Australia-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement Negotiations
Public submissions to the Australian Scoping Study into an Australia-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement
On 19 August 2004, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade invited public submissions and comment on issues relevant to a potential Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Australia and Malaysia.
Sixty submissions were received from industry, professional and non-government bodies, companies, unions and individuals. Many came from peak industry and business organisations, representing the full range of agriculture, services and manufacturing industry sectors. Some organisations have provided permission for their submissions to be published or listed on the Department's website, and these appear below.
Following the launch of Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement negotiations in 2005, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade issued an ongoing call for submissions. Approximately fifty-five submissions have been received, and some of these are publicly available. » Public submissions to the Australia-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement negotiations
Confidentiality
Where organisations have not provided permission for their submissions to be publicly released, these submissions have been omitted from the list below and are not available to the public.
Copyright and content
Copyright in submissions resides with the author(s), not with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
The views expressed in these submissions are the views of the author(s) and should not be understood as reflecting the views of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
File format
Submissions were provided to us in a range of formats but submissions have been published as PDF files. Adobe Reader may be required to view PDF files.
Public submissions to the Australian Scoping Study (as received by sector):
General business
- Business Council of Australia
- Malaysia Australia Business Council
Agriculture, fishing and processed food
- Australian Beverages Council
- Australian Cotton Industry Council Ltd
- Australian Chicken Meat Federation
- Australian Wine & Brandy Corporation
- AWB Limited
- Dairy Australia Limited
- Horticulture Australia Ltd
- Masterfoods Australia New Zealand Pty Ltd
- Meat & Livestock Australia/ Red Meat Industries
- National Farmers Federation
- Ricegrowers Association of Australia
- WA Fishing Industry Council
- Winemakers Federation of Australia
Manufacturing and mining
- ALCOA
- Australian Industry Group
- Australian Plantation Products & Paper Industry Council
- Building Products Innovation Council
- Carpet Institute of Australia
- Federal Chamber of Australian Automotive Industries
- Ford Motor Company
- Holden Limited
- Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association (PACIA)
- Remote Control Technologies Pty Ltd
- Textiles and Fashion Industries Association of Australia
- Toyota Australia Limited
Services
- ACIL Tasman
- Australian Nursing Federation
- Australian Film Commission
- ANZ Bank
- Curtin University
- Engineers Australia
- IDP Education Australia Limited
- International Legal Services Advisory Committee (ILSAC)
- Law Institute of Victoria
- Monash University
- Music Council of Australia
- National Institute of Accountants
- Professor Hok-Lim Tan
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Telstra Corporation Limited
Unions, NGOs and others
- ACTU
- AMWU
- Australian Fair Trade & Investment Network (AFTINet)
- CPSU
- Media Arts and Entertainment Alliance
- The Hon Doug Everingham
- Mr John Hyde MLA
States and territory governments
- New South Wales Government
- Northern Territory Government
- South Australian Government
- Tasmanian Government
- Victorian Government
- Western Australian Government