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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 05CANBERRA1047 | AUSTRALIA ON TRACK FOR VWP REQUIREMENTS [...] (U) Post demarched Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Passport Systems and Technology Director John Osbourne on June 15 regarding the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) biometric passport requirements (reftel). Osbourne identified DFAT as the responsible ministry and designated [...] |
2005-06-17 02:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CPAS AS |
| 05CANBERRA1118 | NEW AUSTRALIAN VISA CATEGORY FOR AMERICANS [...] (U) A letter to the Charge' from the Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) Temporary Entry Branch Assistant Secretary Arja Keski-Nummi, announced that starting July 1, 2005, in addition to the Electronic Travel Authority (ETA), American citizens [...] |
2005-06-29 00:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT AS |
| 05CANBERRA1129 | AUSMIN 2005: INITIAL LOGISTICAL ISSUES AND [...] (C) Summary: The GOA convened an initial AUSMIN interagency planning session with Emboffs on June 29 to consider logistics issues: dates, accommodations, security, transportation, number of delegates, advance teams, media, etc. DFAT and other GOA agency representatives stressed the importan [...] |
2005-06-30 09:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP OTRA PREL ASEC PGOV AS |
| 05CANBERRA1167 | AUSTRALIA ON USG CANDIDACY FOR SEAT ON WORLD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-08 05:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL AS UNESCO |
| 05CANBERRA1201 | AUSTRALIA ON UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-15 06:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL AS |
| 05CANBERRA1218 | AUSTRALIA DOES NOT SUPPORT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On July 11, Poloff delivered ref A demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) ASEAN, Burma, and Cambodia Director Lynette Wood and Executive Officer Gillian Walker seeking to gauge Australian interest in establishing a Management Committee for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. [...] |
2005-07-18 06:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC CB AS |
| 05CANBERRA1253 | AUSTRALIA'S LOST AND STOLEN PASSPORTS REPORTING [...] (U) Action request for CA at para 3. 2. (U) At present post does not receive information on lost and stolen passports (LASP) directly from the Australian Government. Occasionally, post receives reports from other embassies advising us of LASP and we usually forward this information on to [...] |
2005-07-24 21:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT KPAO AS EUN |
| 05CANBERRA1270 | GOA SUPPORTS UN DEMOCRACY FUND, SEEKS SEAT ON BOARD [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) We delivered ref A demarche on July 21 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) United Nations and Commonwealth Director Nicholas Turner, and at a July 28 follow up discussion with AusAid Acting Assistant Director Gen [...] |
2005-07-28 06:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR AS UNSC UNGA ECOSOC KPKP |
| 05CANBERRA1301 | AUSTRALIA TO ACCEPT 50 UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-03 01:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL AS |
| 05CANBERRA1314 | SECURITY SECTOR SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN [...] (U) This is an action request for State. Please see para 4. 2. (C) We presented reftel demarche points on July 1 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Middle East Section Director Octavia Borthwick, who told us that the GOA was considering whether and what sort of equipment [...] |
2005-08-03 08:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL KWBG KPAL AS IS |
| 05CANBERRA1361 | AUSTRALIA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE [...] Embassy Canberra, with the concurrence of Consulate General Sydney, welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Samuel Soo Hoo, Paul Ebel, and Frederick Allen Morris to travel to Sydney, Australia on August 27 - September 2, 2005. The purpose of their visit is to participate in a Regional T [...] |
2005-08-12 01:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA AS IAEA |
| 05CANBERRA1381 | MUSLIM COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO LONDON BOMBINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The London terrorist incidents of July 7 and 21 have sparked a debate in Australia about the value and meaning of multiculturalism and about the need for the Muslim community to condemn more forthrightly violent extremist propaganda within its own ranks. Australia's relatively [...] |
2005-08-12 07:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR ASEC KCRM AS |
| 05CANBERRA1399 | REVISED CHILD LABOR REPORT ON AUSTRALIA [...] Per reftel, we raised child labor issues with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) on August 11 and 16, and with the domestic NGO Child Wise and the Australian Council of Trade Unions on August 12. Our Australian counterparts responded that they shared U.S. concerns ab [...] |
2005-08-16 21:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB KTDB AS |
| 05CANBERRA1423 | AUSTRALIA: LONDON BOMBINGS PROMPT CT SUMMITS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The July London bombings have prompted Australia to conduct a national, government-wide counterterrorism review to assess Australia's capacity to respond to a terrorist attack. PM John Howard will meet with state and territory leaders in late September at a national counterterr [...] |
2005-08-22 08:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR AS |
| 05CANBERRA1433 | GOA AND UNIONS TAKE THEIR FIGHT TO THE ILO [...] (SBU) Australia's union leaders have gone overseas to seek guidance from their counterparts in the U.S. and elsewhere to strengthen their campaign against the Howard Government's proposed labor law reforms. The Government of Australia (GOA), meanwhile, has restarted its regional labor diploma [...] |
2005-08-24 22:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB KTDB AS |
| 05CANBERRA1453 | AFGHAN FM VISITS AUSTRALIA: GOA MOVING TOWARD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Australia strongly supports the process of bringing stability and democracy to Afghanistan. During his August 17-20 visit to open the new Afghan embassy in Canberra, Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah lobbied GOA offic [...] |
2005-08-29 06:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ASEC EAID XD AF NL AS |
| 05CANBERRA1454 | CANBERRA VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR AUGUST 2005 [...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (SBU) The A/DCM chaired Embassy Canberra's August 26 Visas Viper committee meeting. There were no Visas Viper submissions for the month of August 2005. STANTON [...] |
2005-08-29 07:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR PTER CVIS PINR ASEC CMGT AS PREL |
| 05CANBERRA1455 | PM HOWARD ENLISTS MUSLIM LEADERS TO COMBAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister John Howard and thirteen Australian Muslim leaders met at an August 23 "summit" to find ways in which the government and Islamic leaders could work together more closely to combat the spread of extremism within Australia's Islamic community (Refs A and B). After t [...] |
2005-08-29 07:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR AS |
| 05CANBERRA1460 | AUSTRALIAN DOD READOUT ON FIJI GUARD UNIT [...] (C) Summary: Australian Department of Defense (ADOD) officials told us on August 29 that they were exasperated by Fiji,s threat to renege on its commitment to provide guard units to the UN in Basra and Erbil, and they planned to advise Defense Minister Hill and the Department of Prime Ministe [...] |
2005-08-30 02:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PINR IZ FJ AS UNSC |
| 05CANBERRA1461 | AUSTRALIA-PHILIPPINES MINISTERIAL FURTHERS CT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The inaugural Australia-Philippines Ministerial Meeting (APMM), held in Canberra August 11-12, focused on security issues, in particular strengthening joint efforts by Australia and the Philippines to combat the terrorist threat in the region. The two governments agreed to star [...] |
2005-08-30 06:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AS RP |
| 05CANBERRA1471 | SINGAPORE-AUSTRALIA MINISTERIAL HIGHLIGHTS DEPTH [...] (C) Summary: Australian and Singaporean foreign, defense, and trade ministers exchanged views on security issues, counterterrorism, East Asian regional architecture, defense cooperation, and economic integration during the fifth biennial Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee (SAJMC [...] |
2005-08-31 08:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD EINV EAIR MARR MOPS ECPS AS SN |
| 05CANBERRA272 | AUSTRALIA WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TIMOR [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche on February 11 to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Assistant Secretary for Maritime South-East Asia Penny Burtt. Burtt said that the GOA was in "heated agreement" with the U.S. that UNMISET should conclude in May and that the Governme [...] |
2005-02-11 03:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL TL AS UNSC |
| 05CANBERRA284 | BALANCED AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO MAMDOUH HABIB MEDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Australian former detainee Mamdouh Habib's first media appearance since his release from Guantanamo received predictably wide coverage here, but overall the reporting has balanced his accusations of torture with questions about why he refuses to account for his pre-9/11 activiti [...] |
2005-02-14 05:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MARR PHUM OPRC AS |
| 05CANBERRA287 | AMBASSADOR RAISES EUROCOPTER ENGINES WITH DEFMIN [...] (C) During his February 14 farewell call on Australian Minister for Defence Robert Hill, Ambassador raised the issue of the Australian Government's purchase of engines for the MRH-90 from Eurocopter. The Ambassador told DefMin Hill that the U.S. would appreciate it if the GOA requested General [...] |
2005-02-14 06:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PREL PGOV AS |
| 05CANBERRA293 | AUSTRALIA WANTS TRILATERAL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Summary: Australian Foreign Affairs Secretary Michael L'Estrange told the Ambassador on February 14 that he hoped another round of the U.S.-Japan-Australia Trilateral Strategic Dialogue could be held in the near future. He also asked that the U.S. encourage Japan to use its influence with [...] |
2005-02-15 00:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CN JA PREL ARF |
| 05CANBERRA310 | AUSTRALIA'S VIEW ON THE EU'S INTENTION TO LIFT ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several articles in the Australian press over the past several days have miscast the GOA's policy on the EU's professed intention to lift its ban on arms exports to China. Contacts at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) have assured us that the GOA fully shares the [...] |
2005-02-17 07:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC ETRD AS CH |
| 05CANBERRA322 | NPT ENVOY AMBASSADOR SANDERS HEARS AUSTRALIAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a February 9 lunch with Australian officials, Ambassador Jackie Sanders, Special Representative of the President for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, discussed mainly IAEA matters, hearing Canberra's views on the prospects of a third term for IAEA DG ElBaradei and i [...] |
2005-02-18 04:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AORC PARM AS IAEA |
| 05CANBERRA323 | NPT ENVOY SANDERS DISCUSSES IRAN WITH AUSTRALIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 10 luncheon with senior Australian officials hosted by the DCM, Ambassador Jackie Sanders, Special Representative of the President for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, discussed how to handle Iran's nuclear programs at the IAEA. GOA officials were candid i [...] |
2005-02-18 04:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP AORC PARM AS IR IAEA |
| 05CANBERRA329 | NO GOA POSITION YET ON ARF CBM SEMINAR ON MISSILE [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered ref A points and concept paper on February 14 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Section Chief Paula Watt, ARF Action Officer Fiona Couchaud, and Defence Policy and Liaison Section Chief Jane Lambert, and separately to ADOD Assis [...] |
2005-02-18 06:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL AS ARF |
| 05CANBERRA331 | AUSTRALIA: PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE REPORT OF THE [...] (U) Please see action request in para 3. 2. (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to relevant Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) IO staff on February 10 and discussed matters contained therein at a February 18 follow up call with UN Executive Officer Lara Nassau. Nassau emphasiz [...] |
2005-02-18 07:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KUNR AS UNSC UNGA |
| 05CANBERRA341 | NPT ENVOY AMBASSADOR SANDERS CONSULTS ON NPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During February 10 consultations at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Canberra on preparations for the May 2005 Review Conference (RevCon) on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Ambassador Jackie Sanders, Special Representative of th [...] |
2005-02-22 08:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP AORC PARM AS IR IAEA |
| 05CANBERRA342 | AUSTRALIA TO SEND ADDITIONAL 450 TROOPS TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister John Howard announced February 22 that Australia would increase its troop contribution to Iraq by 50 percent by sending 450 additional ground forces to protect Japanese military engineers engaged in reconstruction efforts in Al Muthanna province. Some of the new [...] |
2005-02-22 08:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PTER PGOV IZ AS |
| 05CANBERRA354 | COMMANDER OF UN FORCES IN KOREA GENERAL LAPORTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on February 16, U.S. General Leon LaPorte, Commander of the UN Command in Korea, described the dramatic changes taking place in the ROK, in particular at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), where the UN Command's role is a [...] |
2005-02-24 06:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PARM PREL KNNP AS KS KN IAEA |
| 05CANBERRA361 | MTCR: AUSTRALIA AGREES WITH USG'S SMALL GROUP [...] (C) We presented ref A points on February 24 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Counterproliferation Section Director Peter Sawczak, soliciting Australian views on the three USG proposals for the April 4 Small Group meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and as [...] |
2005-02-25 07:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL AS MTCRE |
| 05CANBERRA374 | AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON STRENGTHENING THE IAEA AND [...] (C) We presented Ref A demarche on February 7 to DFAT Arms Control Office Director David Mason and ASNO DG John Carlson, and continued discussions during and after the visit of NPT Envoy and CD Ambassador Jackie Sanders (Refs D - F) about the U.S. proposals to strengthen the IAEA. Mason, Car [...] |
2005-02-28 05:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP AORC PARM AS IR IAEA |
| 05CANBERRA386 | AUSTRALIA'S FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia remains a destination country for Southeast Asian women trafficked for prostitution. Many of these women travel to Australia voluntarily to work in both legal and illegal brothels but can be deceived or coerced into debt bondage or sexual servitude. The Government [...] |
2005-03-02 01:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB PREF KFRD ASEC AS |
| 05CANBERRA387 | NPT REVCON: AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON USG PROPOSALS [...] (C) Summary. GOA officials have provided additional comments on U.S. preparations for the 2005 NPT Review Conference (Ref A) to those they offered to NPT Envoy Ambassador Jackie Sanders (Ref B) during her February 9-10 visit. The additional comments reinforce Australian support for the over [...] |
2005-03-02 02:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP AORC AS IR IAEA |
| 05CANBERRA403 | AUSTRALIA WANTS MORE PRESSURE ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In a February 25 courtesy call on DFAT Secretary L'Estrange, North Korean Ambassador Chon engaged on the question of whether North Korea would return to the Six-Party Talks (6PT). According to DFAT, Chon launched into the DPRK's "standard diatribe" about the U. [...] |
2005-03-02 07:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC AS KN IAEA |
| 05CANBERRA432 | DISCUSSIONS BEGIN FOR CHINA TO BUY AUSTRALIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: John Carlson, Director General of the Australian Safeguards and Nonproliferation Office (ASNO), told us his late-February trip to Beijing to begin exploratory discussions on an "agreement for cooperation" on uranium sales to China went well overall. He described his interactions [...] |
2005-03-04 04:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PARM ENRG KNNP PREL ETTC MNUC AS CH |
| 05CANBERRA436 | AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO BA'ASYIR VERDICT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australian officials welcomed the March 3 Indonesian Court decision to convict Abu Bakar Ba'asyir (ABB) for his involvement in the Bali bombings, but were disappointed by the short 30-month sentence he received. The Australian Ambassador to Jakarta raised GOA concerns over the [...] |
2005-03-04 07:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV KJUS KISL KPAO ASEC ID AS |
| 05CANBERRA509 | IRAN: FM DOWNER TO EXPRESS AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON [...] (C) DFAT Arms Control Assistant Secretary Peter Shannon told us March 9 that Iranian MP Boroujerdi, Chairman of the Parliament's National Security Committee, would visit Canberra on March 15. On March 11 we raised with Ben Burdon, Policy Director of the Iraq Task Force (ITF), Ref A points ur [...] |
2005-03-14 06:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM AS IR IZ IAEA |
| 05CANBERRA510 | PSI: AUSTRALIA UNWILLING TO PRESS FOR IMMEDIATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials balked at the U.S. request (Ref A) for the GOA to endorse Washington's message calling upon Thailand to publicly support the Proliferation Security Initiative Statement of Interdiction Principles (PSI SOP) in orde [...] |
2005-03-14 07:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL MNUC ETTC AS TH |
| 05CANBERRA576 | AUSTRALIA-INDIA BILATERALS: INDIA'S UNSC BID AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) hosted a Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) and a strategic dialogue with India March 7-8. The SOM's principal topics were the promotion of bilateral economic ties and Australian support for India's bid for permanent UNS [...] |
2005-03-24 04:53:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PINR KNNP ETTC ETRD ENRG AS IN UNSC |
| 05CANBERRA626 | AUSTRALIA WEIGHING COUNTERNARCOTIC CONTRIBUTION TO [...] (U) After coordinating with UK counterparts, we delivered reftel points and nonpaper on April 1 to Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) Afghanistan Program Director Carmel Ryan and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Afghanistan Section Director Peter Howarth. Ry [...] |
2005-04-04 01:07:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR AF UK AS |
| 05CANBERRA691 | MTCR: AUSTRALIA WILLING TO SPONSOR TWO SMALL GROUP [...] (C) We presented ref A points on April 15 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Counterproliferation Section Director Peter Sawczak and MTCR Action Officer Lucinda Bell, asking whether Australia would be willing to sponsor two of the five Small Group proposals that had emerged fro [...] |
2005-04-15 07:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AS MTCRE |
| 05CANBERRA704 | CHR 61: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON RESOLUTION ON [...] . (SBU) Polcouns raised reftel points on April 19 with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Richard Sadleir. SIPDIS Sadleir assured us that Australia would vote against a Cuban resolution on Guantanamo if one came to a vote. Sadl [...] |
2005-04-19 05:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AS UNHRC EUN |
| 05CANBERRA725 | GOA CONSIDERING EXTENSION OF INTERNATIONAL POLICE [...] (U) In an April 22 meeting, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Iraq Task Force Director Jeremy Bruer and Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) Iraq Program Manager Katherine Krilov. Krilov indicated that Australia [...] |
2005-04-22 05:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR SOCI AU AS HU IZ |
| 05CANBERRA729 | COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES ELECTION STANDARDS [...] (U) On April 20 Poloff delivered reftel points to Nick Turner, Director of the United Nations and Commonwealth Section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Turner told us on April 22 that he had conferred with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) and the Australian Agen [...] |
2005-04-25 22:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM AS |
| 05CANBERRA749 | FM DOWNER MAY RAISE IDEA OF RICE/DOWNER JOINT [...] (U) Poloff delivered on April 27 Ref A talking points on activities related to the second anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) International Security Division Executive Officer Lucinda Bell. Bell expressed [...] |
2005-04-28 05:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP GG KPAO OIIP AS |
| 05CANBERRA772 | GOA STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE IRAQI TRANSITIONAL [...] (U) On May 2, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Iraq Task Force Executive Officer Bernadette Siely. Siely noted that Foreign Minister Alexander Downer had issued a press release on May 1 welcoming the formation of the new Iraqi gove [...] |
2005-05-02 22:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IZ AS |
| 05CANBERRA779 | FIRST AUSTRALIAN HOSTAGE IN IRAQ WILL NOT ALTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOA responded strongly to the first kidnapping of an Australian citizen in Iraq by decrying the actions of the insurgents who seized him, rejecting their demands for a withdrawal of Australian troops, and affirming that Australia's commitment to Iraq would not waiver. Short [...] |
2005-05-04 02:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL AS IZ |
| 05CANBERRA791 | AUSTRALIA WILL WORK TO PREVENT UNMANDATED SESSION [...] (U) We presented reftel talking points on May 5 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Director for Human Rights and Indigenous Issues Gerry McGuire. McGuire told us late on May 5 that the USG could rely on the GOA's support in opposing the Commission reform resolution in ECOSOC, [...] |
2005-05-05 07:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AS UNCHR UNGA |
| 05CANBERRA806 | APEC: AUSTRALIA WILLING TO CO-SPONSOR USG'S [...] (C) We presented ref A points on May 4 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counterproliferation Peter Shannon, and separately to International Safeguards Director Russell Leslie in the Australian Safeguards and Nonproliferation Office (AS [...] |
2005-05-09 05:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC EAID ETRD KNNP KSTC AS |
| 05CANBERRA807 | AUSTRALIA ANTICIPATES EAS INVITATION: WILL MAKE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia will sign ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC), with conditions, in exchange for an invitation to the first East Asian Summit (EAS) to be held in Kuala Lumpur this December. The conditions include ensuring that the TAC does not hinder Australia's obligations [...] |
2005-05-09 07:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AS ARF |
| 05CANBERRA808 | AUSTRALIAN HOSTAGE CASE: OUTLOOK BLEAK, NEW PLAYERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australian government expectations for the release of the first confirmed Australian hostage in Iraq, Douglas Wood, remain low, according to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Iraq Task Force Director Bassim Blazey. Prominent Australian Sunni cleric, Sheik [...] |
2005-05-09 08:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL AS IZ |
| 05CANBERRA837 | GOA ARF SOM DELEGATION [...] (U) On May 12, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials told poloff that First Assistant Secretary for International Security David Stuart and SIPDIS Assistant Secretary for Strategic Affairs Susan Dietz-Henderson would head the GOA delegation to the May 18-20 AS [...] |
2005-05-12 07:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MARR PREL AORC AS |
| 05CANBERRA859 | MTCR: AUSTRALIA WILL SPONSOR SMALL GROUP PROPOSAL [...] (C) We presented ref A points on May 13 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Counterproliferation Section Director Peter Sawczak and MTCR Action Officer Lucinda Bell, asking for Australia's confirmation that it would sponsor the fifth Small Group proposal on transshipment best pra [...] |
2005-05-17 08:37:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC AS MTCRE |
| 05CANBERRA865 | AUSTRALIA PULLS POLICE FROM PNG: ECP IN DANGER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16 the GOA decided to withdraw Australian Federal Police (AFP) forces deployed in Papua New Guinea (PNG) as a result of the May 13 ruling by PNG's Supreme Court which overruled the legal immunity given to Australian police and bureaucrats under the Enhanced Cooperation Pr [...] |
