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Australia Takes Centre Stage

• According to the ABS, in 2013-14 Australian music earned A$72 million in global royalties – of which nearly half came from the EU.
• The EU forms the largest group of overseas-born residents in Australia
• Australia's selected major exports to EU:
  • Recreational travel
  • Coal
  • Education
• Australia's selected major imports from the EU:
  • Recreational travel
  • Passenger motor vehicles
  • Medicines
• Australia has only competed in Eurovision twice, but many Australian's have competed for other countries, including:
  • Olivia Newton-John for the UK in 1974
  • Gina G for the United Kingdom in 1996
  • Johnny Logan for Ireland in 1980 & 1987
• Did you know: Over 2 million Australian residents were born in European countries?
• As of December 2014, EU direct investment in Australia was worth A$170 billion & employed over 376,000 Australians – roughly equivalent to the population of Canberra