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1. Australian opportunities: low carbon
• Ratified Kyoto protocol in 2007 and
introduced a price on carbon on July 1
2012
• Needs to double renewable energy use
by 2020 to meet legally binding
Renewable Energy Target (RET)
• Recently announced it will link its new
carbon price to the EU carbon trading
scheme by 2018
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2. Australian opportunities: e-commerce
• Australians spent around £7 billion
online in 2011
• Online sales grew 90% from 2010 to
2011
• Opportunities in sporting and outdoor
goods, cosmetics and beauty
products, books, media and fashion
• Goods under $1,000 bought overseas
do not attract 10% GST
• Contact joanna.olivera@fco.gov.uk
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3. Australian opportunities: healthcare
• Rated as the best Healthcare
market in the Asia Pacific region for
doing business
• Australian healthcare industry
currently generates revenue of
A$92 billion (£57 billion) per year
• Forecast to rise to A$113 billion
(£70 billion) within five years
• Contact joe.dodd@fco.gov.uk or
read our healthcare sector briefing
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4. Australian infrastructure trends
‘Australia today
has an
extraordinary
opportunity to be
an integral part of
the foundations
of the Asian
century’
Hamish Tyrwhitt,
CEO Leighton
Holdings
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5. Australian opportunities: Infrastructure
• Industrial Communities - building
infrastructure to support mining projects
in remote locations
• Intermodal Hubs - integrating industry with
city needs
• Sustainability – moving to ‘Smart’ &
‘Green’ precincts
• Renewable Energy
• Food Security – building infrastructure to
cope with extreme weather and
monsoonal cycles Credit to Chris Ryan, OJO Images, Getty Images
• Contact Antonia.Yendell@fco.gov.uk for
more information.
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6. Australian opportunities: ports
• 99% of Australia’s exports by sea
• High demand for Australian FreeDigitalPhotos.net
resources (particularly commodities)
has driven large ports investment
• £100 billion investment needed into
new logistical infrastructure
• Read more about opportunities in
the Australian ports sector
• Contact antonia.yendell@fco.gov.uk
for more information
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7. Australian opportunities: oil and gas
• UKTI estimates £85bn invested in
Australian O&G in 2012
• Designated as UKTI High Value
Opportunity for 2013
• Australian upstream oil and gas
industry expected to grow at two to
three times the rate of the economy
for at least the next 15 years.
• Read more in the oil and gas sector
briefing or contact
Richard.Goldsmith@fco.gov.uk
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8. Australian opportunities: mining
• Australia’s currently going through a
commodities boom largely driven by
China’s rapid industrial development
• Significant mining areas of Australia:
– Goldfields, Peel and Pilbara regions of Western
Australia
– The Hunter Valley in New South Wales
– Bowen Basin in Queensland
– Latrobe Valley in Victoria
• Mining and mining services industries
have doubled in size from 2002-03 to be
20% of GDP in 2011-12
• Contact Linda.Miles@fco.gov.uk for more
information
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9. Australian opportunities: financial services
• Emerged from the global financial crisis
relatively intact
• Finance and insurance is the largest
sector in the Australian economy, worth
more than £83 billion in 2011
• Australia has world’s fourth largest asset
pool due to ‘superanuation’. Assets
reached approx £900 billion June 2011
• Contact melena.dirou@fco.gov.uk for
more information FreeDigitalPhotos.net
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10. Australian opportunities: ICT
• ICT contributes 4.6 % of Australia’s GDP
(AU $82 billion) IBSA Dec 2010
• Building v fast broadband network to
cover 95% of population (in 8-10 yrs)
– At A$35.7 billion it’s the most expensive
infrastructure project in Australia’s history
• Opportunities in e-Health, e-Learning,
digital entertainment, e-commerce for
mobile
• Internet usage in Australia is 90%
penetration (5th best in the world)
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• Contact Jim.Thompson@fco.gov.uk for
more information
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11. New Zealand opportunities - Infrastructure
• $25 Billion in expenditure planned for the
next four years over five main areas of
infrastructure development
1. Transport
2. Telecommunications
3. Energy
4. Water
5. Social
• Focus on rebuild of Christchurch and
Auckland Infrastructure Credit to Chris Ryan, OJO Images, Getty Images
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