2005-05-19 00:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID AS PP |
| 05CANBERRA879 | AUSTRALIA: EAP A/S HILL'S DFAT ROUNDTABLE, SESSION [...] (C) In a May 17 roundtable attended by senior Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials, DFAT Deputy Secretary Geoff Raby told EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill that Australia supports the U.S. approach to the DPRK nuclear problem and would continue to conv [...] |
2005-05-23 23:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MARR AS CH TW ID TT ARF APEC NK SK |
| 05CANBERRA882 | EAP A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (S) EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill told Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Secretary Michael L'Estrange on May 17 that there was a SIPDIS growing sense of urgency in Washington about the DPRK's nuclear program. L'Estrange agreed that the current state of [...] |
2005-05-24 04:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PREL MNUC AS KN CH KS JA ID ARF |
| 05CANBERRA884 | GOA COUNTERTERRORISM UPDATE: RELEASE OF CT BUDGET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australia augmented its counterterrorism efforts in the Asia-Pacific region with its recent announcement of a four-year, A$40.3 million (USD$30.6 million) regional counterterrorism package and with progress on a counterterrorism memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pakistan. [...] |
2005-05-24 07:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PK AS XC |
| 05CANBERRA898 | AUSTRALIA IN WAIT-AND-SEE MODE ON ILO DIRECTOR [...] (U) We passed reftel talking points to Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) Director of International Relations Scott J. Evans on May 23. We also raised the issue during a dinner Charge hosted for Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Kevin Andrews on May 25. A [...] |
2005-05-26 05:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB KTDB AS |
| 05CANBERRA944 | UNIONS/ALP SEEK TO BLOCK GOA LABOR LAW REFORMS [...] (SBU) The Government of Australia on May 26 announced a major reform of laws governing industrial relations. If passed, the reform package would dramatically reduce the bureaucratic hurdles that currently characterize how Australian workers are hired, fired, and paid. The GOA expects that in [...] |
2005-06-01 06:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ELAB ECON KTDB AS |
| 05CANBERRA987 | Australia: Labor Commission Lifts Minimum Wage [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-08 04:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ELAB ECON KTDB AS |
| 06CANBERRA1009 | DPRK: AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO JULY 5 NORTH KOREAN [...] (C/NF) Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer issued separate statements to local media on July 5 publicly condemning the North Korean Taepo Dong-2 missile launch and calling on the DPRK to return to the Six-Party Talks. The Foreign Minister's media statemen [...] |
2006-07-05 21:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM MNUC MOPS KNNP MARR AS KN |
| 06CANBERRA1161 | PM HOWARD DECLARES HE WILL SEEK 5TH TERM; [...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister John Howard announced July 31 that he would contest the next election as Prime Minister, thus ending months of speculation about his intentions. Treasurer Peter Costello, who had established himself as a somewhat impatient heir apparent, called a press conference [...] |
2006-07-31 08:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV AS |
| 06CANBERRA1201 | FURTHER AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO NATO GLOBAL [...] (C) Australia is willing to participate in NATO's Global Partnership but only under a flexible, informal arrangement that stresses practical cooperation and that avoids a new formal institutional structure, including fixed requirements for meetings and expenditure of resources. The GOA plans [...] |
2006-08-08 10:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AS |
| 06CANBERRA1224 | AUSTRALIA WELCOMES UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] (U) Acting POLCOUNS delivered ref demarche on UNSC Resolution 1701 to Richard Maude, Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs and Director, Lebanon Crisis Management Center, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on August 12. 2. (U) Maude responded by referring to Foreign Minister Alexande [...] |
2006-08-12 10:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UNAUS UNSC IS LE AS |
| 06CANBERRA1229 | PM HOWARD WITHDRAWS CONTROVERSIAL REFUGEE ASYLUM [...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Howard was forced to withdraw legislation from Senate consideration on August 14 that would have required all future unauthorized boat arrivals to be processed offshore for asylum claims. Facing almost certain defeat in the upper house where the Government enj [...] |
2006-08-14 08:48:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM AS ID |
| 06CANBERRA1238 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE ON BERN PROCESS JOINT/PARALLEL [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche request August 16 to Rachel White, Acting Branch Chief in the Human Rights and Indigenous Issues Section of DFAT,s International Organizations Division. She noted that the GOA would raise the issues separately, as part of their follow-up with the Chinese a [...] |
2006-08-16 06:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 06CANBERRA1244 | PM HOWARD STEPS OUT TOWARD THE 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C/NF) With his declaration July 31 that he would seek a fifth term in office effectively ending months of speculation about his intentions (ref A), Prime Minister John Howard can now focus on the national elections that must be held in 2007. A renowned morning power-walker, Howard has good [...] |
2006-08-17 04:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON AS |
| 06CANBERRA1311 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Poloff met with Nigel Stanier, Executive Officer for South and West Asia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on August 28, 2006, to follow up Ref A invitation for Australia to participate in the Contact Group's expert level m [...] |
2006-08-28 07:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER AS |
| 06CANBERRA1366 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON OPPOSITION [...] (C/NF) Opposition Leader Kim Beazley told the Ambassador during his September 6 introductory call that the alliance continued to enjoy broad bipartisan support in Australia. The Labor Party, for its part, could be counted on to continue to support the alliance,s core elements of ship visits, [...] |
2006-09-08 06:10:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR PARM AS |
| 06CANBERRA1410 | ORGANIZED LABOR THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. At a September 13 luncheon speech at the National Press Club, Greg Combet, the Secretary of the Australian Confederation of Trade Unions (ACTU), fiercely attacked the Howard Government and its labor reforms saying that the new industrial relations laws were unfair and calling [...] |
2006-09-14 06:53:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ELAB AS |
| 06CANBERRA1425 | KIM BEAZLEY TAKES A HIT AND SCORES A HIT ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On September 11 Labor Party (ALP) leader Kim Beazley proposed that all Australian visa forms contain a commitment to respect Australian laws and institutions. Prime Minister John Howard -- who also used the anniversary of the twin towers attack for his own anti-terrorism message [...] |
2006-09-15 05:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV SMIG AS |
| 06CANBERRA1430 | AUSTRALIAN COMMENTS ON DOD REPORT ON CHINA'S [...] (S/NF) An Australian Government interagency review of the U.S. Defense Department's 2006 Report on China's Military Power has yielded broad agreement with most of the report's key conclusions. Australia estimates that China's military spending for 2006 is approximately USD 70 billion, twice th [...] |
2006-09-15 07:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM MOPS PREL CH PM AS |
| 06CANBERRA1444 | LIBERAL PARTY DIRECTOR CONFIDENT PRIME MINISTER [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Liberal Party Federal Director Brian Loughnane (Protect) told Poloffs September 18 that Prime Minister John Howard was in a good position to win reelection as long as the economy continued to do well. The Labor Party's (ALP) slight lead in most of the national polls conducted [...] |
2006-09-19 05:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PGOV PREL AS |
| 06CANBERRA1517 | OPPOSITION LEADER BEAZLEY WILL FIGHT PM HOWARD FOR [...] (C/NF) During a meeting with poloffs on September 25, Opposition and Australian Labor Party (ALP) Leader Kim Beazley's principal advisors vowed to fight John Howard,s coalition for the political center. Though the ALP remains strongly supportive of the alliance with the United States, it will [...] |
2006-09-26 07:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR ELAB AS |
| 06CANBERRA1574 | INTEREST RATES MORE IMPORTANT POLITICALLY THAN [...] (C/NF) Interest rates will be a key political issue for the 2007 federal elections, according to a number of observers Embassy poloffs met with during a visit to Sydney. The consensus was that changes to the industrial relations laws will be at most a contributing factor. So far, the impact o [...] |
2006-10-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ELAB ECON AS |
| 06CANBERRA1586 | QUESTIONABLE POLL CLAIMS STRONG PUBLIC OPPOSITION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A poll of Australian citizens released by the Lowy Institute in Sydney October 2 found that 84 percent of respondents did not believe the war in Iraq would reduce the threat of terrorism. Two-thirds of those surveyed thought the war would not lead to the spread of democracy in [...] |
2006-10-06 07:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PGOV PREL SCUL AS |
| 06CANBERRA1628 | WESTERN AUSTRALIA MUSLIMS WORRY THAT MOSQUE [...] (C) Summary: West Australian police told Perth Consul General privately that they have no firm leads on the September 29 drive-by shooting at a northern Perth mosque, in which a single bullet narrowly missed women and children among the 400 worshippers at a Friday night service. No one was i [...] |
2006-10-15 21:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL PTER AS |
| 06CANBERRA1804 | PM ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN'S CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (C/NF) A/S Hillen held productive talks with a wide range of Australian Government officials in Canberra November 2-5. He secured GOA consent to meet again bilaterally to consider an Article 98 agreement before the December 12 Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations. Austra [...] |
2006-11-09 22:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PINR AS |
| 06CANBERRA1933 | KEVIN RUDD IS NEW OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Kevin Rudd won the vote in the Labor Party (ALP) caucus on December 4, beating Kim Beazley 49-39 to become the new leader of the Opposition. The press is reporting that the uncommitted caucus members swung to Mr. Rudd over the weekend. Voting for the shadow cabinet and other [...] |
2006-12-04 05:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AS |
| 06CANBERRA1940 | AUSTRALIA DECLINES FIJI'S REQUEST FOR MILITARY [...] (C) Australia declined a request by Fijian Prime Minister Qarase for Australian military intervention to prevent a coup by the RFMF Commander Bainimarama. In reaction to events, the Australian Foreign Minister announced December 5 Australia would suspend defense ties with Fiji, including impo [...] |
2006-12-05 06:44:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MASS AS FJ NZ |
| 06CANBERRA2043 | INFORMING MTCR PARTNERS ABOUT SPECIALTY STEELS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-28 04:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL AS |
| 06CANBERRA2044 | AUSTRALIA PLANS TO IMPLEMENT UNSCR 1737 SANCTIONS [...] (U) In a media statement released December 24, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer affirmed that Australia would proceed to implement sanctions on Iran's nuclear and missile programs, in accordance with the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1737. He noted specifically the requ [...] |
2006-12-28 06:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP IR AS |
| 06CANBERRA577 | AUSTRALIA DEPLOYS TROOPS, POLICE TO SOLOMON ISLANDS [...] (U) Prime Minister Howard announced on April 19 that Australia would deploy 110 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel and about 70 police to Honiara to help maintain law and order in response to post-election rioting in the Solomon Islands capital (reftels). Four C-130 aircraft are preparin [...] |
2006-04-19 06:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINR PREL AS BP |
| 06CANBERRA810 | INDONESIAN EARTHQUAKE: AUSTRALIAN AID UPDATE [...] (U) Australia has provided AUS$7.5 million (US$5.7 million) in assistance in response the May 27 earthquake in Indonesia to date. The lead agency for the Australian disaster relief effort, AusAID, had sent or was preparing to send more than 80 disaster, logistics and relief specialists to aff [...] |
2006-05-31 10:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PGOV PREF PREL AS ID |
| 06CANBERRA814 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS U.S. ANNOUNCEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) Charge presented reftel U.S. demarche on Iran to Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on the morning of June 1. Responding positively to the U.S. proposal, the FM said he would be happy to support it publicly. He told his staff participating in the meeting to draft a press re [...] |
2006-06-01 02:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM AS IR |
| 06CANBERRA849 | EAST TIMOR: UPDATE ON AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE AND [...] (C/NF) The GOA confirmed that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) could include U.S. Embassy in Dili in its patrolling arrangements and could mount a rapid reaction capability to respond to a security threat at the U.S. Embassy, if needed. The GOA planned to double the number of police currently [...] |
2006-06-08 07:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR AORC PREL KDEM AS PO TT |
| 06CANBERRA889 | EAST TIMOR: AUSTRALIA CONCERNED ABOUT UN SLIPPAGE; [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3 below. 2. (C/NF) Michael Bliss, International Law Director in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Legal Branch, told Poloff June 13 that the GOA was concerned about delays in moving forward with next steps to establish a new U [...] |
2006-06-13 08:15:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL AS TT |
| 06CANBERRA952 | EAST TIMOR: AUSTRALIAN BRIEFING ON LOBATO ARREST [...] (C/NF) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Acting East Timor Director provided us a briefing on the arrest of former East Timor Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato on June 22. Ferguson confirmed that a prosecutor, possibly a UN-provided international prosecutor, from the East Timor Of [...] |
2006-06-22 08:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS KCRM AS TT |
| 07CANBERRA1018 | DEMARCHE ON HEAVY-CALIBER AMMUNITION FOR LEBANESE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Adrian Lochrin, Director for Defence Policy and Liaison, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on July 5, emphasizing the urgency of the issue for the Lebanese Armed Forces and the need for a rapid response. 2. (SBU) Lochrin advised the GOA [...] |
2007-07-05 06:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PARM PREL LE AS |
| 07CANBERRA1021 | PM HOWARD'S JULY 5 SPEECH ON AUSTRALIA'S STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Howard used the July 5 release of the Australian Department of Defense's 2007 Defense Update to deliver a wide-ranging address on Australia's strategic future and implications for national security policy. In remarks to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute that refle [...] |
2007-07-05 11:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PINR PREL AS |
| 07CANBERRA1480 | AUSTRALIA DRAWS UP TARGETED SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA [...] (C) Jeannie Henderson, Director of the Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Burma Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, briefed poloff on the sanctions the Government of Australia is currently contemplating in response to the Burmese government's bloody crackdown on recent protests. 2. [...] |
2007-10-04 07:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNSC BM AS |
| 07CANBERRA1496 | AUSTRALIA RESPONSE TO AGREEMENT ON SECOND PHASE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points and paper to Andrew Willis, Acting Director for Korean Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), on October 5. 2. (U) Willis referred to Foreign Minister Downer's media release the previous day in which Downer welcomed the agreement on "Seco [...] |
2007-10-05 08:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EAID |
| 07CANBERRA1547 | DUTCH, CANADIAN AMBASSADOR'S VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/REL AUS, UK, CANADA) At our quarterly U.S.-UK-Canada-Netherlands lunch on October 19, Dutch Ambassador to Australia Niek van Zutphen commented that senior Dutch officials were sincere in voicing continuing support for the Netherland's troop commitment in Afghanistan, but faced formidable do [...] |
2007-10-19 07:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV AS |
| 07CANBERRA1560 | AUSTRALIA SET TO IMPOSE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON 418 [...] (C) In a meeting with poloffs on October 23, Jeannie Henderson, Director of the Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Burma Section, DFAT, advised that Foreign Minister Downer had agreed to a recommendation to impose targeted financial sanctions against 418 individuals associated with Burma's military r [...] |
2007-10-23 07:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD AS BM |
| 07CANBERRA1561 | AUSTRALIA: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY IN [...] (U) Poloffs presented ref demarche to Jeannie Henderson, Director of the Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Burma Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), on October 23. 2. (C) In a preliminary reaction to the points, Henderson noted that Australia ended its programs in Burma speci [...] |
2007-10-23 07:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM AS BM |
| 07CANBERRA1576 | AUSTRALIA COMMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN ASIA PACIFIC [...] (U) Arthur Spyrou, Director of the United Nations and Commonwealth Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, confirmed to POLCOUNS during an October 26 meeting that Australia was commited to participate in the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP). Jonathan Richardson, Australia's [...] |
2007-10-26 07:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM AS |
| 07CANBERRA1580 | ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL APPROVAL OF RED [...] (S) Argentina Embassy Counselor Carlos Chiappe told Polcouns on October 26 that he didn't anticipate "any problem" at the Marrakech INTERPOL General Assembly on the question of Australian support on the question of red notices against Iranian officials charged in the AMIA bombing. In declini [...] |
2007-10-26 08:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | AR AS IR PREL PTER |
| 07CANBERRA1581 | CARETAKER STATUS PRECLUDES AUSTRALIA FROM ACTING [...] (U) We presented Ref A and B demarches to Paul Foley, Assistant Secretary for the Middle East and Africa, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on October 29. (Australia had been inadvertently omitted as an action addressee on Ref A, per Ref D, thus the delayed delivery.) Foley, who [...] |
2007-10-29 06:22:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP PTER PREL PARM EFIN IR AS |
| 07CANBERRA1593 | AUSTRALIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE DAVID WALKER [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-31 05:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA AS |
| 07CANBERRA1603 | AUSTRALIAN IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS DEPENDENT [...] (C) Australia's requirements to deploy forces to Iraq following expiry of the MNF-I mandate will depend heavily on which party forms the government following the November 24 election. The Liberal/National Coalition government under Prime Minister John Howard has been solidly behind the missio [...] |
2007-11-02 06:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL AS PM |
| 07CANBERRA1604 | HOWARD GAINS LITTLE AT CAMPAIGN MIDPOINT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: At the halfway point of the campaign, there is little indication that the Coalition is turning its position around. Buoyed by a better Newspoll (that cut the Australian Labor Party's (ALP) lead over the Coalition to eight points) and a gaffe by the ALP's environment minister, [...] |
2007-11-02 07:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV AS |
| 07CANBERRA1610 | AUSTRALIA: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] SUMMARY ----------- Australia is a committed partner in international efforts to combat illicit drugs. Domestically, Australian government policies are designed to address fully both the law enforcement needs and the demand reduction sides of the equation. Australian law enforcement agencies [...] |
2007-11-06 00:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AS |
| 07CANBERRA1615 | AUSTRALIA UPDATES PARTICIPATION IN ASIA PACIFIC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-08 04:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM AS |
| 07CANBERRA1622 | COMMEMORATING THE GREAT WHITE FLEET [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-09 05:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO MARR MAS PREL AS |
| 07CANBERRA1624 | HOWARD STILL WELL BEHIND AS INTEREST RATES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The interest rate rise announced by the Reserve Bank this week (ref. a), has paradoxically, turned the political debate to the Coalition's strength - economic management - but given the ALP ammunition to undermine the Coalition's credibility on this important issue. The Coalit [...] |
2007-11-09 06:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV AS |
| 07CANBERRA1630 | AUSTRALIA CLARIFIES POSITION ON UNGA RAPE [...] In a November 13 conversation with poloff, Colin Milner, Director, Human Rights and Indigenous Issues Section, International Organizations Branch, International Organizations and Legal Division, DFAT clarified the GOA's position on the Resolution Condemning Rape As An Instrument Of State Po [...] |
2007-11-13 06:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA SOCI AS |
| 07CANBERRA1642 | RUDD STAYS CONSERVATIVE AT LABOR CAMPAIGN LAUNCH [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ahead by eight points in the polls, Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Kevin Rudd protected his lead at the ALP campaign launch in Brisbane November 14. Union leaders were kept in the background; past Labor prime ministers were introduced to the crowd; and Rudd hammered the th [...] |
2007-11-16 04:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV AS |
| 07CANBERRA1645 | RUDD EIGHT DAYS FROM A LIKELY ELECTION VICTORY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With only eight days left before the November 24 federal election, and with a new A.C. Nielsen poll that gives Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Kevin Rudd an eight-point lead over Prime Minister John Howard's Coalition, the chances that Howard can close the gap look increasi [...] |
2007-11-16 06:48:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV AS |
| 07CANBERRA1651 | AUSTRALIA: INTERIM RESPONSE ON IRAQI WMD SCIENTIST [...] (S) Poloff provided Ref A responses to Australia's questions on the Iraqi WMD Scientist Relocation Plan (Ref B), along with notification that we would be seeking Australia's acceptance of a specific case, to Gerry McGuire, Director of the Counter-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Af [...] |
2007-11-19 09:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS PARM PREL PREF AS |
| 07CANBERRA1662 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN [...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche points to John Owens, Assistant Secretary for Canada and Latin America, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on November 20. Owens was joined by John M.L.Woods, Director for the Canada and Latin America Section, and Philip C.W.Lowday, Executive Officer. [...] |
2007-11-20 07:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM AS VE |
| 07CANBERRA1671 | OPPOSITION LABOR PARTY SET TO WIN AUSTRALIAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Absent a sudden, highly unlikely turnaround, the Kevin Rudd-led Australian Labor Party (ALP) will win the Australian federal election on November 24. Although there has been a small shift towards the Coalition since the campaign started, the ALP appears headed to win an additio [...] |
2007-11-21 08:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AS |
| 07CANBERRA1678 | LABOR WINS MANDATE FOR CHANGE IN AUSTRALIAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With the polls consistently favoring Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Kevin Rudd over Prime Minister John Howard's Liberal-National Party Coalition since last December, it was no surprise that the ALP won the November 24 federal parliamentary election (ref A). The overall [...] |
