
Australia-China FTA
Public Submissions
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade continues to welcome public submissions and comments on an Australia-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA). More information about lodging a submission can be found on the Australia-China Free Trade Agreement Negotiations page.
Submissions received relate to both the FTA Feasibility Study and negotiations on an FTA which are now underway. Submissions have been received from a wide range of interested parties including industry, professional and non-government bodies, companies, unions, individuals and state and local governments. Many of these have come from peak industry and business organisations, representing the full range of agriculture, mining, services and manufacturing industry sectors.
Organisations Listed
Below is a list of organisations/entities - that have provided permission to be listed publicly as having made a submission to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on an Australia-China FTA.
Those organisations/entities that have not granted permission for their name to be listed as having made a submission are not included in the list below.
Submission Texts
Some organisations/entities have provided permission to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to publish their submissions (or parts of their submissions). Where an organisation/entity has agreed to have their submission made available, a link to the text of their submission appears next to their name.
Some submissions are not listed below because their authors have not granted DFAT permission to publish their submission. These submissions 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.
Format
Submissions were provided to the Department in a range of formats including hard copies. All submissions have been published in a common portable document format (pdf, Adobe Acrobat Version 5).
Submissions received (listed in alphabetical order):
- Abalone Association of Australasia Incorporated
- Abalone Council Australia Ltd
- Adsteam Marine Ltd
- ALCOA
- Alex Malik
- Altium Ltd
- ANZ Group
- Apple & Pear Australia
- ASPECT Melbourne Pty Ltd
- Association of Consulting Engineers Australia
- Aust Vice-Chancellors Committee
- Australasian Performing Right Association Limited (APRA) / Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS)
- Australia China Business Council (Victoria)
- Australia Tibet Council
- Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association
- Australian Chamber of Commerce (Beijing)
- Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Australian Chicken Meat Federation Inc
- Australian Conservation Foundation
- Australian Cotton Industry Council Ltd
- Australian Cotton Shippers Association
- Australian Dairy Industry Council Inc
- Australian Electrical & Electronic Manufactures' Association
- Australian Fair Trade & Investment Network (AFTINET)
- Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft
- Australian Film Commission
- Australian Food and Grocery Council
- Australian Horticultural Exporters Association
- Australian Industry Group
- Australian Labor Party - Geelong West Branch
- Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union
- Australian Nurses Federation
- Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Australian Oilseeds Federation
- Australian Plantation Products & Paper Industry Council
- Australian Pork Limited
- Australian Prawn Farmer's Association
- Australian Steel Institute
- Australian Stock Exchange
- Australian Tyre Manufacturers' Association
- Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation
- Australian Wool Innovation Ltd.
- Australian Wool Processors Council Inc
- Avcare Ltd
- AWB Limited
- Basell Australia Pty Ltd
- Beat Knoblauch & Associates
- Benedict Coyne
- BHP Billiton
- BlueScope Steel
- BRADSAL - National Coating Company Pty Ltd
- Building Products Innovation Council (BPIC)
- Business Council of Australia
- Business Development Services Australia
- Carindale Wines
- Carpet Institute of Australia Ltd
- CBH Group
- Cement Industry Federation
- Central Queensland University
- ChevronTexaco Australia
- Clayton Utz
- Commonwealth Bank
- Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes in New South Wales
- Copyright Agency Limited
- Coral Sea Studios
- CPA Australia
- CPA Australia Hong Kong Division
- Dairy Australia
- David Smith
- Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Deloitte)
- Department of Education and Training, Western Australia
- Dibbs Abbott Stillman
- Dr Peter Thorn
- Dr Thomas Faunce, Australian National University
- Dr Turlough F. Guerin
- Edith Knight
- Education Queensland International
- EGR
- Elders Australia Ltd
- Engineers Australia
- Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group
- Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries
- Federation of Automotive Products Manufacturers
- Fisher Adams Kelly
- Flight Centre Ltd
- Ford Motor Company
- Furnishing Industry Association of Australia
- GENENG PTY LTD
- Gift and Homewares Australia
- Global Foundation Secretariat
- Goodman Fielder Ltd
- Growcom
- Holden
- Horticultural Market Access Committee (HMAC)
- Horticulture Australia Ltd
- Hunt & Hunt
- Hydro Tasmania
- Ian Quin
- Institute for International Business, Economics and Law; University of Adelaide
- Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
- Insurance Australia Group
- Jak Fruit
- Julie D'Alcorn
- JML Australia
- John Cole and Ruth Hill
- Kembla Products
- Law Institute of Victoria
- Lawyers for Animals
- LiveCorp
- Mahinder Lall
- MasterFoods ANZ (Mars)
- Mayne Group Ltd
- Meat & Livestock Australia
- Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance
- Medical Devices Industry Action Agenda
- Minerals Council
- Murray Valley Citrus Marketing Board
- National Association of Forestry Industries (NAFI)
- National Farmers Federation
- Northern Territory - Minister for Asian Relations and Trade
- One Steel
- Penrice Soda Products
- Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association
- Q Concepts
- Qantas
- Qenos
- Queensland Nurses' Union
- Ricegrowers' Association of Australia Inc
- Richardson Business Consultants Pty Ltd
- RJ Quirk Consulting
- Royal Australian Institute of Architects
- Science Industry Action Agenda
- South Australian Aquaculture Council Inc
- South Australian Government
- Southedge Seeds Pty Ltd
- Stephen Thornton
- Supply Line (Australia) Pty Ltd
- Symex Holdings Ltd
- Tanda International Pty Ltd
- Telstra Corporation
- Textile & Fashion Industries of Australia
- Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia
- Thomas Winch Company (Qld) Pty Ltd
- Toyota
- Trade Mark Investigation Services (TMIS)
- UnitingCare NSW/ACT
- Victoria - Minister for Manufacturing
- Victorian Government
- Viscopy Ltd
- WA Chamber of Commerce & Industry
- WA Fishing Council
- Warren Cauliflower Group Inc
- Western Australia - Department of Industry and Resources
- Western Australian Farmers Federation (Inc)
- Windsor Farm
- Winemakers Federation of Australia
- World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong