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Andrew Robb shares his views on what makes an effective leader, from building trust and shaping culture to leading calmly through uncertainty and change.
In this speech to the Queensland Australia China Business Council, Andrew Robb reflects on the strength of the Australia-China relationship, highlighting the 10-year impact of ChAFTA and the significant growth in trade between the two countries.
Australia’s live-export supply chains have long been a cornerstone of regional stability, strengthening partnerships in defence, food security, animal welfare and economic cooperation across Asia and the Middle East. The decision to ban live sheep exports risks eroding decades of goodwill, damaging rural communities and weakening Australia’s strategic standing when we can least afford it.
A decade on from ChAFTA’s signing, the dramatic rise in two-way trade, from $98 billion to $330 billion, shows that free trade delivers shared prosperity. Our nations have proven that when economies complement one another and people-to-people ties remain strong, partnership flourishes despite shifting global headwinds.
Labor’s landslide election win was driven less by political strategy and more by voters seeking stability amid global uncertainty, particularly following Donald Trump’s disruptive tariff campaign. Despite Labor’s policy failures and declining popularity just weeks before the election, the global shock pushed voters to stick with the incumbent. The result is not an endorsement of Labor’s record but a demand for steady governance.
Letter to Zoe McKenzie MP Addressing Misinformation from Anonymous Sources.
Australia should not negotiate with President Trump. We should just ignore him. No gratuitous comments. No supplicant phone calls. No offer of concessions. No response to his illegal tariffs. We are a sovereign nation not to be bullied and intimidated.
President Trump has taken the world back to the 1930’s where depression, unemployment and
growing global conflict was turbo charged by the adoption of protectionist policies across the
developed world.
The undeniable success of free trade is evident in the exponential growth of global prosperity, driven by open markets, comparative advantage, and the removal of protectionist barriers. Yet, while much of the West retreats into protectionism, Asia is forging ahead, embracing agreements like RCEP and CPTPP, fostering unprecedented economic expansion.
It is a great privilege to declare open the 2024 Australia China International Film Festival. The theme of the Film Festival is “Where Dreams Begin”.
Given the mental health crisis facing Australia, the former Federal Coalition Minister, Andrew Robb, today called on all NSW State Parliamentarians to demand urgent amendments to NSW Health Department regulations.
Despite subsequent significant political differences that unfortunately arose between Australia and China, and the prevailing uncertainty, the 50-year development of people-to-people linkages, especially at a commercial level and at the Australian diaspora level, has seen a strong, respectful and prosperous working relationship being maintained between China and Australia.
As a small, open economy international trade and foreign investment has been critical to providing jobs and prosperity by Australians since European settlement over 200 years ago.
There are endless opportunities in Northern Australia; the trick is to have government truly engaged as a partner in attracting the critical investment dollars.
Australia was the first Western country to break through the metaphorical Great Wall of China in terms of free trade, creating a trading environment no Western G20 economy has ever enjoyed. Yes, in breaking through we have got a little bloodied, but our efforts were not in vain, and they must not be in vain.
At these challenging times, we need to work hard to reverse the souring of our political relationship. The irony is that while at a political level our relationship is facing some difficulties, at a commercial level our relationship has never been better.
If the court’s decision does not stand, we will continue to face exposure to imperious government intervention in export markets, without any protection for those who do the right thing. It would leave our ability to operate in doubt.
Andrew Robb today completely rejected the assertions and innuendo made in a piece of gutter journalism in the Sunday Age newspaper.
“It will take quite a lot of adjustment in the UK for them to remove a lot of the assistance and protection for many of the agricultural products … It’s going to require a will on their part that hasn’t existed,”
Former trade minister Andrew Robb AO has told delegates at Red Meat that Asia and, in particular China, is where Australia must focus for future red meat export opportunities.
Mr Robb, who was minister for trade and investment under Malcolm Turnbull, on Thursday joins the board of Mind Medicine Australia, a body active in funding clinical research into the psychological benefits of medicinal psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms and MDMA (a pure form of ecstasy).
Psychedelics may have been used and abused by many hippies in the 1960s, but until banned in 1970 for crass political purposes psychedelics also held the promise of a remarkable impact in dealing with serious mental health conditions.
Former trade minister Andrew Robb said while the political relationship had been "toxic" in recent years, Chinese officials were more concerned about diversifying away from a reliance on US markets than punishing Australia.
Why I’m cheering for the Brexiteers, and why this Brexit issue won’t go away no matter what happens this time around.
Weight loss shakes maker Celebrity Slim has been sold by ASX-listed healthcare company Probiotec to Global Brands Australia for $6.75 million cash.
Australia must deepen political ties with Southeast Asian countries to “stop us from being the meat in the sandwich” and bullied by the US and China, former trade minister Andrew Robb has warned amid escalating tensions over the trade war.
A company chaired by former Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb is seeking an equity injection so it can buy weight loss shakes maker Celebrity Slim and list on the ASX-boards.
"What China does best we want and what we do best China wants," Robb said. "We've got very, very complementary economies, and that has led to an extraordinary two-way trade between our countries."
The Prime Minister’s performance was obviously instrumental in May’s election victory; however, he couldn’t have done it without the meticulous preparation of the party organisation.
Andrew Robb has received the 2019 AustCham President’s Award, awarded to an individual or association who has made a significant contribution to the Australian and Singaporean business community…