2007-11-26 06:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AS |
| 07CANBERRA1679 | COSTELLO RULES OUT BECOMING LIBERAL PARTY LEADER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasurer and Deputy Liberal Party Leader Peter Costello announced the day after his party lost the federal election on November 24 that he would not contest the Liberal leadership, throwing plans for a smooth transition into chaos. Mark Vaile also announced on November 26 that [...] |
2007-11-26 07:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV AS |
| 07CANBERRA1682 | SCENE SETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] (C/NF) Your visit comes on the heels of Australia's November 24 federal election in which voters decisively rejected John Howard and his Liberal/National coalition government after more than eleven years in office, and embraced opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Kevin Rudd. Rudd, [...] |
2007-11-27 06:22:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV OTRA AS |
| 07CANBERRA1683 | SCENE SETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] (C/NF) Your visit comes on the heels of Australia's November 24 federal election in which voters decisively rejected John Howard and his Liberal/National coalition government after more than eleven years in office, and embraced opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Kevin Rudd. Rudd, [...] |
2007-11-27 10:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV OTRA AS |
| 07CANBERRA1697 | RUDD ANNOUNCES NEW CABINET [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd announced his 20-member Cabinet November 29. It is a talented line-up that strikes a balance between different regions and the Labor Party's left and right-wing factions. Rudd honored his undertaking to retain his core economic team - Julia Gilla [...] |
2007-11-29 07:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR ECON ETRD AS |
| 07CANBERRA1712 | RUDD'S CABINET: WINNERS, LOSERS, AND SURPRISES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd announced a 42-member Australian Labor Party (ALP) Ministry November 29. Twenty of the positions are in the Cabinet. Ten are in what is known as the "outer ministry," and 12 are parliamentary secretaries, who assist the minister in the portfol [...] |
2007-12-03 07:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV AS |
| 07CANBERRA1717 | AUSTRALIA RESPONSE TO NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) DCM delivered Ref A unclassified non-paper and points to David J. Ritchie, Deputy Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), on December 4. Ritchie was joined by Olivia Borthwick, Director, Middle East Section. (Other Mission personnel conveyed the classified version separ [...] |
2007-12-04 05:07:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM KNNP IR AS |
| 07CANBERRA1721 | CSIRO'S PERSPECTIVE ON WIRELESS PATENT LEGAL [...] (C) Summary: The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's (CSIRO) ongoing defense in U.S. courts of its wireless patent against alleged infringers is unusual but not unprecedented. CSIRO is open to negotiating a settlement of its case. The $4/unit royalty that CSIRO has [...] |
2007-12-05 05:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KIPR AS |
| 07CANBERRA1724 | PM AA/S MULL'S CALL ON AUSTRALIAN DFAT DEPUTY [...] (C) During a November 30 call by Acting Assistant Secretary Stephen Mull (reftel), David J. Ritchie, Deputy SIPDIS Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade SIPDIS (DFAT), said new Trade Minister Simon Crean wanted to examine the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement as part [...] |
2007-12-06 00:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD AS |
| 07CANBERRA1728 | NEW OPPOSITION SHADOW CABINET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberal Party leader Brendan Nelson announced his new Shadow Ministry December 6, the same day Prime Minister Rudd held his first Cabinet meeting. Nelson's front bench is a mixture of veterans from the Howard Government and newcomers. None of the veterans were in the same port [...] |
2007-12-06 07:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR AS |
| 07CANBERRA1734 | AUSTRALIA ON UNCITRAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-07 06:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC |
| 07CANBERRA1738 | MEETING THE PRIME MINISTER [...] (C/NF) Summary: At a December 8 meeting with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, the Ambassador offered his congratulations and noted the positive tone set by the recent meetings of Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns with the Foreign and Defense Ministers and the Deputy Prime Minister. The Amb [...] |
2007-12-10 04:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF AS CH IR IZ NZ PREL |
| 07CANBERRA1739 | PARIS DONOR MEETING: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) At his December 8 meeting with Prime Minister Rudd, (Ref. B) the Ambassador urged that Australia's attendance at the Paris donors conference be at the ministerial level and stated the need for major assistance pledges from the participants. He told the PM that the Secretary would attend [...] |
2007-12-10 05:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS IS KPAL KWBG PREL |
| 07CANBERRA1740 | PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE: NOTIFICATION TO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-10 06:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP KSTC AORC AS |
| 07CANBERRA1741 | FINAL VOTE COUNT GIVES LABOR NARROWER WIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the vote count in several of the most closely contested seats in the November 24 federal election almost complete, it appears the Australian Labor Party (ALP) increased its margin by 24 seats, giving it 84 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives - a comfortable ma [...] |
2007-12-10 06:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
| 07CANBERRA1742 | AUSTRALIA'S PARTICIPATION IN DECEMBER 12 [...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told poloff December 11 Australia agreed with the U.S. judgment that Jakarta's December 12 seminar on "PSI in the Framework of Maritime Security" does not meet its requirements as a venue to adv [...] |
2007-12-11 02:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL PHSA PBTS MNUC ETTC KNNP EWWT AS ID |
| 07CANBERRA1744 | U/S BURNS' 12/4 MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE MINISTER [...] (C) Under Secretary Nicholas Burns, accompanied by the Ambassador, called on newly sworn-in Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon on December 4. Fitzgibbon reaffirmed the Rudd government's commitment to the alliance with the United States, asserted his government's long-term commitment to Afgh [...] |
2007-12-11 23:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS KNNP PREL AS |
| 07CANBERRA1745 | U/S BURNS' 12/5 MEETINGS WITH AUSTRALIAN DPM [...] (C/NF) Summary: During wide-ranging conversations December 5 with newly appointed Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, and Agriculture Minister Tony Burke, Under Secretary Nicholas Burns emphasized the importance Washington placed on a continued cl [...] |
2007-12-12 00:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS CH ID IN IR IZ JA MNUC PREL PTER |
| 07CANBERRA1763 | AUSTRALIA'S RESPONSE TO CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) Pol/Mil Officer delivered reftel demarche on cluster munitions December 17 to Dr. Ada Cheung of the Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch in DFAT's International Security Division. Australia remains in agreement with the USG position on cluster munitions, particularly on the need [...] |
2007-12-18 00:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL AS |
| 07CANBERRA1771 | CHINESE RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIAN M/V IRAN MATIN [...] (S) Further to Ref A, Counter-Proliferation Director Gerry McGuire gave us a readout December 18 of the results of Australia's demarche in Beijing on December 14 on the M/V Iran Matin. Upon the U.S. request for Australia and the UK to demarche China (Ref D), DFAT had sought authorization to [...] |
2007-12-18 05:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL MASS PTER AS CH |
| 07CANBERRA1782 | U/S BURNS' 12/4 MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN DFAT [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a December 4, 2007 meeting in Australia, Under Secretary Burns and DFAT Secretary L'Estrange agreed the election of a new Australian government would not affect the strength of our alliance, but underlined the urgency to identify a new date for the Australia-U.S. Ministerial [...] |
2007-12-19 23:00:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AS MARR |
| 07CANBERRA1783 | U/S BURNS' 12/4 MEETING WITH JAPAN DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a December 4, 2007 meeting in Canberra, Australia with Under Secretary Burns, Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka outlined Japan's goals to improve the relevance of multilateral fora in Asia and its desire for greater United States engagement in the region. The two also [...] |
2007-12-20 03:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AS |
| 07CANBERRA1788 | RUDD SHAKES UP AUSTRALIA'S FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced that he will change the structure and responsibilities of parts of Australia's civil service to better enable him to oversee the implementation of his policy agenda. He has broken up and created new Cabinet Departments, and has merged the [...] |
2007-12-21 04:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AS |
| 07CANBERRA1792 | LIBERAL PARTY AT ITS LOWEST EBB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberal Party is in its weakest position since its formation in 1944. Out of office in every state and territory, its local branches are in disarray, and it is divided on the extent to which it should abandon the Howard Government's policies. The Liberal Party's post-electi [...] |
2007-12-21 06:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
| 07CANBERRA1799 | BHUTTO ASSASSINATION AND U.S. POLICY FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-31 05:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AS PGOV PINR PINS PK PREL PTER |
| 07CANBERRA266 | AUSTRALIA TO DEPLOY ADDITIONAL MILITARY TRAINERS [...] (SBU) The Government of Australia, in a National Security Committee of Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, February 14, approved a recommendation to deploy an additional 70 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel to assist in training Iraqi Army forces. 2. (C) Robert Garran, Assistant Secretary [...] |
2007-02-20 07:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL AS IZ XF ZP |
| 07CANBERRA293 | AUSTRALIAN PLANS TO INCREASE FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (S/NF) The Government of Australia, concerned about the upcoming Taliban offensive and worried that Dutch preparations to counter the expected Taliban offensive in southern Afghanistan are not robust enough, are making preliminary plans to deploy an additional 250 Australian Defence Force (ADF [...] |
2007-02-22 03:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS AS |
| 07CANBERRA329 | AUSTRALIA WANTS ADDITIONAL FORCES FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: On February 28, we received a briefing from Australian Defence Force (ADF) CMDR Jonathan Sadlier and Australian Department of Defence (ADOD) Afghanistan Section Assistant Director Malcolm Brailey, which provided additional information about the proposed Australian troop increas [...] |
2007-03-02 07:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS AS |
| 07CANBERRA334 | AUSTRALIA - JAPAN JOINT DECLARATION ON SECURITY [...] (U) This message contains an action request - please see para 6 below. 2. (C) On March 5, DFAT North Asia Division First Assistant Secretary (FAS) Peter Baxter and Japanese Embassy SIPDIS Minister-Counselor Shinichi Hosono briefed DCM on the Australia - Japan Joint Declaration on Securit [...] |
2007-03-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR KTIA ASEC PREL AS JA |
| 07CANBERRA472 | AUSTRALIAN READ-OUT OF PIF FOREIGN MINISTER'S [...] (C) Summary: Australia was very pleased with the outcome of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Foreign Minister's meeting on March 16. GOA officials strongly favor early elections in Fiji, and are examining modalities for making electoral preparations in the absence of a Parliament. They have s [...] |
2007-03-28 04:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM FJ AS |
| 07CANBERRA519 | AUSTRALIAN FM DOWNER URGES IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI TO [...] (C) On April 3, Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade David J. Ritchie gave the DCM a readout of Foreign Minister Downer's March 29 telephone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki regarding the 15 British naval personnel seized by Iran. 2. (C) According to Ritchie, Down [...] |
2007-04-03 06:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER INRA IR IQ AS |
| 07CANBERRA539 | AUSTRALIA TO NEARLY DOUBLE MILITARY FORCES IN [...] (S/NF) Stephanie Foster, First Assistant Secretary for International Policy, Australian Department of Defense, advised DCM April 5 that the Government of Australia had approved a planned deployment of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel to Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan that would nearly [...] |
2007-04-05 08:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL PTER AS |
| 07CANBERRA571 | RUDD'S POLICY ADVISER ON IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN AND ASIA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ahead of Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd's April 19-21 trip to Washington and New York, his foreign policy adviser, Peter Khalil, told poloffs that Rudd was committed to a close relationship with the United States. While he would withdraw Australian combat troops from Iraq if he b [...] |
2007-04-13 08:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PARM AF IZ AS |
| 07CANBERRA609 | AUSTRALIA ON EAST TIMOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Fretilin Party candidate won the most votes in the first round of East Timor's April 9 presidential election, it appears the party has lost considerable support and will be hard-pressed to increase its vote totals for the second round, according to the East Timor desk [...] |
2007-04-20 07:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TT AS |
| 08CANBERRA1003 | WESTERN AUSTRALIA ECONOMY - MORE THAN ROCKS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Canberra-based econoff visited Perth, Western Australia (WA) September 18-19 for meetings with local government and business figures. On this trip, econoff hoped to meet with people to discuss topics OTHER than Western Australia's booming resources sector, which includes nicke [...] |
2008-10-01 07:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG AS |
| 08CANBERRA1004 | JAPANESE AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON WHALING, CHINA AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Japanese Ambassador Takaaki Kojima told Ambassador McCallum that Japan was not going to reduce or cancel the upcoming whaling season, as Australia hoped (ref B), because it had already made a concession last year to drop the planned killing of 50 humpback whales in an effort [...] |
2008-10-01 07:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ASJA PREL |
| 08CANBERRA1005 | AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON REVISED CIV-MIL CELL FOR [...] (C) Australia is broadly supportive of the revised Civil-Military Planning and Coordination Cell concept but will not be ready to deploy staff by the November 1 target. In other comments on the revised concept paper, the GOA acknowledged the requirement for flexibility in the role and responsi [...] |
2008-10-02 09:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF AS |
| 08CANBERRA1010 | AUSTRALIAN CENTRAL BANK SLASHES OFFICIAL BANK RATE [...] (U) Summary: Australia slashed its official cash rate by 100 basis points on Tuesday, based on fears that the economy will slow down and on concerns about international financial markets. Initial reactions have been positive, with Australia share prices rising on Tuesday. End summary. 2. [...] |
2008-10-07 06:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA1012 | AUSTRALIA SEEKS PARTNERS ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C/NF) DCM delivered reftel points to Annabelle Anderson, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Europe Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Anderson replied that the GOA will vote "no" on the Kosovo ICJ UNGA resolution, [...] |
2008-10-07 07:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA AS |
| 08CANBERRA102 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM - [...] (U) Australia's plan to participate in the March GI Model Guidelines Document Workshop in Washington was confirmed to Poloffs by Mohan Mathews, Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Section, International Security Division, DFAT, during a Februar [...] |
2008-02-07 01:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA1020 | TOUGH WEEK FOR AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY [...] (U) Summary: This was a bad week for Australia's economy, primarily because of the effects of the global financial crisis. Stocks down 16%. Australian dollar down over 10%. Commodities softening, confidence down, unemployment up. Rudd is making reassuring statements and announced a new b [...] |
2008-10-10 05:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AS |
| 08CANBERRA1025 | 2008 U.S.-AUSTRALIA POL-MIL TALKS: PART I [...] (SBU) This is Part I of a three-part cable reporting on the annual U.S.-Australia Political-Military Talks held in Canberra, Australia on October 9, 2008. Part I covers Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as providing a summary and list of participants. Part II (septel) covers Persian Gul [...] |
2008-10-14 05:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS AS |
| 08CANBERRA1026 | 2008 U.S.-AUSTRALIA POL-MIL TALKS: PART II [...] (SBU) This is Part II of a three-part cable reporting on the annual U.S.-Australia Political Military Talks held in Canberra, Australia on October 9, 2008. This section covers Persian Gulf security (Iran), Nonproliferation and Disarmament, Regional Architecture, China and India. Part I (reft [...] |
2008-10-14 06:07:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS AS |
| 08CANBERRA1027 | 2008 U.S.-AUSTRALIA POL-MIL TALKS: PART III [...] (SBU) This is Part III of a three-part cable reporting on the annual U.S.-Australia Political-Military Talks held in Canberra, Australia on October 9, 2008. This section covers Southeast Asia, Trilateral Strategic Dialogue, Pacific Islands, Defence White Paper, Enhanced Defense Cooperation, a [...] |
2008-10-14 06:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS AS |
| 08CANBERRA1028 | TURNBULL OFF TO A GOOD START AS OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the first Newspoll that measured Malcolm Turnbull's performance as Opposition Leader, voters gave him a satisfaction rating of 50 percent, 10 points higher than former Leader Brendan Nelson's top of 40 percent and nine points better than Kevin Rudd when he first became Opposit [...] |
2008-10-14 07:07:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA103 | AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE TEAM TO VISIT U.S. RE IRAQ [...] (C) David Hallett, Director for Iraq, International Policy Division, Australian Department of Defense, outlined GOA thinking about the nature of arrangements Australia will need to govern deployment of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel and civilian contractors in Iraq when the current r [...] |
2008-02-07 06:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL KTIA AS |
| 08CANBERRA1037 | AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN; [...] (C/REL AUS) Addressing Parliament on October 15, Foreign Minister Smith announced Australia would impose new travel and financial sanctions against Iran, with immediate effect, that go beyond requirements of United Nations Security Council resolutions. The sanctions, similar to those previous [...] |
2008-10-15 06:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL EFIN AS |
| 08CANBERRA1039 | AUSTRALIA WILL NOT ATTEND GEORGIA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-16 00:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS AS |
| 08CANBERRA104 | UNIONS KEY FUNDING SOURCE FOR ALP [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Unions provided the Australian Labor Party (ALP) with a significant financial advantage during last year's election campaign. In the year to June 30 2007, the ALP raised A$66 million (USD 60 million) - almost 20 percent more than the Liberal and National Coalition - with unions [...] |
2008-02-07 06:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ELAB AS |
| 08CANBERRA1048 | AUSTRALIAN CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-17 05:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV EAID PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA1053 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] Poloff passed reftel data on ISN/WMDT and DTRA plans to launch a second generation GI Information Portal (GIIP), along with a request to update contact information, to Mohan Mathews, Australia's principal Global Initiative Point of Contact, on October 15. Mr. Mathews, who is the Executive Of [...] |
2008-10-20 00:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PARM PREL MCAP PINR AS |
| 08CANBERRA1054 | PUBLIC SUPPORTS RUDD BUT PUNISHES LABOR IN STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to a new A.C. Nielsen poll, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's approval rating has increased by 10 points to 71 percent, the highest rating he has ever recorded. Seventy-six percent of those surveyed supported Rudd's handling of the economic crisis and his economic package, [...] |
2008-10-20 06:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA1064 | GOA UPDATES SANCTIONS LIST FOR INDIVIDUALS [...] (U) Foreign Minister Stephen Smith announced October 22 that Australia had added new members of the Burmese regime who are subject to government of Australia (GOA) financial sanctions, bringing the total to 463. (Note. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) signaled to post in Jul [...] |
2008-10-23 06:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BM AS |
| 08CANBERRA1073 | TORRES STRAIT: LATEST LETTER DELIVERED [...] (C/NF) Australia should be able to accept the key elements of reftel letter, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy. Stressing that he could only give a very preliminary response based on his initial reading of the l [...] |
2008-10-24 06:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS EWWT PHSA PREL |
| 08CANBERRA1074 | FORMER HOWARD ADVISOR ON RUDD'S STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A former adviser to John Howard says the Rudd Government likely made a purely political decision rather than a carefully thought out economic one when it decided on the size of the A$10.4 billion stimulus plan (reftel). New Liberal Party MP Jamie Briggs, who won the seat of [...] |
2008-10-24 07:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA1075 | NEW NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION/DISARMAMENT GROUP [...] (C) Commissioners at the inaugural meeting of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND) in Sydney October 19-21 agreed on an ambitious work program involving seven meetings in different capitals over the course of the next 18 months, and production of 20 [...] |
2008-10-24 07:10:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC PREL KNNP AS |
| 08CANBERRA1079 | AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR TAKES A DIVE [...] (SBU) Buffeted by falling commodity prices, fear of global economic recession, and dropping domestic interest rates, the Australian dollar has lost 37% of its value against the U.S. dollar, falling faster since July than even the Icelandic krona. The Aussie dollar has lost 27% of its trade-wei [...] |
2008-10-27 06:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD AS |
| 08CANBERRA1080 | AUSTRALIA ON INDONESIAN STRAIT OF MALACCA PILOTAGE SCHEME [...] (C/NF) Australia has not been approached recently by Indonesia about either Australia,s Torres Strait Mandatory Pilotage Regime or Indonesia,s reported proposal to introduce a mandatory pilotage regime in the Strait of Malacca. Australia strongly opposes the Indonesian proposal, which it bel [...] |
2008-10-27 06:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS EWWT PHSA PREL |
| 08CANBERRA1081 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] This is an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. Poloff presented the fact sheet (inadvertently marked as a "White Paper" in reftel) on the November 13 Workshop on Excercise Design and Planning and the November 14 Exercise Planning Group Meeting to Mohan Mathews, Counter-Terrorism [...] |
2008-10-27 07:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PTER PREL AORC MCAP PINR AS |
| 08CANBERRA1086 | AUSTRALIAN WHALING OPTIONS DWINDLING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian Whaling Envoy Sandy Hollway is returning to Japan NLT October 30, despite Japanese signals that no deal is possible this year. Hollway hopes to secure some agreement from Japan to reduce the number of whales taken in the upcoming Japanese scientific whaling season [...] |
