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2020 Statistical Showcase

December 3, 2020 By Jane Drake-Brockman

To mark the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Australian Services Roundtable (ASR) we are proud to present a groundbreaking statistical showcase that tracks the strong performance of Australia’s services industries over the first 20 years of the millennium. The analysis draws on best practice international data sets to offer ground-breaking new findings on […]

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New Data Links Outward Investment in Services to Australia’s Services Export Performance

October 14, 2020 By Jane Drake-Brockman

New Data Links Outward Investment in Services to Australia’s Services Export Performance

By Professor Jane Drake-Brockman Measurement of trade in services is notoriously difficult. The official statistics on imports and exports contained in the Balance of Payments (BOP) are well known, for example, as measuring poorly at best only three of the four modes of international supply of services.  As defined in the WTO, the four modes of […]

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ASR Presents at the 2015 Regional Economic Integration for Services Industries in the Asia Pacific Forum

July 27, 2015 By Jane Drake-Brockman

ASR Presents at the 2015 Regional Economic Integration for Services Industries in the Asia Pacific Forum

In her role as President of the Australian Services Roundtable,  Vivianne Arnold presented at the 2015 Regional Economic Integration for Services Industries in the Asia Pacific Forum in Taipei. Vivianne spoke about how Franklin Phillips, as a member of the Australian Services Roundtable, addresses regulatory change to enable our Asia Pacific micromultinational to thrive in the region. Vivianne addressed the forum […]

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Collaboration in Fintech

June 10, 2015 By Vivianne Arnold

My name is Vivianne Arnold, I’m the CEO of Franklin Phillips. We are an Asia Pacific Executive Search and Consulting company and we are deep into the fintech space. I have the pleasure of being the Chair of today’s event, Collaboration in Fintech. A lot of you are bankers here today and for you I […]

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Make or Break for Vital Trade Agreement

March 18, 2015 By Vivianne Arnold

ASR has been closely involved in providing DFAT with professional services industry comment on the TPP. Issues such as Cross Border data flows, state owned enterprises, data storage and IP on pharma are key to better trade in services outcomes for Australia. Recently this was recognised in the media as the Minister moves towards finalising […]

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Barriers to Australian Services Growth Under Review

March 18, 2015 By Vivianne Arnold

The Australian Services Roundtable will be a key contributor to a new review by the Australian government into barriers to services exports. The review, announced recently by the Government, is aimed at identifying the barriers to services growth and boosting Australia’s services exports. It will focus on the education, financial services, health services, information technology, […]

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ASR Supports Government Accession to WTP GPA

February 18, 2015 By asr-admin

The Minister for Trade and Investment, Andrew Robb, announced on 14 November 2014 that Australia will work towards accession to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). The GPA is a significant WTO plurilateral agreement which offers legally-binding access to government procurement markets estimated at USD1.7 trillion. The GPA has 43 members which will increase […]

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ASR’s Services Innovation Index (ASRIIx)

July 17, 2014 By asr-admin

ASR is pleased to announce the launch of an important new set of metrics to help measure and analyse the rate of progress of services sector innovation in the Australian economy. The new ASR Services Innovation Index (ASRIIx) is a joint development between ASR and acknowledged global innovation thought leader Dr. Ralph Kerle. For the first time it provides a […]

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Global Services Coalition TISA Support Letter

July 17, 2014 By asr-admin

ASR has been a contributor to the following letter, which will be lodged by the Global Services Coalition (GSC) to all international trade ministers shortly. Dear Minister, It has been twenty years since the international rules of trade in services were negotiated as part of the Uruguay Round. The world has changed dramatically in the intervening […]

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Time to move on Asian Century Implementation

July 17, 2014 By asr-admin

Media commentary has highlighted difficulties in implementing the Asian Century White Paper. Sure there are difficulties but the penalties for doing nothing are worse. It is time to get started on implementation. Some States are very unprepared and probably a COAG work program will be needed to get the necessary whole of government momentum. AMcC Letter to […]

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