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Great links to business resources on the net:

go to Australia Post Home Page

 

Australian Government - Bureau of Meteorology

 

Government Links:

Queensland Government logo Office of Fair Trading

Australian Securities & Investments Commission

bulletACIS Administration Act 1999
Under ACIS, participants receive duty credit which can be used to offset customs duty payable on certain eligible imports.

bulletACIS Administration Regulations 2000
- including amendments to date

bulletACIS Online Ledger
Lodge your quarterly returns using this online application (for existing customers).

bulletATO Research and Development Tax Concession Schedule and Instructions
The instructions are available in Portable Document Format (PDF).

bulletAustrade
Austrade provides export and investment services to Australian companies and international buyers and investors in 94 locations worldwide. See Austrade's EMDG program.

bulletAustrade - Australian Suppliers Database
The Australian Suppliers Database promotes Australian goods and services to overseas buyers through Austrade's website .

bulletAustrade - New Export Development Program
Austrade's New Exporter Development Program provides eligible businesses with practical assistance to develop their business into a successful exporting company through the provision of free export services including advice and information about getting into exporting, export coaching, and assistance on the ground in foreign markets.

bulletAustralian Business Limited
Australian Business Limited is a business support organisation that provides information, expert advice and business services that enable organisations to manage their people and growth more efficiently. Our International Trade experts can assist you with export documentation and on the ground assistance and operational management in overseas markets. We also provide expert advice and market information for exporters at all stages of growth. In addition, our advice line service helps businesses with industrial and employee relations issues. We hold regular business events, provide advice on OHS compliance issues and represent the needs of businesses at various levels of government. Other services include training and vocational education, New Apprenticeships, business planning and legal assistance.

bulletAustralian Customs Service Website
Customs manages the security and integrity of Australia's borders. It works closely with other government and international agencies, in particular the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs and the Department of Defence, to detect and deter unlawful movement of goods and people across the border. The agency is a national organisation employing over 4,800 people in Australia and overseas, with its Central Office in Canberra. It has a fleet of ocean-going patrol vessels and contracts two aerial surveillance providers for civil maritime surveillance and response. Protecting the Australian community through the interception of illegal drugs and firearms is a high priority and sophisticated techniques are used to target high-risk aircraft, vessels, cargo, postal items and travellers. This includes intelligence analysis, computer-based analysis, detector dogs and various other technologies. Clients of Customs include the Australian community, the Government, industry, travellers and other government agencies.

bulletAustralian Government Entry Point
Comprehensive and integrated access to Australian Government information.

bulletAustralian Institute for Commercialisation
The Australian Institute for Commercialisation (AIC) is a national, not-for-profit company that delivers programs to improve commercialisation of Australia's research investment. AIC activities address key impediments to greater success in the commercialisation sector. These barriers relate to inadequate co-ordination, skills, and analysis.

bulletAustralian Technology Showcase
The Australian Technology Showcase program is a promotional and networking government program targeted at small and medium sized Australian business enterprises with innovative, cutting edge technologies.

bulletAustralian Venture Capital Association Ltd
AVCAL is the virtual hub of the Australian venture capital industry. Membership of the Association comprises venture capital firms, banks, incubators, angels, corporate advisers, IT&T companies, accountants, lawyers, government bodies, academic institutions and other service providers to the industry.

bulletBiotechnology Australia
Biotechnology Australia was established in the 1999-2000 Commonwealth Budget. It is a multi-departmental Government agency - responsible for coordinating non-regulatory biotechnology issues for the Commonwealth Government, and seeks to provide balanced and factual information on biotechnology to the Australian community. Choose from the icons to the left to start your biotechnology journey.

bulletBiotechnology Investment and Development - QLD
An outstanding investment and commercial destination.

bulletBusiness Entry Point (BEP)
The Business Entry Point (BEP) enables Australian businesses to perform online transactions for taxation compliance and license applications. It includes information and services from all federal, state, and territory government agencies, as well as some local councils.

bulletBusiness, Industry & Resource Development - NT
The Department of Business, Industry & Resource Development is in the business of growing the economy of Australia's Northern Territory. The Northern Territory Government offers all of the advantages of a modern sophisticated business environment in a secure democratic location and is all right next door to a market of 450 million people in South East Asia.

bulletCase Studies and Surveys for Australian Exporters
This database has been designed to help the Australian academic, business and government sectors. The project is a free service available to all. It is a partnership between Monash University and Austrade.

bulletCommercial Ready
Commercial Ready is a competitive merit-based grant program supporting innovation and its commercialisation. It aims to stimulate greater innovation and productivity growth in the private sector by providing around $200 million per year in competitive grants to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) between 2004-05 and 2010-11. It offers industry a single entry point to competitive grants for early-stage commercialisation activities, research and development (R&D) with a high commercial potential, and proof-of-concept activities.

bulletCooperative Research Centres
The Cooperative Research Centres, generally known as CRCs, bring together researchers from universities, CSIRO and other government laboratories, and private industry or public sector agencies, in long-term collaborative arrangements which support research and development and education activities that achieve real outcomes of national economic and social significance.