2008-10-28 06:22:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIS SENV ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA1097 | G-20 LEADERS SUMMIT: LATEST AUSTRALIAN VIEWS FROM [...] (C/NF) Australian thinking about the goals for the upcoming G-20 leaders summit has evolved, according to newly-appointed Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the International Economy Mike Callaghan. Callaghan was about to leave later in the day for China, the UK and the United States. Sharin [...] |
2008-10-30 06:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA1098 | G-20 SUMMIT: BACKGROUND ON AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) The following is keyed to State 114420. AUSTRALIAN G-20 SUMMIT KEY OBJECTIVES AND PRIORITIES --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (C/NF) Australia has three key objectives: -- To ensure that any reforms to global financial mechanisms do not threaten the effect [...] |
2008-10-30 23:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN AS |
| 08CANBERRA11 | REQUEST TO ALLIES FOR NEW DEMARCHE TO CHINA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-08 05:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS CH MARR MNUC PARM PREL |
| 08CANBERRA1101 | AUSTRALIA DELAYS FUNDING DECISION ON AFGHAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (C/NF) Australia has postponed until early 2009 a decision on the U.S. request to provide US$85 million per year from 2010 to 2014 to fund the expansion of the Afghan National Army (ANA). Jon Merrill, Director, Afghanistan [...] |
2008-10-31 06:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MCAP PREL AF AS |
| 08CANBERRA1102 | AUSTRALIA 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-31 06:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AS |
| 08CANBERRA1105 | DEMARCHE RE IRAN DESIGNATIONS DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-31 07:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PREL PARM EFIN KNNP AS |
| 08CANBERRA1106 | NSG: AUSTRALIA SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. OBJECTIVES AT [...] (SBU) During an October 31 meeting with Chris King, Acting Director for Arms Control, and Tim Bryson, Executive Officer for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with responsibility for the Nuclear Suppliers Group, poloff delivered reftel points, stressing the importance of rea [...] |
2008-10-31 07:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM IAEA TRGY ENRG ETTC AS |
| 08CANBERRA1107 | AUSTRALIA 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] Embassy Canberra is pleased to nominate June Oscar for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. In response to hard-hitting reports of abuse in Aboriginal communities in Australia, Ms. Oscar successfully campaigned for a controversial six-month ban on take-away alcohol [...] |
2008-10-31 07:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO AS |
| 08CANBERRA1111 | DAUSTR BELL'S AUSTRALIA MEETINGS: TPP, WTO, AND [...] (C) Summary. DAUSTR Doug Bell visited Canberra October 19-21 for meetings with Australian trade officials and to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Australia has begun its internal processes to gain formal approval for joining the TPP, which should be concluded by the end of the ye [...] |
2008-11-03 03:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ASEAN AS |
| 08CANBERRA1112 | AUSTRALIAN REGULATOR GRANTS LIMITED ACCESS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Australian regulators on October 31 announced new procedures to grant limited access for investors to their frozen mortgage funds. Funds faced problems before GOA announced bank guarantees, but the guarantees made their situation more uncertain. Financial industry response to [...] |
2008-11-03 04:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AS |
| 08CANBERRA1114 | AUSTRALIAN CENTRAL BANK SLASHES INTEREST RATES - [...] (U) Summary. On November 4 the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) slashed the official cash rate by 75 basis points, to 5.25%. Again, the cut was greater than expected, showing the RBA has placed protecting growth ahead of restraining inflation. This comes in the wake of a whole series of unif [...] |
2008-11-04 04:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA1119 | CORRECTED COPY - AUSTRALIA AND FATF IRAN STATEMENT [...] (U) This message replaces Canberra 1117. 2. (SBU) In response to points raised in reftel, DFAT International Legal Branch Sanctions and Transnational Crime Section Director Peter Scott told us on November 5 that Australia, a member of FATF, has issued a circular on the Australian Transac [...] |
2008-11-05 06:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNNP PARM PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA1121 | AUSTRALIAN MID-YEAR ECONOMIC UPDATE - GROWTH, SURPLUSES [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 5, Treasurer Wayne Swan released the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) 2008-09, the annual update to the Australian Government's budget for the 2008-2009 fiscal year, which runs from July 1 to June 30. The update lowered the estimated growth rate from 2.75 [...] |
2008-11-06 06:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AS |
| 08CANBERRA1131 | INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL LEVEL [...] Greg Wilcock of the office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs confirmed receipt of Australia's invitation to the National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09). Wilcock told PolOff November 10 that the Minister's office will contact post with information regarding attendees to NLE 09 as soon as there [...] |
2008-11-10 06:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL OPDC |
| 08CANBERRA1134 | NEW AUSTRALIAN CAR PLAN ANNOUNCED [...] (U) Summary. On November 10, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Industry Minister Kim Carr released the GOA's response to the Bracks Review of the car industry. The 'New Car Plan for a Greener Future' aims to make the car industry more responsive to changing consumer demand, environmental policy an [...] |
2008-11-12 04:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD AS |
| 08CANBERRA1136 | STAFFDEL JOHNSON (NOV 29-DEC 16) POC CANBERRA [...] Embassy warmly welcomes the visit of Staffdel Johnson to Australia and confirms that our Administrative Points of Contact are: James Cole, Political Counselor, at (W) 612-6214-5884, (H) 612-6290-2454, colejf@state.gov, AND Carol Hanlon, Political Officer, at (W) 612-6214-5718, (H) 612-6251-9 [...] |
2008-11-12 05:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS |
| 08CANBERRA1137 | AUSTRALIAN AID TO PAKISTAN'S TRIBAL BELT [...] (C/REL AUS) Lisa Rice Madan, Assistant Secretary, Southwest Asia Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), confirmed Australia's continued support for health and education programs in Pakistan's border regions ref B. In addition, Australia started an AUD $250K (USD $175K) coun [...] |
2008-11-12 05:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER ECON EAID AS |
| 08CANBERRA1138 | DEMARCHE - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE RETURN [...] (U) Jon Merrill, Director of the Afghanistan section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told PolOff November 12 that Australia stands shoulder to shoulder with USG on the International Conference on the Return and Reintegration of Afghan Refugees. He said that Australia is [...] |
2008-11-12 05:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF |
| 08CANBERRA114 | NEW PARLIAMENT TO MEET: LEADERS FACE SCRUTINY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The ALP and Coalition will be under the media spotlight next week when the new Parliament sits for the first time. In Question Time, the Opposition will seek to put the Rudd Government on the defensive, particularly on the key issue of the economy. The performance of Liberal [...] |
2008-02-08 06:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS PGOV |
| 08CANBERRA1140 | TRIAL COMMENCES FOR FIVE MEN ACCUSED OF PLOTTING [...] (U) The trial of five Sydney men accused of conspiring to commit a terrorist act or acts began November 11 in Parramatta, a New South Wales suburb of Sydney. The men, Khaled Cheikho, 35, Moustafa Cheikho, 31, Mohamed Ali Elomar, 43, Abdul Rakib Hasan, 39 and Mohammed Omar Jamal, 24 were foun [...] |
2008-11-12 06:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA1141 | INTERVENTION REVIEW FUELS POLITICAL AND SOCIAL [...] (U) Summary: Sixteen months after the Australian government mounted a controversial intervention in indigenous communities in the Northern Territory to combat reported widespread sexual abuse of Aboriginal children, a review panel has concluded that the emergency remains acute and has endors [...] |
2008-11-13 05:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AS PGOV PHUM SOCI |
| 08CANBERRA1151 | PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT US EMBASSY CANBERRA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-14 04:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
| 08CANBERRA1155 | STAFFDEL JOHNSON (NOV 29-DEC 16) INFORMATION [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3 for details. 2. (SBU) To facilitate logistical and security arrangements, Embassy Canberra would appreciate receiving the following information for all members of the StaffDel: -- Security clearance level and SCI confirma [...] |
2008-11-14 06:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA ID AS |
| 08CANBERRA1157 | 2008 ANNUAL INR-ONA INTELLIGENCE EXCHANGE [...] (S//NF) Summary: The 2008 intelligence exchange between the Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) and the Australian Office of National Assessments (ONA) was held in Canberra, Australia on Tuesday, 14 October 2008. The ONA-hosted event covered a wide range of countries [...] |
2008-11-14 07:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA1159 | CORRECTED COPY: 2008 ANNUAL INR-ONA INTELLIGENCE [...] (S//NF) Summary: The 2008 intelligence exchange between the Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) and the Australian Office of National Assessments (ONA) was held in Canberra, Australia on Tuesday, 14 October 2008. The ONA-hosted event covered a wide range of countries [...] |
2008-11-17 01:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA1163 | AUSTRALIAN AID AGENCY CONDUCTING SURVEY IN IRAQ RE [...] (SBU) Lloyd Brodrick, Iraq Director, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), advised poloff November 17 that a representative from AusAID, the Australian government's overseas aid agency, is currently in the middle of a two-week fact-finding mission to Iraq to study possible Australia [...] |
2008-11-17 08:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA1166 | AUSTRALIA APPROVES TPP PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-18 22:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD AS |
| 08CANBERRA1172 | AUSTRALIA'S DEFENSE WHITE PAPER UPDATE [...] (S/NF) Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has directed that Australia's Defense White Paper be completed no later than April 2009, despite internal pressures to delay its release owing to the global financial crisis, according to the senior Department of Defence official heading the White Paper [...] |
2008-11-19 07:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA1180 | AUSTRALIA RESPONDS UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (C/NF) Justin Whyatt, Director, Middle East Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) informed Poloff that the GOA would likely not vote differently than in the past on reftel resolutions. He advised that voting recommendations would be shared with the US UN Mission once appro [...] |
2008-11-24 07:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA AS |
| 08CANBERRA1191 | AUSTRALIA DELEGATION TO DOHA CONFERENCE ON FFD [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points to Treasury, AusAID, and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Vanessa Hegarty of AusAID noted they were working with State on a joint "statement by international development assistance donors on the impact of the current financial crisis on donor comm [...] |
2008-11-26 04:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID UNGA AS |
| 08CANBERRA1192 | AN OPENING ON AUSSIE QUARANTINE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Australian quarantine regulator has ruled that Philippine bananas can be imported into Australia. The Deputy Prime Minister publicly asserted the agency's independence and implicitly defended the decision. This could be an indication of a changing direction in Australian [...] |
2008-11-26 05:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD AS |
| 08CANBERRA1194 | AUSTRALIA RESPONSE ON GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post Economic and Agriculture officers met with officials from Australian Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and AusAID to discuss the Global Partnership on Agriculture and Food (GPAF). The GOA expressed s [...] |
2008-11-26 06:15:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD AS |
| 08CANBERRA1196 | RUDD GOVERNMENT - ONE YEAR REPORT [...] (C/NF) The Rudd government has generally been competent and centrist during its first 12 months, notwithstanding some significant foreign policy blunders, and criticism over Rudd's media-focused management style. The Government is unified, has avoided scandal, kept its major election promises [...] |
2008-11-28 01:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR PGOV ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA1197 | FILM/TV INDUSTRY FILES COPYRIGHT CASE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: On November 20 several media companies filed legal action against Australia's #3 internet service provider (ISP) iiNet, seeking a ruling that iiNet has infringed copyright by not taking reasonable steps to prevent unauthorized use of films and TV programs by its customers. This i [...] |
2008-11-30 23:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ECPS ECON ETRD AS |
| 08CANBERRA1199 | AUSTRALIA RESPONSE ON GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) The following is the written response to ref A demarche on behalf of the GOA, provided to Embassy by AusAID following our November 26 meeting (ref B). Begin text of GOA response: "1. The Australian Government is generally supportive of improved coordination and increased transparenc [...] |
2008-12-01 04:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD AS |
| 08CANBERRA1201 | AUSTRALIA PREPARES TO SIGN CONVENTION ON CLUSTER [...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), confirmed Foreign Minister Smith will sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in Oslo this week. He advised that the Australian Department of Defence and Attor [...] |
2008-12-01 06:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM MOPS PREL NATO AS |
| 08CANBERRA1202 | AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON DECEMBER ASEAN MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Australia expects only modest outcomes from the ASEAN meetings in Thailand during mid December, to include adoption of the ASEAN Charter and the development of the Human Rights Body, but believes these achievements could be threatened by Thailand's current political tensions. In the ASEAN [...] |
2008-12-01 09:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN EFIN AS |
| 08CANBERRA1205 | AUSTRALIA SEEKS MORE INFO ON PAKISTAN CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff met with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and AusAID officials December 2 to discuss reftel potential Pakistan donors conference. The GOA officials were unable to make any commitments, but are clearly interested. However, they need more details before they [...] |
2008-12-02 05:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF AS PK |
| 08CANBERRA1207 | AUSTRALIA SHARES CONCERNS ON PROTECTIONISM [...] (C) GOA shares US concerns about protectionism in some G20 members. Australia has already made approaches in several G20 capitals, and is ready to cooperate closely with US. DFAT said the UK should be added to the list of countries taking protectionist steps because of how it has raised i [...] |
2008-12-02 07:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO AS |
| 08CANBERRA1208 | AUSSIE RESERVE BANK AGAIN SLASHES INTEREST RATES [...] (U) Summary. On December 2, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced a 100 basis points reduction in the cash rate to a record low of 4.25 per cent. RBA continues to prioritize demand ahead of inflation. End summary. RBA SLASHES RATES AGAIN 2. (U) The RBA today slashed the officia [...] |
2008-12-02 20:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA1215 | AUSTRALIA BARELY AVOIDS NEGATIVE GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary. Australia's economy grew by less than 0.1% in the September quarter; excluding farms, the economy contracted 0.3%. Despite the fiscal stimulus package and aggressive interest rate cuts, contraction in the current quarter and recession in 2009 seem likely. End summary. LATES [...] |
2008-12-03 23:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AS |
| 08CANBERRA1222 | GOVERNMENT PROPOSES REVISED LABOR LAWS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Labor unions are generally happy with the Rudd Government's major industrial relations bill, introduced on November 25. This bill proposes a new labor relations scheme for Australia, providing stronger collective bargaining rights, easier worksite access for union officials, th [...] |
2008-12-04 20:53:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB AS |
| 08CANBERRA1230 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DUNCAN LEWIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the appointment of Duncan Lewis to the newly-created post of National Security Advisor (NSA). The creation of the position of NSA is the first step in the formation of the Rudd Government's new national security structure. The NSA will be resp [...] |
2008-12-05 06:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MARR AS |
| 08CANBERRA1231 | GOA REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON WAY FORWARD WITH IRAQ [...] (S) The Australian government, while pessimistic about achieving a legally binding SOFA with Iraq, is actively exploring options for the continued employment of imbedded Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel serving in MNF-I, particularly those whose missions keep them within the confines [...] |
2008-12-05 07:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN |
| 08CANBERRA1232 | AUSTRALIA RESPONDS TO COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] (C/NF) Australia cannot offer an immediate response to USG inquiries on counter-piracy efforts according to Jon Richardson, Director, Africa Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Richardson advised that contributions of Australian Defence assets is tied to pending decisions on the [...] |
2008-12-08 03:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS |
| 08CANBERRA1238 | SURGE IN BOAT PEOPLE BECOMES POLITICAL ISSUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Opposition is blaming a surge in the number of illegal boat people on the Rudd Government's relaxation of the former Howard Government's border protection policies. Since the policy toward illegal refugees was changed in August, six people-smuggling boats traveling from Ind [...] |
2008-12-08 06:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SMIG PREF AS |
| 08CANBERRA1241 | AUSTRALIA COMMENTS ON SYRIAN TECHNICAL COOPERATION [...] (C/NF) Australia viewed the approval by IAEA's Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee of Syria's project SYR/0/020 as a compromise outcome according to Chris King, Executive Officer, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. King in [...] |
2008-12-09 03:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY KNNP AS |
| 08CANBERRA1244 | POLLING GETS WORSE FOR LIBERAL PARTY [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Newspoll released December 9 indicates that the Opposition is going backwards since it switched leaders to Malcolm Turnbull in September. Support for the Coalition is at its lowest level since June. Since the last Newspoll two weeks ago, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) has in [...] |
2008-12-09 06:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA1246 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE: CHINA MILITARY POWER, U.S. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australian views and efforts on Chinese military modernization largely mirror those of the U.S. according to John Quinn, Assistant Secretary, Strategic Issues and Intelligence Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Quinn reiterated to Poloffs on December 9 the need [...] |
2008-12-09 21:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA125 | TIMOR LESTE: DFAT OFFICIAL DISCUSSES MILITARY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Director of the ASEAN Regional Issues and East Timor section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Linda Worthaisong told PolOff on February 13 that along with his planned trip to East Timor on February 15, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been in constant contact [...] |
2008-02-13 22:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ASEC MARR AS TT |
| 08CANBERRA1250 | AUSTRALIAN MINISTERS MAKE QUICK TRIP TO BEIJING TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Treasurer Swan and Trade Minister Crean made a weekend visit to China to push on bilateral FTA talks and on Doha, at PM Rudd's instruction. GOA trade officials hope that China's interest in easier terms for its state owned enterprises to invest in Australia will give some leve [...] |
2008-12-10 05:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD EINV PREL AS CH |
| 08CANBERRA1252 | Pressure on Australia's Current Account Deficit? [...] (SBU) Summary. Australia's current account deficit (CAD) fell sharply to its lowest level in six years from almost A$20 billion in the March quarter (7 per cent of GDP) to A$9.8 billion in the June quarter (3.2 per cent of GDP) due to a boost to export prices (especially coal and iron ore) and [...] |
2008-12-10 06:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA1258 | SOFA UNLIKELY FOR AUSTRALIA THIS YEAR [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY It is highly unlikely that Australia will negotiate a SOFA with the Iraqi government before the end of the year. The Australian Department of Defence (ADOD) is developing an alternative plan where personnel who work at the Australian Embassy or Camp Victory will remain in place [...] |
2008-12-11 06:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS AS IZ ES EN RO |
| 08CANBERRA1259 | AUSTRALIA OUTLINES SPECIAL OPS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Australian Special Operations Commander, Major General Tim McOwan, held a special media briefing on Australia's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) activities in Oruzgan Province on December 11. He highlighted the effectiveness of SOTG efforts to create an improved security environment [...] |
2008-12-11 06:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA126 | RUDD SAYS "SORRY" TO INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The House of Representatives passed a motion February 13 apologizing for the treatment of indigenous Australians, particularly the "Stolen Generations" - which refers to the Aboriginal children who were taken from their families by white Australia between 1910 and 1970. Prime Mi [...] |
2008-02-13 22:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI AS |
| 08CANBERRA1265 | AUSTRALIA FEELING HEAT AT POZNAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A year after being widely praised for signing the Kyoto Protocol at the Bali Climate Change Conference, PM Kevin Rudd's government is now coming under fire to an unexpected degree for appearing to take a more conservative approach at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change [...] |
2008-12-12 03:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV KGHG PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA1266 | AUSTRALIA TACKLES EXECUTIVE PAY - DON'T EXPECT TOO [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Rudd has been outspoken on the need for reform of executive pay to better balance compensation with risk management. Australian regulators are working on high-level general principles on executive pay with an eye on what emerges as the international consensus. T [...] |
2008-12-12 04:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA1269 | THE TSD HA/DR OFFICIAL MEETING IN CANBERRA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Japanese delegation, the American delegation and Australian hosts agreed upon a set of Australian written guidelines for the Trilateral Security Dialog's work in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HA/DR), but the task of the coming year will be the editing and [...] |
2008-12-12 05:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID MARR MOPS ASEAN ARF JA AS |
| 08CANBERRA1270 | AUSTRALIA UNDECIDED ON PAKISTAN CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) GOA remains uncertain whether it will be able to attend a Pakistan donors conference at the Foreign Minister level, and on what sort of commitment it could make. DFAT Pakistan Director Lisa Rice-Madan reiterated that the uncertainty about the details of the conference (now including its [...] |
2008-12-12 05:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK |
| 08CANBERRA1271 | AUSTRALIAN REQUIRES IMMEDIATE HELP WITH IRAQ SOFA [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Smith has told Ambassador McCallum that Australia needs immediate help from the United States in order to keep its remaining troops in Iraq. The FM noted that GOA was requested by the US to defer its negotiation with the GOI so as not to complicate US negotiat [...] |
2008-12-12 07:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ AS |
| 08CANBERRA1277 | TELSTRA OUT OF BROADBAND BIDDING [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOA confirmed December 15 that Telstra has been excluded from the National Broadband Network bidding process because its bid failed to conform to bid guidelines on SMEs. Telstra's chairman criticized the decision over a "trivial" point. Minister Conroy was caught in a diff [...] |
2008-12-15 07:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA1278 | CLIMATE CHANGE: PM TARGETS 5% EMISSIONS CUT BY 2020 [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Rudd released the Government's White Paper on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) on December 15, which commits Australia to reducing emissions by 5% from 2000 levels (4% from 1990 levels) by 2020. The plan holds out the option of increasing the target to 15% of [...] |
2008-12-15 20:53:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA1279 | CLIMATE CHANGE: PM TARGETS 5% EMISSIONS CUT BY 2020 [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Rudd released the Government's White Paper on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) on December 15, which commits Australia to reducing emissions by 5% from 2000 levels (4% from 1990 levels) by 2020. The plan holds out the option of increasing the target to 15% of [...] |
2008-12-15 20:53:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA128 | U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO PROCESS TO BAN CLUSTER [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-13 22:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS MOPS PARM PREL |
| 08CANBERRA1281 | AUSTRALIA CONSIDERS SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C/NF) Deborah Stokes, First Assistant Secretary, South and West Asia, Middle East and Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told DCM on December 16 that Australia is very conscious of the importance of suppoQing the Afghan elections. The request for election support for [...] |
2008-12-16 06:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AS |
| 08CANBERRA1282 | AUSTRALIAN REPLY ON EU REGULATIONS ON RECOGNIZED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-17 02:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EUN IMO AS |
| 08CANBERRA1285 | AUSTRALIA EXTENDS SANCTIONS TO ADDITIONAL MUGABE [...] (SBU) Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed to Embassy December 17 that the GOA has announced it will extend sanctions against 75 more supporters of the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe, and against four extra companies. DFAT Director for Sanctions and Transnational Crimes Peter [...] |
2008-12-17 06:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD AS ZI |
| 08CANBERRA1290 | AUSTRALIA CLARIFIES CLUSTER MUNITIONS ISSUES FOR [...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), confirmed Australia's interpretation of Article 21 of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in a follow-up meeting held December 17. McGuire advised that Austral [...] |
2008-12-18 02:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MOPS PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA1291 | BROADBAND ALLEGATIONS - CHINESE TELCOM [...] (C/NF) Summary. A major Australian daily ran an article today reporting that Optus was believed to have included China's Huawei Technologies as a vendor in its bid for the National Broadband Network (NBN) and claiming it could threaten Optus' bid. The GOA is conducting a review of all NBN bi [...] |
2008-12-18 06:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECPS AS |
| 08CANBERRA1292 | AUSTRALIA AWAITING SOFA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Poloff delivered information from reftel to the director of the Iraq section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Lloyd Broderick, on December 18. Broderick said Australia is awaiting developments. One issue that is repeatedly raised by the Australian negotiating team in Baghda [...] |
2008-12-18 06:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AS EN ES IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK RO NATO |
| 08CANBERRA1298 | NO ANTI-PIRACY CONTACT GROUP DECISION UNTIL 2009 [...] (SBU) On December 19, Lee Kerr, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), United Nations and Commonwealth Section, told poloff that the GOA will not make a decision on either participation in a Contact Group or on any request for resources to combat Somali piracy until early 2009. DFAT [...] |
2008-12-19 05:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS |
| 08CANBERRA1299 | TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE ON NON-PAPER [...] (C/NF) Australia can accept reftel draft paper with one change, according to DFAT International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy. Econcouns delivered reftel to McCarthy and several of his staff December 19. Recognizing that this was a U.S. draft designed to lay out our views, [...] |
2008-12-19 05:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EWWT PHSA PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA1302 | AUSTRALIA ROLLS OUT FURTHER STIMULUS [...] (SBU) The Australian Government announced a $4.7 billion (USD 3.2 billion) nation building package, on 12 December 2008, with the aim of strengthening the economy and creating up to 32,000 jobs. The package provides new funds for rail investment, brings forward road spending, allocates funds [...] |
2008-12-19 06:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AS |
| 08CANBERRA1307 | BILL OF RIGHTS FOR AUSTRALIA? [...] (U) SUMMARY: On the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Government announced it would establish a consultation process on how best to protect and promote human rights in Australia. A committee will canvass public opinion on whether human rights need any addition [...] |
2008-12-22 06:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM AS |
| 08CANBERRA1308 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE - CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI [...] (U) We delivered the USG invitation to the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) meeting in January to Lee Kerr, Director, UN and Commonwealth Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). She will forward the invitation, CGSP objectives, and meeting details to senior DFAT officials [...] |
2008-12-22 06:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS |
| 08CANBERRA1314 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES - [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-23 21:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR AS |
| 08CANBERRA1316 | GOA SUPPORTS NEW GM/HOLDEN SMALL CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 22 December, Prime Minister Rudd announced an agreement with GM Holden and the South Australian Government to support production of a new, fuel-efficient, low-emission small car in Australia. The agreement provides A$179 million (US$122 million) over 3-4 years to Holden under [...] |
2008-12-23 23:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA1324 | HANEEF INQUIRY RECOMMENDS REVIEW OF CT LAWS AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: A judicial inquiry into the collapsed prosecution of former terrorism suspect Dr Mohammed Haneef, which occurred during the Howard Government in July 2007 (reftel), found no evidence connecting Haneef to terrorist activities. It recommended an independent review of counter-terror [...] |
2008-12-29 05:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER AS |
| 08CANBERRA1326 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO BURMESE AND DONOR CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-29 06:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID PHUM BM AS |
| 08CANBERRA133 | SCENE SETTER FOR AUSMIN 2008 [...] (SBU) AUSMIN 2008 takes place just three months after the Australian Labor Party (ALP) government of Kevin Rudd swept to power, decisively defeating John Howard and his Liberal/National coalition after eleven years in office. While domestic issues such as workers' rights, climate change, healt [...] |
2008-02-14 07:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR OTRA AS |
| 08CANBERRA1335 | AUSTRALIA SIGNS MOU ON EMBEDDED FORCES IN IRAQ [...] (C)SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Defense and the Australian government signed an MOU in Baghdad on December 30 that covers activities of Australian military personnel embedded with American troops in Iraq during the period Jan 1, 2009 until July 31, 2009. Full text of the MOU is at para 4 bel [...] |
2008-12-31 05:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL MARR IZ AS |
| 08CANBERRA1336 | MAY 2009 PSI OEG MEETING: NOTIFICATION TO AUSTRALIA [...] On December 29, we delivered the notice of the May 12-14, 2009, Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) and Outreach meetings to Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proliferation, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and [...] |
2008-12-31 05:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC KNNP PARM PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA140 | RUDD HAS A VERY GOOD WEEK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kevin Rudd burnished his leadership image this week by issuing an emotional apology to indigenous Australians, particularly the "Stolen Generations" and by coolly managing his first foreign crisis, the attack on East Timorese President Ramos-Horta. By closing the apology issue [...] |
2008-02-15 05:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA150 | AUSTRALIA RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (SBU) The GOA Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced at mid-day on February 19 that it formally recognized the Republic of Kosovo as an Independent State. The announcement noted that both the United States and the U.K. had issued their recognitions (earlier in the day a DFAT offic [...] |
2008-02-19 03:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AS PREL YI UN |
| 08CANBERRA178 | AUSMIN 2008: SESSION I (IRAQ, IRAN, MIDDLE EAST) [...] (U) February 23, 2008; Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The 2008 Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) -- the first AUSMIN hosted by the recently-elected Labor government -- opened with Foreign Minister Smith and Defence Minister Fitzgibbon strong [...] |
2008-02-25 04:10:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | OVIP GATES ROBERT NEGROPONTE JOHN PGOV |
| 08CANBERRA179 | AUSMIN 2008: SESSION III (TURKEY, [...] (U) February 23, 2008; Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The third session of the U.S.-Australia Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations included a brief update from the U.S. on the Turkish incursion into northern Iraq and the status of prospects for further progre [...] |
2008-02-25 04:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | OVIP GATES ROBERT NEGROPONTE JOHN PARM |
| 08CANBERRA180 | AUSMIN 2008: SESSION IV: ALLIANCE AND DEFENSE [...] (U) February 23, 2008, Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Australian Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon led the fourth and last U.S.-Australia Ministerial (AUSMIN) session, which focused on bilateral alliance issues, prima [...] |
2008-02-25 04:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | OVIP GATES ROBERT NEGROPONTE JOHN MARR |
| 08CANBERRA181 | ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE IN CUBA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-25 05:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CU EU PGOV PREL |
| 08CANBERRA185 | AUSMIN 2008: SESSION II (DPRK, INDIA, CHINA, [...] (U) February 23, 2008; Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C/RL AUS) U.S. and Australian officials dedicated the second session of the 2008 AUSMIN conference to a consideration of regional security issues throughout Asia. They agreed to coordinate in managing the st [...] |
2008-02-25 07:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | OVIP GATES ROBERT NEGROPONTE JOHN MOPS |
| 08CANBERRA186 | AUSMIN 2008: JOINT COMMUNIQUE AND MEDIA EVENTS [...] (U) The Joint Communique issued at the conclusion of the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) in Canberra on February 23 reflected a reaffirmation of the strength of the U.S.-Australian alliance, and a reiteration by both countries of their commitment to work together to [...] |
2008-02-25 20:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA198 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND [...] (SBU) Polmiloff provided the general and Australia-specific points in reftel to Michael Kourteff, Acting Director for Counter-Proliferation, and Alexandra Jones, Executive Officer, Counter-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on February 27. (The delay in delivery of [...] |
2008-02-27 06:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC AS |
| 08CANBERRA199 | WELLINGTON CLUSTER MUNITIONS MEETING OUTCOMES [...] (C/NOFORN) The meeting in Wellington of the Oslo Process on cluster munitions was fraught with drama, Dr. Ada Cheung, Executive Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of DFAT's International Security Division reported to Poloff on February 27th. Nevertheless, progress was mad [...] |
2008-02-27 21:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MOPS PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA209 | AUSTRALIAN ASSISTANCE FOR UN ACTION ON SOMALIAN PIRACY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-29 05:07:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS KCRM AS PREL |
| 08CANBERRA220 | RUDD SHINES IN FIRST 100 DAYS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In its first several months, the Rudd Government has made a smooth transition to Government, enjoying a continuing honeymoon with the media and the public. To mark 100 days in office, the Prime Minister issued a report card outlining the Rudd Government's achievements and imple [...] |
2008-03-04 05:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA222 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO UNSC RESOLUTION 1803 ON IRAN [...] (U) Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith issued a statement March 4 within hours of the UN Security Council's near-unanimous vote on Resolution 1803, welcoming its adoption, urging Iran to suspend its enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, and pledging that Australia would prompt [...] |
2008-03-04 06:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM KNNP AS |
| 08CANBERRA225 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE ON ASSISTANCE FOR UN ACTION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-05 03:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL KCRM AS |
| 08CANBERRA230 | AUSTRALIA MULLS ADDITIONAL INPUTS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Beyond Australia's contribution of an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) to be embedded with the Afghan National Army's (ANA) Kandak battalion in Afghanistan's southern province of Oruzgan, which Defense Minister Fitzgibbon previewed for the Ambassador and later announced in Par [...] |
2008-03-06 05:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AS |
| 08CANBERRA234 | AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION IN PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY [...] Embassy delivered Acting Under Secretary Rood's invitation to attend the PSI Fifth Anniversary events, along with the logistical information and proposed agendas, to Mr. David J. Ritchie, Deputy Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), on March 11, 2008. 2. Mr. Michael Ko [...] |
2008-03-11 06:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP PREL KSTC AS |
| 08CANBERRA237 | AUSTRALIAN STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR UNSYG SPECIAL [...] Coincident with the receipt of the demarche request contained in reftel, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith issued a media statement on March 12 welcoming the appointment of Ambassador Kai Eide as the UNSYG's Special Representative for Afghanistan, calling it an important step forward in strength [...] |
2008-03-12 02:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OFDP AS |
| 08CANBERRA240 | SUPPLEMENTAL TIP QUESTIONAIRE RESPONSE - AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) Below are supplemental responses to the questions posed in ref A, which were initially answered in ref B. The answers correspond to the question numbers in ref A. PART I: OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING B. Sex Trafficking Arrests ----------------------- On Ma [...] |
2008-03-12 07:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC AS |
| 08CANBERRA246 | UNIONS ASK FOR THE SPOILS OF VICTORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jeff Lawrence, the new Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU), the unions' national umbrella organization, said in a speech March 12 that organized labor would lobby for real wage increases for low-paid workers, higher retirement contributions from employers, [...] |
2008-03-17 04:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB AS |
| 08CANBERRA247 | AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE ACQUISITION CHIEF REASSURES [...] (C/NOFORN) In a meeting with Ambassador McCallum and other Embassy staff on March 17, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, Mr. Greg Combet, indicated that the GOA will probably not abandon any U.S. defense contracts, other than the recently terminated contract with Kaman Corporation [...] |
2008-03-17 07:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MCAP AS |
| 08CANBERRA258 | AUSTRALIAN POLICE AID TO AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ [...] (C/NF) Ahead of the NATO Summit in Bucharest, Australia is considering deploying a small force of Australian Federal Police to southern Afghanistan to focus on counternarcotics. To assist Iraq enhance its policing capability, Australia is reviewing options for training outside Iraq, including i [...] |
2008-03-18 05:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS SNAR PTER PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA262 | CORRECTED COPY - AUSTRALIAN POLICE AID TO [...] (C/NF) Ahead of the NATO Summit in Bucharest, Australia is considering deploying a small force of Australian Federal Police to southern Afghanistan to focus on counternarcotics. To assist Iraq enhance its policing capability, Australia is reviewing options for training outside Iraq, including i [...] |
2008-03-19 04:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS SNAR PTER PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA265 | AUSTRALIA NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK, [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-19 06:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC KNNP AS |
| 08CANBERRA266 | AUSTRALIA RECEIVES MOROCCAN TRANSSHIPMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-19 06:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC MO AS |
| 08CANBERRA267 | SCENESETTER: PRIME MINISTER RUDD'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is coming to Washington with a message that Australia will continue its friendship and close cooperation with the United States across a wide spectrum of issues, from non-proliferation and counterterrorism to climate change and trade liberalization. Rudd, a form [...] |
2008-03-19 22:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS OVIP PREL US |
| 08CANBERRA276 | ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP: AUSTRALIA [...] (U) Poloff met with Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Andrew Goledzinowski March 20 to deliver the non-paper and points in Ref A. Goledzinowski, who will shortly transfer to New York to take up his new posting as Deputy Permrep, was joined by Evan Gallagher, Secretary-Genera [...] |
2008-03-20 05:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM AS |
| 08CANBERRA277 | URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT BY KEY ASIAN STATES: [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-20 05:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP AS |
| 08CANBERRA278 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: REQUEST FOR SUMMARY OF U.S. [...] (U) This message contains an action request for ISN/CB -- please see para 3 below. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered the U.S. proposal to redefine the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) on the AG's animal pathogen common control list (reftel) to Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proli [...] |
2008-03-20 05:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC AS |
| 08CANBERRA287 | RUDD HONEYMOON MEETS BUDGET REALITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From March 7-12, the dominant political issue was speculation over whether the Rudd Government would axe budget allocations for carers (family members who care for invalids) and seniors in his fight against inflation. With Rudd overseas for most of this period, the Government di [...] |
2008-03-25 06:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI AS |
| 08CANBERRA298 | INTERIM AUSTRALIAN COMMENTS ON THE ASIA PACIFIC [...] (U) This message contains an action request - please see para 6 below. 2. (SBU) On March 26, poloff spoke with Evan Gallagher of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (DFAT) International Organizations Branch, who has been designated the action officer of the Asia Pacific Democracy [...] |
2008-03-27 05:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM AS |
| 08CANBERRA299 | AUSTRALIA COMMITTED TO RESULTS ORIENTED PIF [...] (SBU) A representative from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pacific Regional Section confirmed Australia is hopeful of a results-oriented outcome to the March 26 Pacific Island Forum Ministerial on Fiji. A meeting of Australian and New Zealand Foreign Ministers preceded the FFAM [...] |
2008-03-27 05:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL FJ UN AS |
| 08CANBERRA30 | KOSOVO: AUSTRALIA RECOGNITION TO FOLLOW US, EU [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 5 below. 2. (C) Summary: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) will recommend recognition of Kosovo in the early stages, but only "in good company", that is, after the US, most of the EU and Canada. The issue will be put f [...] |
2008-01-14 06:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU |
| 08CANBERRA301 | AUSTRALIA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS [...] (C) Australia recently completed updating laws and regulations designed to facilitate its implementation of financial and other provisions of Iran-related Security Council resolutions, including UNSCR 1803. Australian banks are fully compliant with the measures, which entered into force on M [...] |
2008-03-27 05:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN ETTC PARM KNNP MNUC AS |
| 08CANBERRA302 | AUSTRALIA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUAL USE ITEM [...] (SBU) We presented Ref A demarche and non-paper to Valerie Grey, Director for Arms Control, and Peter Scott, Director for Sanctions and Transnational Crime, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on March 25. 2. (C) Our GOA interlocutors welcomed the points and non-paper. Grey assured [...] |
2008-03-27 06:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP AS |
| 08CANBERRA303 | ADVANCING AUSTRALIA'S GLOBAL INTERESTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In his first foreign policy address as Prime Minister, and before leaving for the United States, Europe and China on March 27, Kevin Rudd said that the challenges Australia faces in areas like climate change, terrorism and the development of the Pacific Islands will require it to b [...] |
2008-03-27 06:53:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SENV AS |
| 08CANBERRA310 | RUDD MOVES TO OVERHAUL FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since becoming Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader, Rudd has spoken repeatedly about "ending the blame game" between the federal and state governments. At the heart of the "blame game" is the funding imbalance between the federal and state governments. The federal government r [...] |
2008-03-28 06:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA322 | POLLING POTENTIAL DONORS ON ASSISTANCE TO KOSOVO [...] Per ref. B, DFAT has provided a formal response to our approach regarding assistance to Kosovo. DFAT Europe Division Acting First Assistant Secretary John Griffin wrote to Polcouns on 28 March that Australia is best placed to assist Kosovo through support and advocacy in multilateral organiz [...] |
2008-04-02 04:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN EU EUN KV AS |
| 08CANBERRA332 | AUSTRALIA FOLLOW-UP ON PIF MINISTERIAL [...] (U) Stephen Henningham, head of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Fiji Task Force confirmed the responses given by DFAT Pacific Regional Section (reftel Canberra 299) immediately following the 26 March FFAM in an April 2 meeting with Poloff. Australia fully supports the PIF [...] |
2008-04-03 06:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL XV AS |
| 08CANBERRA337 | AUSTRALIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) Poloff presented Ref A points and a request for the status of Australia's implementation of travel-related provisions of UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803 to Peter Scott, Director for Sanctions and Transnational Crime, International Legal Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on April [...] |
