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Kiss and sell: Will Chinese demand transform Australia’s cane toad problem into a princely export?

Australia weathered the global economic crisis better than most countries thanks largely to the preceding decade of bumper coal and gas exports driven by insatiable Chinese demand. Now, a Queensland entrepreneur is hoping Chinese demand will solve one of northern Australia’s most pressing natural problems: cane ...

IBISWorld reveals top Aussie Export industries for 2010

Market research company and business information provider IBISWorld recently released its findings on Australia’s leading export industries for 2010 and their outlook for the next five years. A forecast of $237 billion of combined export revenue for 2010 (representing 21.4 percent of the Australian economy) puts ...

An Aussie tech star talks about taking on the world (and winning)

MitchelLake is sponsoring a great new video series titled “down under / ON TOP”, featuring interviews that shine the spotlight on “Australians making their mark on the world”. This instalment focuses on Dr John Papandriopoulos, who in 2007 as a 30-year-old University of Melbourne research fellow ...

Would your business benefit from a government grant?

Learn from LEADING Australian BUSINESS builders who have successfully applied grant FUNDING to accelerate business GROWTH. During this evening networking event, attendees will learn from successful Australian business builders who have “been there, done that” and employed grant assistance as an instrumental part of their ongoing ...

The first step to global success next year?

Anthill Magazine is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Design Victoria to bring Anthill readers this latest event in its Tunnel Talk Series – Going Global by Design. During this evening seminar and networking event, attendees will learn from four successful Australian business ...

The Great Escape – How Australian exporters survived and even thrived in the GFC

This year – the year of the global financial crisis (GFC) – was meant to be the year of trade Armageddon. This was the year that the bottom would drop out of the export market and everyone would stay at home and never venture beyond our ...

Wales offers free 12 months office and support packages for Australian tech companies expanding to UK/Europe

Promising Australian technology companies seeking lower-risk entry to UK and European markets are being offered up to 12 months free accommodation in Welsh innovation centres in a new ‘try before you buy’ initiative. Access Wales is a new service from International Business Wales (IBW) — the ...

Is Australian prosperity too dependent on the rise of China?

According to the latest rankings released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, China is again our number one trading partner. But it raises the question: Do we have too many eggs in the China basket? It’s official: we are ‘hugging the panda’ again. China is again ...

The Great Recovery and soaring dollar create headaches and opportunities for Australian companies

It is generally thought that a soaring Aussie dollar is terrible for exporters. However, as Austrade’s Chief Economist Tim Harcourt reveals, there are two sides to every coin. The Australian dollar is now in 90 US cent territory and there are fears this could affect our ...

Nuix earns NSW’s top tech exporter gong

Sydney-based software company Nuix Pty Ltd has been awarded the NSW government’s top technology export award, the 2009 Australian Technology Showcase (ATS) Patrons’ Award. Nuix was chosen ahead of the five other finalists for its success in exporting its cutting-edge electronic discovery and corporate investigation software ...