2004 AUSTRALIAN EXPORT AWARDS – SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Please note the following dates are subject to change – please contact Anne-Marie Flynn for further information. Email: amflynn@charlton.com.au

Thursday 6 May
NATIONAL LAUNCH BREAKFAST - MELBOURNE
VENUE – Hotel Sofitel
Guest of Honour: The Hon. Mark Vaile MP, Minister for Trade
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Thursday 10 June
TOP EXPORTER EVENT - Luncheon - PERTH
Venue: Novotel Langley Perth
Address: 21 Adelaide Terrace, Perth
Topic: “Winning Ways – Successful Exporting”
Format: Panel discussion
Speakers: STEVE BIRKBECK Managing Director, Mt Romance Australia Pty Ltd; NATHAN BUZZA Chief Executive Officer, Commtech Wireless; ROD MACDUFF Technical Director, Q-Mac Electronics Pty Ltd; PETER O’BYRNE Managing Director, Austrade; PHILIP NIXON CCIWA Board Member and Chair, CCIWA International Trade Committee.General Manager, United Farmers;
Keynote Address: Dr Fiona Wood Burns Specialist
Special Guest: The Hon. De-Anne Kelly, MP Parliamentary Secretary, Office of the Minister for Trade.
Time: 12 noon for 12.30 – 2.30pm
Cost: $55 per person incl gst or $500 incl gst for a table of 10.
More information: Please contact Anne-Marie Flynn
Phone: 02 9981 2208
Fax: 02 9401 6717
Email: amflynn@charlton.com.au



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Friday 25 June
TOP EXPORTER EVENT - Breakfast - DARWIN
VENUE - MGM Grand
Guest of Honour: TBC

Thursday 22 July
REGIONAL EVENT - Luncheon – WAGGA WAGGA
VENUE - TBC

Thursday 4 Nov
NATIONAL FINALISTS’S BREAKFAST - CANBERRA
VENUE - Parliament House Canberra
Guest of Honour: The Hon. Mark Vaile MP, Minister for Trade

Thursday 9 Dec
GALA DINNER AND AWARDS PRESENTATION - GOLD COAST
VENUE - Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast, QLD
Guest of Honour: The Hon. Mark Vaile MP, Minister for Trade

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Sponsored by:
Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)	Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ACCI)

EDUCATED, WINE SIPPING ENGINEER MAKES THE EXPORTER HALL OF FAME

If our top exporters were melded into one entity, the result would be an educated, wine sipping engineer - if judging from the first three inductees to the inaugural Australian Export Awards (AEA) Hall of Fame is anything to go by.

Adelaide-based wine producer BRL Hardy, Western Australian firm Clough Engineering and the University of NSW are the first three organisations to be in inaugurated into the AEA Hall of Fame, Trade Minister Mark Vaile.

Mr Vaile made the announcement at the launch of the 39th Australian Export Awards, jointly presented by the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) and Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), announced on May 7th at the National Launch of the Australian Export Awards.

Mr Vaile said the three inductees had secured their place in the AEA Hall of Fame, which is sponsored by Austrade and ACCI, by winning a national category Australian Export Award three times.

"The AEA Hall of Fame is designed to honour the truly exceptional," Mr Vaile said.

"It is the latest chapter in the Australian Export Awards, which have been recognising Australian exporting excellence since the 1960s.

"While it is important to each year to recognise a brand new crop of export heroes, the AEA Hall of Fame lets us congratulate the organisations which have made a sustained effort into exporting.

"A recent Austrade report found that just 55 per cent of companies which export do so on a regular basis. The Liberal-National Government aims to unleash the potential of the 45 per cent of 'irregular' exporters and help them become regulars.

"These three AEA Hall of Fame inductees are leading examples to other exporters of the benefits of exporting on a consistent and sustainable basis," he said.

Mr Vaile said exporters make a major contribution to our community by creating jobs and fostering education, training and opportunity.

"It is for this reason that the Federal Government has committed to seeing the number of Australian exporters double over the next five years," he said.


AUSTRALIAN EXPORT AWARDS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES 2002

The first three inductees into the Australian Export Awards Hall of Fame are:

BRL Hardy
BRL Hardy is Australia's biggest wine producer and one of the top ten wine groups in the world, and it currently exports to more than 50 markets around the globe.

BRL Hardy won the Agribusiness award in 1998, 2000 and 2001 - along with last year's DHL Australian Exporter of the Year Award.

Clough Engineering
Clough Engineering is one of Australia's leading engineering and construction contractors, and it has an extensive international network of more than 4000 employees.

Clough Engineering won the Service category in 1992, 1998 and 2001.

The University of New South Wales
UNSW has the largest on-campus enrolment of international students in Australia, and it has more than 200 partnerships with overseas universities. UNSW won the Education award in 1999, 2000 and 2001.