2008-04-04 06:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP IR AS |
| 08CANBERRA357 | AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION IN PARIS CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Pol/Mil Officer met with Erika Thompson, Executive Officer for Afghanistan, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), on April 8 to obtain information on Australia's participation in the Paris Conference on Afghanistan. Ms. Thompson confirmed that Australia will be represented at [...] |
2008-04-08 22:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA370 | CONSERVATIVE PARTIES PONDER A MERGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The November election loss has created unprecedented momentum for a merger between the Liberal and National parties (who are in coalition at the federal level). The departure of former Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader John Howard, who opposed a merger, and the situation [...] |
2008-04-10 05:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA374 | AUSTRALIA TO DOUBLE ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) confirmed plans to double assistance to Pakistan through 2010. GOA aid is expected to increase from approximately US $23M to US $46M. This growth continues a [...] |
2008-04-11 04:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK AS |
| 08CANBERRA375 | RURAL INTERNET BROADBAND SCHEME NIXED [...] (SBU) Summary: The former Howard Government's rural broadband scheme was jettisoned by Communications Minister Conroy, who was critical of its technology and inadequate coverage. The main reason for the decision is simple: it duplicates in part the ALP national broadband initiative. End sum [...] |
2008-04-11 05:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA392 | AUSTRALIA WANTS MORE INFO ON U.S. WTO REMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia is not at the moment in a position to agree to cosponsor the US WTO remanufacturing initiative text, but does not rule it out. The Australians suggest a dialogue on this issue, preferably in Geneva. End summary. 2. (SBU) Deputy Econcouns met with Department of Fo [...] |
2008-04-16 06:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA394 | ERITREAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSS BORDER DISPUTE WITH [...] (C) Summary: Eritrean Ambassador Andeab Ghebremeskel told the Ambassador on April 15 that the border situation between his country and Ethiopia is at an "impasse." Ghebremeskel complained that Ethiopia has reneged on the legal decision on the boundary demarcation made by the Eritrea-Ethiopia [...] |
2008-04-16 07:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ER ET PREL |
| 08CANBERRA4 | U/S BURNS AT 12/5 TSD SOM - AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns met with his Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) counterparts Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Secretary Michael L,Estrange and Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka December 4-5, 2007 in [...] |
2008-01-03 04:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL AF IN PK AS |
| 08CANBERRA400 | AUSTRALIA AGREES ZIMBABWE NOT APPROPRIATE AS [...] United Nations and Commonwealth Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) confirmed on April 18 that Australia had reached the same conclusions as the U.S. regarding the inappropriateness of Zimbabwe's chairmanship of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16). They [...] |
2008-04-18 07:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AORC PREL EAGR EAID ECON |
| 08CANBERRA403 | RUDD HOLDS SUMMIT OF THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd convened a summit of 1000 of Australia's "brightest and best" on the weekend of April 19-20 to discuss ways of addressing long-term challenges facing Australia. The high-profile summit, "Australia 2020," produced a number of proposals, many of which we [...] |
2008-04-21 23:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI AS |
| 08CANBERRA416 | TORCH RELAY PROCEEDS WITH LITTLE INCIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Rudd, GOA officials and Chinese Embassy diplomats here are breathing a collective sigh of relief after the Olympic torch relay ended late April 24 morning with no major incidents, despite the presence of thousands of pro-China and pro-Tibet protesters. Two Chines [...] |
2008-04-24 07:37:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL CH AS |
| 08CANBERRA423 | AUSTRALIA TO PARTICIPATE IN ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) Poloff met April 28 with Evan Gallagher and Nicole Forrester of the International Organizations Branch, and Berenice Owens-Jones of the United States Political and Strategic Section, of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to present USG responses to the questions posed by [...] |
2008-04-28 07:48:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM AS |
| 08CANBERRA439 | AUSTRALIA RESPONDS TO GERMAN OBSTINACY ON CLUSTER [...] (C/NF) Reftel demarche was delivered on April 30 to Dr. Ada Cheung, Executive Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). She advised that the GOA shares the U.S. frustration and concern with Germany's obstinacy over its prop [...] |
2008-04-30 08:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL MOPS PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA44 | WHALES: GOA CONSIDERING OPTIONS, NO PRECIPITATE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Japanese whaling has been a major public issue in Australia over the past three days, with considerable media coverage of the January 15 detention of two Sea Shepherd Conservation Organization activists on a Japanese whaling vessel they had boarded. The media also highlighted [...] |
2008-01-17 06:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EFIS AS JA |
| 08CANBERRA443 | AUSTRALIA ASSAILS BURMA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. (U) In a May 1 media statement, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith charged that Burma,s "deeply flawed" constitution was only intended to entrench the military,s grip on power. He criticized the constitution as having b [...] |
2008-05-01 07:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM AS BM |
| 08CANBERRA456 | DESPITE INFLATION, INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED FOR NOW [...] (U) The Reserve Bank of Australia today did not raise the official cash rate; it remains at 7.25%. Despite higher than expected inflation (reftel), the RBA noted that the substantial tightening since mid-2007 and "difficult" conditions in international financial markets were acting to restrai [...] |
2008-05-06 06:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA459 | READOUT OF PRIME MINISTER RUDD'S U.S., EUROPE AND [...] (C) The GOA assesses Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's first major international trip, conducted during March 27 to April 13 to the United States, Europe and China, to have been extremely successful, marred only by the controversy over his failure to visit Japan, according to a readout from a senior [...] |
2008-05-06 08:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OTRA AS |
| 08CANBERRA461 | RUDD ANGERS LEFT ON GAY MARRIAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rudd government, exercising the Federal Government's power to override territory laws, has forced the left-leaning Australian Labor Party (ALP) government of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) to abandon plans to allow "civil unions" for same-sex couples. The Rudd govern [...] |
2008-05-07 05:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI AS |
| 08CANBERRA462 | AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES AID PACKAGE FOR BURMA [...] (U) Foreign Minister Smith announced May 7 that Australia would provide AUD 3 million (USD 2.84 million) in humanitarian aid to Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis. The package includes up to AUD 1 million (USD 0.94 million) for Australian NGOs with capacity on the ground to provide immediate e [...] |
2008-05-07 08:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID CASC PHUM PGOV BM AS |
| 08CANBERRA469 | AUSTRALIA ON WIPO D-G ELECTION [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Nicholas Rodgers, Director for International Intellectual Property at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade May 9. IP Australia, preparing for the long trip to Geneva, was unable to attend, but DFAT has been in close consultation with them and bot [...] |
2008-05-09 05:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA474 | UNIONS THREATEN RUDD'S INFLATION FIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are signs that labor unions in Australia are becoming impatient with the wall-to-wall Federal and state Australian Labor Party (ALP) governments. While the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and some of the larger unions have tried to work with the Rudd Government a [...] |
2008-05-12 00:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ILAB AS |
| 08CANBERRA490 | RUDD DELIVERS FOR WORKING FAMILIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rudd Government's first budget has slowed the growth of government spending and hit "the rich" to combat inflation, while delivering its election promises and looking after Rudd's "working families." There is means testing of family benefits, tax cuts, spending on the ALP's [...] |
2008-05-14 07:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV SENV AS |
| 08CANBERRA502 | AUSTRALIA CONSIDERS REQUEST TO BUILD ON ARAB [...] (SBU) Charge and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Deborah Stokes, First Assistant Secretary, and Andrea Faulkner, Assistant Secretary, South and West Asia, Middle East and Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Stokes advised that the GOA would look closely at the refte [...] |
2008-05-16 08:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA507 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (U) This is an action request - please see para 4, below. 2. (U) As instructed Ref A, poloff reapproached Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Global Initiative (GI) point of contact, Mohan Mathews, Executive Officer, Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Section, on May 16 to urge [...] |
2008-05-19 07:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PTER PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA508 | MARKING MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] (SBU) Further to Ref E, and as requested Ref A, U.S. Mission Australia has developed additional activities to help mark May 21 - Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People, as outlined in para 2, below. (We assume Ref B notification of a possible call by Deputy Assistant to the President Julie C [...] |
2008-05-19 07:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO CU AS |
| 08CANBERRA518 | LETTER TO LAURA BUSH FROM THERESE REIN, SPOUSE OF [...] (U) On May 15, Embassy received a letter from Ms. Therese Rein, spouse of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, to First Lady Laura Bush, dated May 5, under cover of a transmittal letter from the Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. Post is pouching both letters to the State Department to pass to the [...] |
2008-05-20 07:00:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP BUSH LAURA REIN THERESE OPDC OPRC AS |
| 08CANBERRA520 | RUDD TO BOOST SKILLED IMMIGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rudd government plans to significantly boost Australia's migration program to address labor shortages in the Australian economy. The Skilled Migration Program will be expanded by 30 percent. The Government is also considering boosting unskilled migration, including a labor s [...] |
2008-05-20 07:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREF ELAB SMIG AS |
| 08CANBERRA521 | BUDGET RECEIVES MIXED REVIEWS AS LIBERALS SQUABBLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two national polls released May 20 indicate the Rudd government's popularity has not been affected by last week's budget. Both polls, taken after the budget was announced, have the Australian Labor Party (ALP) leading the Coalition 57 percent to 43 with Kevin Rudd thrashing Bren [...] |
2008-05-20 07:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA53 | THE CHALLENGES OF GOVERNING BEGIN FOR PM RUDD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Rudd Government will face several challenges during its first term, including rising inflation and interest rates, a Senate without an Australian Labor Party (ALP) majority, an assertive union movement and an ALP left-wing eager to undermine the cultural and social legacy [...] |
2008-01-18 06:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ELAB ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA530 | FORMER FM DOWNER MULLING ROLE AS UN SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The press carried reports on May 22 that former foreign minister Alexander Downer has been offered the job of UN Special Envoy for Cyprus. UN Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe reportedly made the offer through Australia's UN Ambassador Robert Hill. Accordi [...] |
2008-05-22 02:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AS CY PINR PREL |
| 08CANBERRA531 | FOOD EXPORT RESTRICTIONS [...] (U) The GOA has taken no steps to restrict agricultural exports from Australia, nor does post expect any such moves in Australia, which exports on average two-thirds of its agricultural production. 2. (SBU) Bruce Bowan, Acting Director for International Affairs at the Department of Agricul [...] |
2008-05-22 06:48:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON TBIO AS |
| 08CANBERRA532 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] Summary: The rise of food and agricultural commodity prices has had very limited impact in Australia. A major agricultural exporter, Australia even stands to benefit. Rising food prices have caused no significant economic, political, or environmental problems in Australia. Post has no reco [...] |
2008-05-22 07:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA535 | AUSTRALIA: REPORT ON MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY [...] (U) As requested Ref B, post hereby furnishes the following report on activities undertaken by the U.S. Mission to observe May 21 - Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People. 2. (SBU) Parliamentary Outreach: Michael Danby, a prominent Member of Parliament, distributed the following statement [...] |
2008-05-22 07:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO CU AS |
| 08CANBERRA538 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE ON GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY AND [...] (U) Post shared reftel demarche with Paul Morris, Executive Manager, Technical Market Access at Australia's Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. In response, Morris provided the following paper laying out the GOA,s views. 2. (SBU) DAFF Comments on US Food Cable The Austra [...] |
2008-05-23 04:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO AS |
| 08CANBERRA540 | AUSTRALIA SEEKS TO PUT RELATIONS WITH JAPAN BACK [...] (C/NF) Foreign Minister Smith's May 8-9 visit to Tokyo was only partly successful in repairing the damage to the relationship caused by the whaling controversy. He sought to nuance Australia's anti-whaling stance, backing away from earlier threats to initiate international legal action again [...] |
2008-05-23 07:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV EFIS MARR JA AS |
| 08CANBERRA542 | HIGH COURT HEARS CASE ON SLAVERY AND TRAFFICKING [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 13 the High Court of Australia heard an appeal of a brothel owner who was convicted for enslaving five Thai prostitutes who had incurred a debt of A$45,000 when they were recruited to work in a brothel in Melbourne. The brothel had been raided in 2003 and the owner, Wei Tang [...] |
2008-05-27 04:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN AS |
| 08CANBERRA544 | AUSTRALIA CRITICAL OF US FARM BILL [...] Summary: (U) The Australian Government has been openly critical of the just-passed US Farm Bill. Following the final passage of the Farm Bill, Trade Minister Simon Crean and Agriculture Minister Tony Burke issued a joint press statement on May 23 which criticized the action by Congress for c [...] |
2008-05-27 07:22:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD AS |
| 08CANBERRA545 | 2008 AUTOMATED MUTUAL-ASSISTANCE VESSEL RESCUE [...] Mission Australia would be pleased to present AMVER awards on behalf of the US Coast Guard to Australian recipients. We will decide on the best arrangements for presenting the award(s) based on where the recipient is located - likely through one of our Consulates-General in Melbourne, Perth, [...] |
2008-05-28 03:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA549 | AUSTRALIA SEEKS TO PUT RELATIONS WITH JAPAN BACK [...] (C/NF) Foreign Minister Smith's May 8-9 visit to Tokyo was only partly successful in repairing the damage to the relationship caused by the whaling controversy. He sought to nuance Australia's anti-whaling stance, backing away from earlier threats to initiate international legal action again [...] |
2008-05-28 06:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SENV EFIS MARR JA AS |
| 08CANBERRA554 | AUSTRALIA AND CHILE CONCLUDE FTA [...] (U) Summary: Australia and Chile have concluded negotiations for an FTA. It is expected to be signed in July. This is the first FTA to be concluded by the Rudd Government; negotiations began under the previous Howard government. End summary. 2. (U) On May 27 Trade Minister Simon Crean [...] |
2008-05-29 07:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON AS CI |
| 08CANBERRA555 | AUSTRALIAN MEDIA STATEMENT ON PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY [...] On May 28, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith issued a media release marking the fifth anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative. The GOA statement, which reaffirmed Australia's commitment to cooperating through PSI to halt the trade in illicit weapons of mass destruction, followed ref [...] |
2008-05-29 08:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KSTC OPRC PARM PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA558 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS US ICAO PROPOSAL ON ASSESSMENTS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-30 05:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR AFIN AORC ICAO AS |
| 08CANBERRA565 | IAEA/IRAN: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO LATEST IAEA [...] Poloff delivered demarche non-paper, received late on Friday, May 30, to Damien Hickey, Desk Officer in the Arms Control Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, urging that Australia make a strong statement at the June 2-6 IAEA Board meeting supporting the IAEA's investigation, highl [...] |
2008-06-02 08:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM IAEA KNNP AS |
| 08CANBERRA570 | AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL WILL ATTEND APDP LAUNCH [...] (C) Poloff spoke on June 3 to Evan Gallagher, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) action officer on the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP), regarding reftel request for participants for a meeting and election-observation mission in Ulaanbaatar. Gallagher said that DFAT would [...] |
2008-06-03 07:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM AS |
| 08CANBERRA573 | FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE PROPOSED AGENDA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-04 05:22:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA579 | AUSTRALIAN FUNDING FOR UN ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action request - please see para 4 below. 2. (U) Poloff conveyed reftel request for the GOA to submit its letter of commitment for its planned contribution to the UN Trust Fund for Electoral Assistant to Evan Gallagher, International Organizations Branch, Department of Foreig [...] |
2008-06-05 08:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AS |
| 08CANBERRA585 | RUDD'S VISION FOR NEW REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Seeking to assert Australia's influence in in the region, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has set out an ambitious vision for a new Asia-Pacific Community to be established by 2020, loosely modeled after the European Union, to respond to the shift of global economic and strategic wei [...] |
2008-06-06 07:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS AORC AS |
| 08CANBERRA586 | GOA IS SATISFIED WITH PACE OF SOFA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (S) Summary. The Government of Australia (GOA) is satisfied with the pace of U.S. negotiations on a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the Government of Iraq (GOI) and has no timeline beyond that laid out by the United States, according to Director of the Iraq Task Force, Greg Wilcock. W [...] |
2008-06-06 07:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR IZ AS |
| 08CANBERRA59 | RUDD'S FOREIGN POLICY--AN OVERVIEW [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will tailor his foreign policy initiatives around three key elements: the U.S. alliance, multilateralism, and engagement with Asia. Rudd views the relationship with the U.S. as "core business," but will pursue a more independent stance on such issues as [...] |
2008-01-22 06:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AF IR IN IZ CH JA AS |
| 08CANBERRA590 | AUSTRALIA PROPOSES PEACEKEEPING PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) The Prime Minister's office announced on June 8 that Australia will join the United Nations Assistance Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has proposed sending nine officers to join the international force working to restore stability in Sudan. They would work [...] |
2008-06-10 07:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL PGOV MOPS AS |
| 08CANBERRA591 | AUSTRALIA DISAPPOINTED US WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN [...] (SBU) The Government of Australia (GOA) expressed its disappointment that the USG will no longer participate in Human Rights Council (HRC) sessions or activities. Poloff met with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) Director of Human Rights Section Colin Milner who said Australia shares the [...] |
2008-06-11 03:48:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA595 | RUDD ESTABLISHES NEW NPT/DISARMAMENT COMMISSION [...] (C) During a June 9 speech in Japan, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the establishment of a new international commission to advance the goals of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). The new body -- the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament -- would st [...] |
2008-06-11 22:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA609 | DEPUTY PM JULIA GILLARD STAR IN RUDD GOVERNMENT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Two stars have emerged in the government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd: Rudd himself and Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard (who will be Washington for the June 23-25 American Australian Leadership Dialogue). Gillard became Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) aft [...] |
2008-06-13 02:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR AS |
| 08CANBERRA61 | AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHE: OLIGONUCLEOTIDE [...] We presented reftel points to Gerry McGuire, Acting Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on January 23. McGuire conveyed GOA appreciation for the U.S. response, including support for the name change, draft "awareness raising" [...] |
2008-01-23 06:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ETTC AS |
| 08CANBERRA620 | CLIMATE CHANGE: AUSTRALIA EMBRACING CLIMATE [...] (C/NF) Summary. At a recent "Chatham House Rules" seminar for Australian government and academic thinkers on emissions trading, Ross Garnaut, the Australian National University Professor who is heading the climate change review commissioned by the Federal and the State and Territory Governmen [...] |
2008-06-17 07:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV ETRD PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA621 | RUDD POPULARITY UNDIMINISHED DESPITE CRITICISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rudd Government has extended its lead in the polls, despite rising fuel prices, alleged inappropriate conduct by one of its MPs, and criticism of Rudd's approach to economics and foreign affairs. Previous polls had the Coalition trailing badly but closing the gap, which pro [...] |
2008-06-17 07:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA623 | BABCOCK & BROWN'S SHAREPRICE MELTDOWN [...] (U) Summary: Australian investment bank Babcock & Brown (B&B) lost over half its share value in the week of June 9 over concerns it could not manage its debt load. B&B stock has been recovering this week. The Australian Securities Exchange has said there is no sign of market manipulation; r [...] |
2008-06-18 06:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA625 | DRIED-UP RIVER SYSTEM THREATENS SOUTH AUSTRALIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A report presented to the Murray-Darling Ministerial Committee, which was leaked to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on June 18, says that the critically-stressed river system (the largest in Australia) has only months to go before salinity and acidification of the lower [...] |
