Australia * Tourism Australia DFAT was created in 1987 through the merger of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Trade. In sequence, the trade por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Finance And Deregulation
The Australian Department of Finance and Deregulation was a federal government A federation (also called a federal state) is an entity characterized by a political union, union of partially federated state, self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a #Federal governments, federal government (federalism) ... department that existed between December 2007 and September 2013. Its role was to help the Australian Government achieve its policy objectives by contributing to four key outcomes: # Sustainable Government finances # More efficient Government operations # Efficiently functioning Parliament # Effective and efficient use of information and communication technology by the Australian Government Purpose The purpose of the Department of Finance and Deregulation was stated as: Operations The matters dealt with by the Department included: * Budget policy advice and process * Government financial accountability * Shareholder advice on Government Bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
