American Chamber of Commerce in Australia
Contact and other basic information about the organization; most
of the chamber's publications and services are accessed by contacting
them directly.
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Austrade
Austrade (Australian Trade Commission) is a government agency charged
with facilitating Australian exports and assisting Australian
companies doing business overseas. Their website includes links
to publications (such as annual reports) in PDF format, a directory
of Austrade offices worldwide, and a searchable database of Australian
companies.
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Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The home page of Australia's national chamber of commerce includes
links to the websites of the state chambers of commerce and various
national industry associations. Many ACCI publications and
issue papers from the early 2000s are freely available in
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Australian Council of Trade Unions
The website of Australia's national organization of labor unions
offers media releases,
a directory of
unions and union members, and other resources.
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Australian Financial Review
Internet edition of Australia's major financial daily. Users
can browse the current issues and the previous three weeks of the
paper online for free, but a nine-month searchable archive is available
only to paying subscribers. |
Reserve Bank of Australia
The website of Australia's central bank includes links to information about Australian
currency, a range of full-text
publications, and financial statistics.
The latter includes historical
statistics from 1947 to 1997.
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Business Entry Point (Australian Government)
The Australian government’s attempt to create “one-stop
shopping” for those seeking to establish or manage a business
in Australia. Includes a searchable/browseable government
and business directory,
a glossary of business-related acronyms,
initialisms, and technical terms (many unique to Australia),
access to ABN Lookup (online
Australian Business Register, which provides rudimentary information
for all Australian businesses),
and many other resources.
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Australian Securities
and Investments Commission (ASIC)
Independent Australian government body charged with regulating financial markets
and consumer protection in the financial services field (credit, insurance, pensions).
ASIC maintains a variety of free online business databases and registers, including
the National Names Index of
corporate and business names. These databases generally provide rudimentary description
and contact information. The Fido site
provides consumer information on financial services. |
Budget (Australian
Government)
Collection of documents issued annually by the Treasury,
the government department in charge of financial and economic policy. |
Noel
Butlin Archives Centre
Website for a collection of primary source materials related to Australian business
and labor history. Includes information about the Centre and its activities, lists
of holdings for various collections, subject
guides to the collections, a history of
the Centre (which is named for a noted Australian economic historian), and other
features. The Centre is part of the Australian
National University Archives. |
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