2008-06-19 06:48:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV AS |
| 08CANBERRA627 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2008 INTERSESSIONAL MEETING AND [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for ISN/CB - please see para 4 below. 2. (SBU) 2008 Intersessional Implementation Meeting: During a June 20 meeting, Alexandra Jones, Acting Director for Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, advised us that the dates for [...] |
2008-06-19 09:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC AS |
| 08CANBERRA630 | AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL ROUNDUP 2008-6 [...] (C/NF) The National Party's federal director, Brad Henderson (protect), told us today that the June 28 by-election for the federal parliamentary seat of Gippsland, in Victoria, is "high stakes stuff" for the Liberal-National Coalition. A bad result for the Coalition would further destabilize [...] |
2008-06-20 08:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA631 | POST WELCOME STAFFDEL WILLIAMS [...] (SBU) AmEmbassy Canberra, with concurrence of Consulate-General Sydney welcomes STAFFDEL Williams and delegation for travel to Sydney, Canberra, and Cairns, Australia from June 26-July 6, 2008. The purpose of the travel is to discuss US-Australia trade, climate change and aboriginal issues. [...] |
2008-06-20 08:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS |
| 08CANBERRA640 | COALITION POISED TO WIN FIRST BY-ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Party candidate appears poised to win a June 28 by-election that has been billed by the media as a major test of Brendan Nelson's leadership and, to a lesser extent, as a bellwether signaling the end of the Rudd Government's honeymoon. Most observers expect The Nat [...] |
2008-06-26 05:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA644 | FORMER HOWARD MINISTER ON RUDD, POLITICS, AND [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Former Howard Government Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough, who has just been elected president of the Liberal Party in Queensland, told the Ambassador June 25 that complaints of overcentralization in the Prime Minister's office reflected the natural tendency of fellow Que [...] |
2008-06-26 07:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM AS |
| 08CANBERRA647 | CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS EXPANDED [...] (C/NF) Poloff confirmed Australia's support for current and incremental Japanese engagement in Afghanistan in the reftel demarche with Paul Robilliard, Assistant Secretary, Afghanistan and Iraq Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT). Robilliard stated that the GOA welcomes and supports [...] |
2008-06-27 07:37:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS AS |
| 08CANBERRA648 | AUSTRALIAN WELCOMES DPRK DECLARATION [...] Emboffs furnished reftel points announcing actions on Six-Party Talks Second Phase commitments to Hugh Borrowman, First Assistant Secretary, International Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Thomas Conner, Assistant Secretary for North East Asia, Department of Foreign Affair [...] |
2008-06-27 12:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA653 | BY-ELECTION RESULT A WARNING FOR RUDD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As predicted (see ref A), the National Party retained the rural Victorian seat of Gippsland at a by-election on June 28, although the 6.4 percent swing against the Australian Labor Party (ALP) was greater than expected. Most observers are attributing the larger than expected sw [...] |
2008-06-30 06:48:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA657 | AUSTRALIAN SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO WILL STAY LOW KEY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-01 05:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPKO AS |
| 08CANBERRA660 | END OF RUDD HONEYMOON DOES NOT HELP NELSON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two days after the Australian Labor Party's (ALP) loss in the Gippsland by-election (reftel), support in the polls for the ALP and Rudd has slumped to its lowest level since the election. The ALP's lead over the Coalition has fallen eight points to 55-45 and Rudd's satisfaction [...] |
2008-07-01 05:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV AS |
| 08CANBERRA670 | FORMER FM DOWNER NEW UN ENVOY ON CYPRUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alexander Downer, former foreign minister under John Howard and Australia's longest serving Foreign Minister, told an Australian newspaper June 30 that he would announce his retirement from politics when he returned to Australia from Europe at the end of the week. He will work [...] |
2008-07-02 08:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR CY AS |
| 08CANBERRA671 | ISN ACTING A/S MCNERNEY'S NONPROLIFERATION [...] (S/NF) During ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney's June 30 consultations on nonproliferation in Canberra, senior Australian officials said Prime Minister Rudd wanted his proposed International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament to have a strong disarmament foc [...] |
2008-07-02 22:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA674 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) Polcouns and poloff delivered reftel demarche to Craig Chittick, Assistant Secretary, United States Branch, of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Chittick said the decision of the Australian Government - taken by the Cabinet after advice from all relevant government agenci [...] |
2008-07-03 05:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KDRG PHUM PINR PTER AS |
| 08CANBERRA679 | TORRES STRAIT PILOTAGE REGIME [...] (C/NF) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy provided a document with a detailed response to U.S. questions about about shipping transiting the Torres Strait during a July 3 meeting with Econcouns (reftel). The Australian [...] |
2008-07-03 08:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SENV AS |
| 08CANBERRA682 | AUSTRALIA INFORMED OF PROPOSED INCREASE IN AFGHAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-07 05:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA683 | AUSTRALIA ACTIVE SUPPORTER OF CCW CLUSTER [...] (C/NF) Australia's commitment to the CCW negotiations on cluster munitions was reaffirmed in a July 7 meeting with Dr. Ada Cheung, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Dr. Cheung indicated that GOA officials met recently with repre [...] |
2008-07-07 07:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL PHUM MOPS AS |
| 08CANBERRA684 | DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 IRISL CARGO INSPECTION [...] (C) During Acting Assistant Secretary's June 30 nonproliferation consultations in Canberra (ref B), she raised the importance of robust implementation of the inspection provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 1803 (ref A), including cargos of aircraft and vessels of Iran Air Cargo and Isl [...] |
2008-07-07 07:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL ETRD AS |
| 08CANBERRA685 | GUIDANCE REQUEST: ALLEGATION USG SOUGHT TO TEST [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (SBU) Australian newspapers, quoting recently declassified Australian government documents, carried stories over the July 4 weekend alleging the U.S. Government had asked the Australian government in 1963 to permit aerial tes [...] |
2008-07-07 07:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PINS PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA687 | UPU CONGRESS DEMARCHE: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff and Econ intern met with Richard Desmond, acting Assistant Secretary for Consumer Protection and Australia Post for the Department of Broadband, Communication, and Digital Economy (DBCDE) to review U.S. concerns for the UPU (Universal Postal Union) Congress in Geneva, S [...] |
2008-07-07 23:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON ETRD WTRO AS |
| 08CANBERRA69 | U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: DRAFT POLICY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4 below. 2. (C) We furnished demarche points (reftel) to Tim Bryson, Acting Director for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on January 25. In recounting to Bryson that the U.S. had circulated a draft of the edited policy s [...] |
2008-01-25 06:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PARM TRGY KNNP AS |
| 08CANBERRA696 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] (C/NF) Kevin Rudd, who was sworn in on December 3, 2007 as Australia's first Labor Party prime minister in nearly 12 years, has moved quickly to implement domestic reforms and to give substance to a three-pronged foreign policy based on the primacy of the treaty alliance with the United States, [...] |
2008-07-09 05:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA OTRA PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA697 | AUSTRALIA WELCOMES U.S. DOD CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C/NF) Australian officials welcomed the U.S. DOD's new cluster munitions policy, which was delivered in reftel demarche to Gerry McGuire, Director, Counter-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and his staff on July 10. In addition to advising FM Smith, Mr. McGuire [...] |
2008-07-11 00:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL MOPS NATO AS |
| 08CANBERRA704 | DELAYS IN AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK [...] (SBU) Summary: Progress on the National Broadband Network (NBN) has been slower than expected. The original deadline (July 25) for bids will slip, primarily due to Telstra's delay in providing network information to the GOA for other bidders. We expect an announcement that this information h [...] |
2008-07-11 06:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA708 | GOA SUPPORTS PROPOSED ARF CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-14 04:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM EAID KNNP AS |
| 08CANBERRA709 | AUSTRALIA AVIATION - EU OPEN SKIES AND RISING FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: As Australia and the EU prepare to begin Open Skies talks in September, environmental issues such as emissions will be the hardest point to resolve. Qantas expects to increase its European operations under an Open Skies deal. Qantas and Virgin Blue are both coping reasonably [...] |
2008-07-15 03:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AS |
| 08CANBERRA71 | AUSTRALIA: DEMARCHE ON ENERGY INVESTMENTS IN BURMA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-25 07:00:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ETRD AS |
| 08CANBERRA712 | AUSTRALIA STUDYING NTI FUEL BANK PROPOSAL [...] Tim Bryson, Executive Officer, Arms Control Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), responded in writing on July 15 to Embassy's June 26 demarche urging the GOA to consider contributing funds to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) proposal for an IAEA-administered nuclear [...] |
2008-07-15 07:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG AS |
| 08CANBERRA713 | AUSTRALIA KEEPING ITS COUNSEL ON INDIA-IAEA [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Ian Biggs told us July 15 that Foreign Minister Smith and Prime Minister Rudd are currently reviewing a recommendation from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the Australian position on the Indian nuclear safeguards [...] |
2008-07-15 07:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL ETTC IN AS |
| 08CANBERRA720 | PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS EVENT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-17 05:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM AS |
| 08CANBERRA721 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO PERTH, [...] (C/NF) Kevin Rudd, who was sworn in on December 3, 2007, as the first Australian Labor Party prime minister in nearly 12 years, has moved quickly to implement domestic reforms and to give substance to a three-pronged foreign policy based on the primacy of the treaty alliance with the United St [...] |
2008-07-17 07:15:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA OTRA PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA723 | DOMESTIC POLITICAL WEEK IN AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) The Liberal Party will hold a candidate pre-election on Sunday July 20 to choose its candidate for a by-election caused by the resignation of former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer. Nine candidates and a preferential voting system make the outcome extremely unpredictable. Most obse [...] |
2008-07-18 02:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS PGOV |
| 08CANBERRA726 | AUSTRALIA RATIFIES AMENDMENT TO PHYSICAL [...] Foreign Minister Stephen Smith announced July 18 that Australia had ratified the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material. The instrument of ratification was lodged with the IAEA on July 17. 2. Australia becomes only the 17th state of the 136 that are pa [...] |
2008-07-20 22:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PTER MNUC AS |
| 08CANBERRA737 | NEW DEPUTY PERMREP TO AUSTRALIAN MISSION TO UN: [...] (U) Andrew Goledzinowski (go-LED-zin-OV-ski), who was most recently Assistant Secretary of the International Organisations Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, will take up his new post as Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York beginning June 28. A brief [...] |
2008-07-22 07:00:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL OFDP AS |
| 08CANBERRA740 | DFAT OFFICIALS COMMENT ON BAINIMARAMA'S ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: DFAT Fiji Section officials told Polcouns and Poloff on July 22 that in their view Commodore Frank Bainimarama's postponement of elections until at least 2010 will further alienate him from most Fijians and exacerbate chances of political clashes on the island. PNG and Fiji Se [...] |
2008-07-23 01:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AS FJ PREL |
| 08CANBERRA747 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR: RUDD FIRM ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) The Israeli Ambassador believes PM Rudd is very concerned about the Iranian nuclear program and firm in his desire to do whatever possible to signal Australia's opposition to Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Rudd is worried that the window for a "diplomatic solution" is closing and that lac [...] |
2008-07-23 07:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KINP IR IS AS |
| 08CANBERRA755 | CHINESE DISSIDENT CHEN ZIMING CALLS ON DCM [...] (C/NF) During a call on the DCM on July 23, Chinese dissident Chen Ziming said that while the economic situation of ordinary Chinese is improving, the democratic rights situation is not. Chen, who has been visiting Australia for the past two weeks and has spent a week in New Zealand, noted [...] |
2008-07-25 06:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS CH PHUM PINR PREL |
| 08CANBERRA757 | CLIMATE CHANGE: EMISSION TRADING PAPER REACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The July 16 release of the Rudd government's Green Paper setting up the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) emissions trading system has laid out the banquet for an escalating round of maneuvering by industry, government and the Opposition. The details provided in the 532- [...] |
2008-07-25 07:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ENRG AS |
| 08CANBERRA760 | AUSTRALIA SET FOR FIRST URANIUM SHIPMENT TO PRC [...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftel, press reports on July 26 indicate that Energy Resources of Australia (ERA), which is controlled by Rio Tinto (68 percent ownership) has reached agreement with an unspecified utility in China to sell uranium oxide from the Ranger mine in the Northern Territory [...] |
2008-07-28 06:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP TRGY AS |
| 08CANBERRA767 | ISN LETTERS OF THANKS TO AUSTRALIAN PSI PRESENTERS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-30 06:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
| 08CANBERRA773 | TORRES STRAIT PILOTAGE REGIME [...] (C/NF) Econcouns met July 29 with Adam McCarthy, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) International Legal Division to deliver ref A letter and paper. McCarthy, joined by two of his staff, thanked the United States for the response and stressed Australia's [...] |
2008-07-31 09:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS EWWT KTIA PHSA PREL SENV |
| 08CANBERRA775 | COALITION RELEASES EMISSIONS TRADING POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coalition has decided to support an emissions trading scheme (ETS) "probably" by 2012, defying leader Brendan Nelson who wanted to make the introduction of an ETS conditional on the actions of other countries. This is a victory for Shadow Treasurer Malcolm Turnbull, and moder [...] |
2008-08-01 04:44:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS PGOV SENV |
| 08CANBERRA788 | APEC FOOD DEFENSE PILOT PROJECTS: AUSTRALIA [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (SBU) Per instructions in reftel, we provided information on the Food Defence Pilot Program to Amy Crago in the Reform, Ecotech and Human Security Section of the APEC Branch at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Crago told us t [...] |
2008-08-06 06:10:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER TBIO EAGR AS |
| 08CANBERRA790 | FORMER ALP PM KEATING WHACKS RUDD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former ALP Prime Minister Paul Keating has criticized the Rudd government for lacking an "overall narrative"; warned Rudd about the pitfalls of "micro-managing and "running at the behest of little press secretaries"; and suggested the Rudd government is taking the wrong approach [...] |
2008-08-07 07:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AS PGOV |
| 08CANBERRA792 | EXPERTS DISCUSS AUSTRALIA-CHINA ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The consensus among several of the leading Australian economic thinkers in Canberra is that the commodities boom will begin to cool off, but that Chinese and other developing market economic growth will continue to prop up Australian export strength over the long run. Australi [...] |
2008-08-08 01:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA8 | CODEL HOYER MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER RUDD [...] Summary: (C/NF) On January 6, a 13-member Congressional delegation led by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) had an extraordinarily friendly and wide-ranging discussion with Prime Minister Rudd at his Sydney residence, Kirribilli House. Topics include [...] |
2008-01-07 06:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF AS CH IZ MOPS PREL SENV |
| 08CANBERRA819 | LNG INDUSTRY REACTION TO GREEN PAPER ON EMISSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia's extensive and growing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry is up in arms about the Government's plan to create an emissions trading scheme (ETS) because the Government's discussion paper (aka green paper) on emissions trading (reftel A) failed to indicate whether LNG [...] |
2008-08-17 22:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETRD SENV AS |
| 08CANBERRA824 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME -- NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-18 07:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AS ETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL |
| 08CANBERRA826 | AUSTRALIAN SUPPORTS NSG EXEMPTION FOR INDIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian Foreign Minister Smith emphasized to the Ambassador on August 18 that the GOA would support a positive outcome regarding an exception for India in the August 21-22 Nuclear Suppliers Group Plenary. The GOA does not need further information and will not require any co [...] |
2008-08-19 03:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC AS ETTC PARM PREL |
| 08CANBERRA845 | AUSTRALIA RECEIVES NONPAPER ON PREVENTION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-27 02:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC KNNP AS |
| 08CANBERRA846 | AUSTRALIA ADVISED OF DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-27 02:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PREL PARM EFIN KNNP AS |
| 08CANBERRA864 | MIXED RESULTS FOR OPPOSITION IN WEEKEND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By-elections in two federal parliamentary seats, caused by the resignation of former foreign minister Alexander Downer and former leader of the National Party Mark Vaile, will be held on Saturday September 6. The Liberal Party is expected to comfortably retain Downer's seat of [...] |
2008-09-03 08:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA871 | AUSTRALIA CONTEMPLATES KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION FOR [...] (C/NF) POLOffs delivered reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on September 5. Australia is reviewing the implications of Serbia's request for an International Court of Justice (ICJ) review of Kosovo's independence, according to Glenn White, Director, Southern Eur [...] |
2008-09-05 05:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA AS |
| 08CANBERRA873 | AUSTRALIA REVIEWS PROPOSED INCREASE IN AFGHAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-05 06:37:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA886 | AMBASSADOR MCCALLUM CALL ON INDUSTRY MINISTER CARR [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Kim Carr wants the Rudd government to set up a 10-year plan to address key innovation needs, which would include funding of A$1.5 billion per year to improve research training and infrastructure and changes to the tax treat [...] |
2008-09-08 07:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ESTH EIND AS |
| 08CANBERRA887 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS INCREASE IN AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (C/NF) The GOA is broadly supportive of the proposal to increase the Afghan National Army (ANA), according to Shane Flanagan, Executive Officer, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and West Asia Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Flanagan expressed the appreciation o [...] |
2008-09-08 08:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA892 | IMSO ASSEMBLY: AUSTRALIA WILL NOT ATTEND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-10 02:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL KSCA AS |
| 08CANBERRA896 | IS THE TIDE SHIFTING AGAINST STATE LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent swings against the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the Western Australian (WA) and Northern Territory (NT) state elections may indicate that voters are tiring of long-serving Labor governments around Australia. On August 9, in NT, there was a nine percent swing against th [...] |
2008-09-10 06:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA898 | AUSTRALIAN CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE INITIATIVE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian officials tasked with coordinating their proposed Global Carbon Capture and Storage Initiative (GCCSI) with international partners this week reiterated PM Rudd's strong interest in moving this forward, with a public rollout in the coming weeks. Australia will work t [...] |
2008-09-10 07:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV ENRG KGHG PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA899 | PM RUDD OFFERS LONG-TERM STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT OF [...] (SBU) In a September 9 speech to a national veterans organization, Prime Minister Rudd provided a long-range forecast of key developments and challenges in the Asia-Pacific region through the middle of the 21st century on which Australian security strategy and defense capabilities and force s [...] |
2008-09-10 08:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA90 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: AUSTRALIA COMMENTS ON OSLO [...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch at DFAT, told Poloff on January 30 he was not sanguine that much progress would be achieved at the upcoming Oslo meeting in New Zealand. Discussions to date have not produced any changes in language on Australia's 3 [...] |
2008-02-04 04:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM MOPS PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA901 | COSTELLO DECLARES NO INTEREST IN LIBERAL LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an interview published September 11, former Howard Government Treasurer Peter Costello ended months of speculation by declaring that he would not seek the leadership of the Liberal Party. Recent media commentary that Costello would contest the leadership of his party has bee [...] |
2008-09-11 05:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA902 | AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON EMISSIONS TRADING AND UNFCCC [...] (C/NF) Summary: Department of Climate Change (DCC) Secretary Martin Parkinson, who is in charge of developing Australia's emissions trading plan, highlighted the challenges of dealing with Emissions Intensive Trade Exposed (EITE) industries and the importance of the U.S. role in international [...] |
2008-09-12 04:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV KGHG PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA903 | AUSTRALIA-NZ-ASEAN FTA: ANNOUNCED, BUT AUTOS STILL [...] (C) Summary: Ministers announced the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement on August 28, slated to be signed in December. However, Australia is still negotiating on autos and auto parts with Malaysia and Indonesia. The Australians see this as a quality FTA, with each country com [...] |
