Australia - Malaysia Free Trade Agreement Negotiations
Public Submissions to the Australian Scoping Study into an Australia-Malaysia FTA
On 19 August 2004, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade invited public submissions and comment on issues relevant to a potential 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.
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.
Format
As submissions were provided to us in a range of formats. All submissions have been published in a common portable document format (PDF, Adobe Acrobat Version 5).
Public Submissions (as received by sector):
General Business
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
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 Plantation Products & Paper Industry Council
Building Products Innovation Council
Federal Chamber of Australian Automotive Industries
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
ANZ Bank
Curtin University
IDP Education Australia Limited
International Legal Services Advisory Committee (ILSAC)
National Institute of Accountants
Swinburne University of Technology
Telstra Corporation Limited
Unions, NGOs and others
Australian Fair Trade & Investment Network (AFTINet)
Media Arts and Entertainment Alliance
States and Territory Governments
New South Wales
South Australia
Tasmania
Western Australia