Middle East opportunities: health, food, education and mining webinars now online
Austrade’s flagship event for exporters to the Middle East – MENA Connections – was held virtually this year. One upside is that recordings of six key webinars are now available online.
Emerging high-tech solutions are key to our economic recovery
Those who focus on R&D are best placed to launch out of a crisis. Australia shouldn’t be complacent and be left behind in the race.
Australia’s response to 5 global megatrends
We all know #COVID19 has had far reaching health, social and economic impacts. Business as usual has changed, bringing with it a new normal for #trade and #investment.
Australia signs world’s largest free trade agreement
Australia has signed up to the landmark Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement.
Novartis signs US$50 million commercial deal with Australian biotech firm
Novartis has signed an exclusive US$50 million worldwide licence and collaboration agreement with Australian regenerative medicine company Mesoblast.
Market in focus – India
Austrade has put together a ‘market in focus’ series, kicking off with India. This is a curation of new and existing resources for the sector that can help you better understand the Indian market. This is a new initiative we are trialling, and we welco...
Market in focus – India
Austrade has put together a ‘market in focus’ series, kicking off with India. This is a curation of new and existing resources for the sector that can help you better understand the Indian market. This is a new initiative we are trialling, and we welco...
Peruvian-Australian organisation invites EOIs to deliver online courses
A leading Peru-based business chamber is calling on Australian universities and VET providers to express their interest in offering courses to their members.
Australia must adapt to ‘megatrends’ for economic recovery
Australia will need to make scientific and technological leaps and harness its competitive advantages to speed its economic recovery in a post-COVID-19 world, according to a new report released today by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (A...
BJSS opens first Asia-Pacific office in Australia
UK technology and engineering consultancy BJSS is opening an office in Australia, its first location in the Asia-Pacific region. Based in Melbourne, Victoria, the office will support the company’s existing Australian, regional and international clients.
Fujitsu expands data centre investment in Australia
Fujitsu is growing its data centre investment and capabilities in Australia as more businesses move their data into offsite data centres to support the rise in remote working due to COVID-19.
Unique partnering model helps Cloud-based X-ray service grow in Indonesia
Melbourne-based Zed Technologies shows how Australian digital health ideas can accelerate overseas growth.
Equinix opens new US$54m data centre in Perth
Perth’s growing importance as a strategic part of Australia’s internet infrastructure has prompted digital infrastructure company Equinix to open a new US$54 million data centre in the city.
YTD September 2020 international student data available
The Department of Education, Skills and Employment has released international student data for September 2020. There were 670,636 international students on student visas for YTD September 2020, down 6.6% compared to 2019. See MIP Orbis for trends by se...
Recognition for Australian online learning through the Tokyo Convention
On 11 November 2020, Australia, China, Japan, South Korea and other Parties to the UNESCO Asia Pacific Regional Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education 2011 (Tokyo Convention) issued a joint statement on Confronting COVID-19...