bulletDepartment of Industry, Tourism and Resources
ITR is AusIndustry's home Department. It is responsible for Australian Government industry, tourism and resources policy and programmes.

bulletExport Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC)
EFIC, Australia's export credit agency, increases Australian exports and investments by providing internationally competitive finance and insurance services to Australian exporters and investors. EFIC has longstanding experience in providing financing to the export community and has extensive knowledge about many global markets and sectors. EFIC can provide tailored finance packages to international buyers and other financiers and has played a role in many successful complex export transactions. EFIC's products Can include: Direct Loans and Export Finance Guarantees to finance the purchase of Australian capital goods or services, Advance Payment or Performance Bonds, Export Credit Insurance to cover the risk of non-payment, Political Risk Insurance and Unfair Bond Calling Insurance. For small and medium-sized businesses, EFIC can also help secure working capital finance from financial institutions through our Export Working Capital Guarantee or provide the bond facilities often required for export contracts.

bulletForeign Investment Review Board
The Foreign Investment Review Board advises the Australian Government on Foreign Investment Policy.

bulletFree Trade Agreement
www.fta.gov.au is a comprehensive, online guide to Australia's Free Trade Agreement. fta.gov.au can help you identify new opportunities arising through improved market access; understand tariff, quote and rule changes; learning about upcoming trade fairs and missions relevant to your industry; and provide links to a full range of Government services available to your business.

bulletGrantsLINK
GrantsLINK makes it easier to find suitable and relevant grants for your community projects from the many Commonwealth grants that are available. GrantsLINK also helps you find the best source of funding and assists you to complete application forms.

bulletIdeas 2 Market
Innovation and Commercialisation Assistance for Queensland Small Business

bulletIndustry Capability Network
ISO: The authority on Australian and New Zealand industry capability.

bulletIndustry Development Centre
The Industry Development Centre (IDC-Hunter) is a not for profit business service organisation which delivers the NSW Department of State & Regional Development's Innovation Advisory Program. Based at the University of Newcastle, IDC-Hunter provides services in three core areas including education, evaluation and commercialisation of inventions and intellectual property.

bulletIndustry Research and Development Act 1986
Industry Research and Development Act 1986

bulletInformation Technology Online (ITOL) Grant Program
The Information Technology Online (ITOL) Program is a Commonwealth Government grants program administered by NOIE. ITOL is designed to accelerate the national adoption of business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce solutions, especially by small to medium enterprises (SMEs), across a broad range of industry sectors and geographic regions.

bulletInnovationXchange
Connecting industry to the ideas and resources they need to innovate.

bulletIP Australia
IP Australia is the Australian Government Agency responsible for administering three forms of intellectual property (IP) in Australia; patents, trade marks and designs.

bulletJAS-ANZ
JAS-ANZ - the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand - JAS-ANZ - is a not for profit, self funding international organisation established under a Treaty between the Australian Government and the New Zealand Government on 30 October 1991 to act as the joint accreditation body for Australia and New Zealand for certification of management systems, products and personnel.

 

bulletOECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in Australia
The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises are non-binding recommendations addressed by governments to multinational enterprises. They provide voluntary principles and standards for responsible business conduct consistent with applicable laws. The Guidelines are part of the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises, which the Australian Government has signed up to.

bulletPooled Development Funds Act
 

bulletR&D Tax Concession Online
Entry to online transactions for R&D Tax Concession customers who have received a Username and password.

bulletSection 73B - Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
Section 73 - Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

bulletSensis Pty Ltd
Sensis Pty Ltd (formerly Pacific Access Pty Ltd) is a leading Australian information, advertising and directories provider. Sensis encompasses two of Australia's iconic brands (White Pages(R) and Yellow Pages(R)), along with a leading internet city guide (the CitySearch(R) site), the interactive location and navigation brand (Whereis(R)) and an internet search engine (GOeurekaTM).

bulletSmall Business Assistance Program
A healthy small business sector is vital to the Australian economy, accounting for 70 percent of jobs growth over the past decade, and contributing about 30 per cent to GDP. To help small businesses grow and develop, the Government will provide $60 million over 4 years through the Small Business Assistance Program.

bulletSmall Business Enterprise Culture Program
The Small Business Enterprise Culture Program (SBECP) was announced in the May 1999 Budget, with funding of $6.4 million over three years. This programme meets an election commitment to small business to provide additional funding for skills development initiatives, mentoring services and to support women in small business.

bulletSmall Business Incubators
Small business incubators are designed to assist new and growing businesses to become established and profitable by providing premises, advice, services and other support. The "incubation period" is normally from one to three years, during which time fledgling businesses can become established before graduating into the wider business community.

Technology Planning for Business Competitiveness
This guide is intended for corporate executives and decision makers,as well as business and research managers and policy and industry practitioners who are interested in strategic technology planning for enhancing business competitiveness.

bulletTourism White Paper
Tourism White Paper

bulletVenture Capital Act 2002
Includes the Act in PDF, RTF and ZIP formats.