2008-09-12 06:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ASEAN AS |
| 08CANBERRA904 | AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY EXPANSION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-12 07:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA906 | AUSTRALIA REACTION TO IRAQ COALITION DEMARCHE [...] (S/REL AUS) Australia welcomes the GOI's decision to limit the coalition presence in Iraq after 2008 as evidence of improving conditions and Iraqi willingness to take on greater responsibility, and believes the decision will help free up resources that can be devoted to Afghanistan. Two key is [...] |
2008-09-12 07:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | MOPS MARR IZ AS |
| 08CANBERRA909 | BENBRIKA PLUS 5 OTHERS GUILTY ON TERROR CHARGES [...] (SBU) A Victoria State Supreme court jury announced on September 15 that Abdul Benbrika and five co-defendants were found guilty under Australia's recent anti-terrorism legislation. Four of Benbrika's accomplices were acquitted and the verdicts of two others have yet to be announced. Local au [...] |
2008-09-15 07:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA915 | MALCOLM TURNBULL NEW OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a leadership vote by the Liberal Party federal caucus on September 16, Shadow Treasurer Malcolm Turnbull beat incumbent Liberal Party Leader Brendan Nelson 45-41. He is now the head of the Liberal Party and Opposition Leader in the Parliament. After former Treasurer Peter C [...] |
2008-09-16 06:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA921 | AUSTRALIA ON REBUTTING RUSSIAN MISSTATEMENTS ON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Annabel Anderson, Assistant Secretary for Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on September 16. 2. (SBU) In a preliminary response, Anderson said the U.S. position on Russia's claims about Georgia tracked pe [...] |
2008-09-16 07:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL RS GG AS |
| 08CANBERRA926 | AUSTRALIA:INTERIM REPLY ON ENGAGING CHINA RE [...] (S) In accepting Ref A demarche points on September 17, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation John Sullivan told us that Australia took very seriously the issue of Chinese proliferation trade with Iran, particularly if military or dual-use items were transferred for us [...] |
2008-09-17 06:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PARM KNNP PTER PINR ETRD MOPS MCAP CH IR AS |
| 08CANBERRA927 | AUSTRALIA EXPLORING ADDITIONAL STEPS IN RESPONSE [...] (U) In remarks to the Australian Parliament September 17 that were picked up by local media, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Australia was considering additional measures it might take within the international community to respond to Iran's failure to halt its uranium enrichment program. S [...] |
2008-09-17 07:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC IAEA PREL IR AS |
| 08CANBERRA946 | FOREIGN MINISTER SMITH TO ATTEND FRIENDS OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-19 07:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AS ECON PGOV PK PREL |
| 08CANBERRA947 | AUSTRALIA TO INVESTIGATE SHOOTING OF AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) The Australian government maintains that responsibility for the death of Chora District Governor Rozi Khan, killed during a September 18 shooting incident that involved Australian Special Forces in southern Afghanistan, has not yet been determined. The GOA announced it is cooperating wi [...] |
2008-09-19 08:22:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL AF AS |
| 08CANBERRA948 | 63RD UNFC: AUSTRALIAN CO-SPONSORSHIP OF RESOLUTION [...] Chris King, Acting Director for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), contacted poloff September 19 to advise that the text of the U.S. draft resolution, "Compliance with Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament Agreements" appeared acceptable to Australia and th [...] |
2008-09-19 08:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL UNGA AS |
| 08CANBERRA956 | TURNBULL GIVES LIBERALS A BOOST IN THE POLLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two opinion polls released September 22 suggest the Liberal Party made the right decision installing Malcolm Turnbull as leader. Although the Australian Labor Party (ALP) remains well in front, one poll has the ALP's support at its lowest since November 2006, and the other has [...] |
2008-09-22 06:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA979 | AUSTRALIA TO SUPPORT SIDIBE FOR UNAIDS EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) Nicole Forrester, Executive Officer for the United Nations and Commonwealth Section, advised poloff on September 26 that Australia would support Malian candidate Michel Sidibe as its top priority candidate for the UNAIDS Executive Director position, followed by Debrework Zewdie of Ethiopi [...] |
2008-09-26 03:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA EAID KHIV ML AS |
| 08CANBERRA983 | AUSTRALIAN WEEKLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP 2008-7 [...] (C/NF) The most recent quarterly Newspolls suggest Australian Labor Party (ALP) state governments in Queensland and South Australia are in trouble. After preferences, the ALP leads the Liberal National Party (LNP) 51-49 in Queensland in the first Newspoll taken since the Queensland Liberals a [...] |
2008-09-26 07:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AS |
| 08CANBERRA988 | EMBASSY CANBERRA EMAIL THREAT [...] (SBU) On Monday, September 29, 2008, an email threat was received in the US Embassy Canberra Public Affairs Office general email (usraustralia@state.gov). The write in threat was titled "Your Embassy Will Be Attack". Text of the email is as follows; "We are from Al Qaeda, this email is to in [...] |
2008-09-29 07:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | ASEC PTER |
| 08CANBERRA99 | AUSTRALIA: DEMARCHE ON IAEA REQUEST FOR MORE NSG [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-06 06:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP MNUC PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA995 | TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIAN LETTER [...] (C/NF) Summary: After interagency consultations about changes to the Torres Strait Pilotage regime discussed in Washington in early August (reftel), the Australian Government is willing to move forward and seeks a more formal statement from the United States in order to bring modification to [...] |
2008-09-30 06:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV PREL PHSA PBTS EWWT KTIA AS |
| 08CANBERRA998 | POLL: AUSTRALIANS MORE FAVORABLE TOWARD U.S., WARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to the 2008 annual poll by the Lowy Institute in Sydney, support among Australians for the United States has risen, while the public has become increasingly wary of China. Support for Australia's security alliance with the United States has reached its highest level sinc [...] |
2008-09-30 07:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR SENV SCUL CH AS |
| 09CANBERRA1001 | UN 1267 SANCTIONS: AUSTRALIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO [...] Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Counter Terrorism Policy Section said on November 9 that, having consulted all relevant Australian government agencies, they have no derogatory information on 29 names the United States is considering sponsoring or co-sponsoring for d [...] |
2009-11-13 01:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AS |
| 09CANBERRA1005 | AUSTRALIA DECIDING ON VOTE FOR DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] We provided to Australia the information on candidate Thomas McInerney for the office of Director General of International Development Law Organization per reftel. According to Ben Milton, Director of the International Law Section at Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, his se [...] |
2009-11-13 06:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL |
| 09CANBERRA1006 | AUSTRALIA SEARCHES FOR ASYLUM SEEKER SOLUTION [...] (S/NF) Summary: Australia has asked Sri Lanka to do more to stop the flood of Tamil asylum seekers, as the standoff with 78 of them on board an Australian Customs vessel approaches resolution. The government is offering faster resettlement if they agree to disembark in Indonesia, and it app [...] |
2009-11-13 06:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON ELAB PREF PREL SMIG AS |
| 09CANBERRA1008 | RUDD OPTIMISTIC ON COPENHAGEN AFTER LEADERS [...] (S/NF) PM Rudd was happy with the climate change breakfast for APEC leaders in Singapore and believes that engagement by leaders will be necessary to get a positive result at Copenhagen. The PM, who had returned from Malaysia earlier in the morning, told Charge at a national prayer breakfast [...] |
2009-11-16 07:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SENV PGOV AS |
| 09CANBERRA1011 | ASYLUM-SEEKER STAND-OFF SOLVED BUT RUDD UNDER [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The remaining 56 Tamil asylum seekers on board an Australian Customs vessel have agreed to disembark in Indonesia today following a stand-off which lasted over a month (Refs A and C). Like their 22 counterparts who left on Friday, they have been enticed to leave by guarantees of [...] |
2009-11-18 06:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ELAB PREF SMIG AS |
| 09CANBERRA1012 | VISITS SIGNAL WARMING RELATIONS WITH CHINA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A pair of recent visits by high-level Chinese officials signals that China is willing to move past recent tensions with Australia. PLA Chief of Staff General Chen Bingde and Vice Premier Li Keqiang both met with Prime Minister Rudd and other senior officials during their visit [...] |
2009-11-18 07:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS CH PGOV PREL |
| 09CANBERRA1013 | AND THE LIST GOES ON, U.S. SECURITY DIALOGUES WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-18 23:00:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PM AS |
| 09CANBERRA1016 | AUSTRALIAN MESSAGES TO KARZAI WILL MIRROR THOSE OF [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia agrees with the U.S. approach to engaging Afghanistan. Australia is already in the process of finalizing its own message, which is very similar to that laid out in the referenced cable. Pushing for merit-based appointments is a particular concern. Australian offic [...] |
2009-11-19 05:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AF AS |
| 09CANBERRA1017 | AND THE LIST GOES ON, U.S. SECURITY DIALOGUES WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United States has a wide range of ongoing security dialogues with Australia that date back decades. There are several large, formalized dialogues that take place throughout the year and a virtually endless number of smaller working groups and direct military to military ta [...] |
2009-11-19 06:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM AS |
| 09CANBERRA1020 | CORRECTED COPY - BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-2203 [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy pol/econ section spoke with PETER PAWSEY of ROTOR AND WING SERVICES LTD (RAWS) at P.O. BOX 6262, CAIRNS, QLD on September 22, 2009 to confirm the company's registration as a broker for defense goods or services. Pawsey told us that the company had registered in the past but [...] |
2009-11-20 05:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC AS |
| 09CANBERRA1021 | AUSTRALIA WILL VOTE AGAINST MOST ANTI-ISRAELI UNGA [...] (C/NF) Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Middle East Division Head, Deborah Stokes, told Pol/Econ Counselor November 19 that Australia has traditionally voted with the United States against most of the 21 resolutions heavily biased against Israel including all three of the [...] |
2009-11-20 05:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE AS |
| 09CANBERRA1022 | AUSTRALIA IS ACCEPTING BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (U) Australia is committed to the work of the Core Group. Approximately 220 Bhutanese refugees were granted visas between July 2006 and June 2008. In September 2008, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Evans, announced that Australia would accept 5,000 Bhutanese refugees ove [...] |
2009-11-20 05:15:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | BT IN NP PGOV PREF PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA1023 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: USG 2009 DENIAL RENEWALS UPDATED [...] (SBU) Gerry McGuire, Director of the Counter-Proliferation Section of the Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has reviewed the 26 U.S. denial notifications pending expiration, as listed by Australia in its 2009 Denials Audit. T [...] |
2009-11-20 05:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AS ETTC PREL CBW |
| 09CANBERRA1024 | HIGHER AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR MAY LEAD TO STRUCTURAL CHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Underpinned by strong demand for Australian resources, a resilient post-GFC domestic economy, rising interest rates, and comparatively slower recoveries among other advanced economies, the Australian dollar (A$) has been one of the strongest currencies in 2009. The strong dolla [...] |
2009-11-20 07:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EMIN ECON ETRD PGOV AS |
| 09CANBERRA1040 | FAA'S UPCOMING ASSESSMENT OF AUSTRALIAN CIVIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australian aviation authorities will release a statement on the FAA's upcoming assessment of Australia's civil aviation, which is scheduled for November 30 - December 4 (reftel). The government release will be out in the next day and could be in the press as early as Friday, [...] |
2009-11-25 06:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AS |
| 09CANBERRA1041 | AUSTRALIA ON LIBERTAD ACT AND FOREIGN MINISTER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australia wants to enhance engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean and sees improving its relationship with Cuba as a part of that strategy. In addition to signing a Memorandum of Understanding, which "will provide the future basis for cooperation and exchanges" between [...] |
2009-11-25 06:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETRD ETTC PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA1042 | AUSTRALIA EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL [...] (S) Summary: DCM delivered on November 25 reftel points to Prime Minister Rudd's Special Envoy for Afghanistan Ric Smith and Deputy National Security Adviser Angus Campbell. Both Smith and Campbell had been previously briefed on an unclassified version of reftel points during a regularly-sch [...] |
2009-11-25 09:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PARM PREL MARR MOPS AS |
| 09CANBERRA1043 | AUSTRALIA AGREES WITH U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Australia is in complete agreement with the P5 1 two track approach to Iran's nuclear program. It has lobbied for this approach at APEC and the East Asian Summit and has made its views clear to Iran. When there is a need for further sanctions because of Iranian refusal of IAEA [...] |
2009-11-25 09:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AS |
| 09CANBERRA1047 | G8 L'AQUILA SUMMIT FOOD SECURITY: AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia,s estimated commitment emanating from L,Aquila on food security programs is A$464 million for food aid (ref C). Australia believes that food aid should be included and is seeking clarification of the criteria used to calculate the amount, which depending on the metho [...] |
2009-11-27 03:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID AS |
| 09CANBERRA105 | "BUY AMERICA" PROVISION RAISES CONCERNS IN [...] (C) Summary. The "Buy America" provisions on the purchase of US steel for infrastructure projects in the recently-passed House economic stimulus bill have raised considerable concern in Australian, provoking negative headlines and commentary in the Australian media as well as from key contact [...] |
2009-01-30 06:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA1053 | OPPOSITION MELTS DOWN OVER CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Opposition Liberal Party is in turmoil after an unprecedented revolt against leader Malcolm Turnbull and his decision to support the Government's climate change legislation. A Liberal party leadership ballot will be held on Monday. Malcolm Turnbull's decision to back the go [...] |
2009-11-27 06:29:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV AS |
| 09CANBERRA1054 | AMBASSADOR BLEICH MEETS TREASURER SWAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasurer Wayne Swan welcomed Ambassador Bleich during an introductory meeting on November 27 and expressed optimism about Australia's economic outlook. Swan was pessimistic about the fate of the emissions bill being hotly debated in Parliament, as well as that of Opposition lea [...] |
2009-11-27 06:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA1057 | AMBASSADOR BLEICH CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER FERGUSON [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy, Resources and Tourism Minister Ferguson told Ambassador Bleich during an initial courtesy call that Australia is "in lockstep" with the U.S. on energy policy, technology goals, and views on climate change. Ferguson sees Australia, a major liquefied natural gas (LNG), co [...] |
2009-11-30 04:10:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON SENV ETRD AS |
| 09CANBERRA1058 | NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS: AUSTRALIA VOTES FOR ANGARSK [...] (SBU) We conveyed November 14 to Australia's DFAT Arms Control Director Jane Hardy, Director the USG request for support of the Angarsk Reserve resolution before the IAEA (Ref A). Australia voted in favor of the resolution at the November 26 IAEA Board of Governors meeting. BLEICH [...] |
2009-11-30 06:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AS |
| 09CANBERRA106 | JOB LOSSES THREATEN POLICIES ON CLIMATE PLAN AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rising unemployment will be the Rudd government's biggest political problem in 2009. The opposition Liberal-National Coalition, traditionally associated with strong economic management, believes an increase in joblessness could erode political support for the Australian Labor P [...] |
2009-01-30 07:15:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB SENV ECON AS |
| 09CANBERRA1060 | AUSTRALIA TERMINATES ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION ON [...] On November 25 Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (CBPS) informed Embassy that it has terminated an investigation into alleged dumping of linear low density polyethelyne (LLDP) from the U.S. and Canada. The decision was also published in the November 25 edition of national newsp [...] |
2009-12-01 00:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD AS |
| 09CANBERRA1070 | RUDD'S EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME DEFEATED IN SENATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Rudd government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) was defeated in the Senate after the Opposition changed leadership and subsequently rejected the scheme. The government will re-introduce the bill on February 2, but consensus is that the current deal is dead. In [...] |
2009-12-02 07:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA1071 | AUSTRALIA WELCOMES THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON [...] (C/NF) Australia welcomes the President's announcement of the way forward in Afghanistan and is committed to providing support, Foreign Minister Smith told Ambassador Bleich December 2. Ambassador Bleich delivered reftel message prior to the President's speech. In addition to the discussion [...] |
2009-12-02 07:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA1072 | AUSTRALIAN DUMPING INVESTIGATION: SILICONE [...] (U) In a letter dated November 23, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (CBPS) informed Embassy that it has made a preliminary affirmative determination into the alleged dumping of silicone emulsion concrete admixture (SECA) produced in the U.S. and exported to Australia (reftel). [...] |
2009-12-03 03:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD AS |
| 09CANBERRA1073 | AUSTRALIA: LNG LTD. AND IRAN SANCTIONS ACT [...] (SBU) Econoff spoke with Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (LNG Ltd.) Managing Director and CEO Maurice Brand on December 2. Our former Consul General in Perth last spoke with Brand regarding the Iran Sanctions Act on March 16, 2007 (reftel B). Responses to reftel A follow below. 2. (C) Accor [...] |
2009-12-03 05:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETTC PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA108 | NEW CIVAIR DRUG/ALCOHOL TESTING STARTS SOON [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Australian drug and alcohol random testing programs for those involved in safety-related aviation roles legally could begin at any time, but it expected to start in late March or early April. The program will be administered by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), [...] |
2009-02-02 06:37:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AS |
| 09CANBERRA1081 | AUSTRALIA: FAA COMPLETES ASSESSMENT, NEXT STEPS [...] (C/NF) Summary: The FAA team concluded their audit (reftels) and gave a brief assessment of preliminary findings. While the team recognized improvements on previous shortcomings and commended many areas, a few problems remain. Australian officials seem committed to overcoming the shortcomin [...] |
2009-12-07 05:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR AS |
| 09CANBERRA1085 | OPPOSITION PARTY ANNOUNCED FRONT BENCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition Liberal Party Leader Tony Abbott announced December 8 a new shadow cabinet that highlights a shift toward a more aggressive and conservative approach toward the Government. The new lineup favors those who backed Abbott's overthrow of Malcolm Turnbull as Liberal lea [...] |
2009-12-08 06:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA1088 | AMB. BLEICH TALKS WITH STUDENTS ON WATER, CLIMATE LINKS [...] (U) Ambassador Bleich marked the first day of the Copenhagen climate change conference (reftel) with a youth and environmental outreach event at the National Museum of Australia. The museum is hosting an exhibit, titled "Water H2O=Life," based on an exhibit by the American Museum of National H [...] |
2009-12-10 05:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KPAO KGHG AS |
| 09CANBERRA1089 | AUSTRALIA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CHINA'S [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia's still evolving ideas for an Asia Pacific regional organization that can help manage China's rise, complaints about PRC assertiveness and planning for the U.S.-Australia Ministerial (AUSMIN) dominated a meeting between EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Joe Don [...] |
2009-12-11 00:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL CH FJ AS |
| 09CANBERRA109 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): CONTACT [...] In the Government of Australia, primary points of contact for all NPT matters are: -- John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, International Security Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; and -- Chris King, Acting Director, Arms Control [...] |
2009-02-02 08:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT AS |
| 09CANBERRA1090 | ASIA PACIFIC COMMUNITY CONFERENCE: MEETING IS THE [...] (C/NF) Summary: The December 3-5 track 1.5 conference on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's proposed Asia Pacific community (APc) concept achieved the limited goal of further discussion on regional institutions. Though ostensibly co-sponsored by the Lowy Institute (an Australian think tank) and the [...] |
2009-12-11 00:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA1092 | AUSTRALIA UPS PRESSURE ON BIG LNG PROJECT PARTNERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The government is fulfilling its pledge to strengthen "use it or lose it" policies to encourage faster development of LNG resources. Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson announced December 4 that Browse Basin LNG project joint venture (JV) partners Woodside, BHP, BP [...] |
2009-12-11 05:37:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET ECON AS |
| 09CANBERRA1094 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITIONS ON NPT, FINAL [...] SUMMARY: (C/NF) Australia supports the U.S. views on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) ahead of next year's review conference, but has not finalized its own policy. Australia will review its nuclear stance early next year, although a major policy shift is not expected. Officials stressed th [...] |
2009-12-11 05:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KNNP PARM ENRG IAEA NPT MNUC KTBT AS |
| 09CANBERRA1096 | ANTICIPATED LABOR SHORTAGE COULD STRENGTHEN UNIONS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia's resources and energy sector is forecast to continue growing but companies are worried about skilled labor shortages and new labor laws, which unions are keen to exploit. The GOA estimates there are 80 planned or approved energy and resource projects that are likely [...] |
2009-12-13 20:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EMIN ECON ETRD PGOV AS |
| 09CANBERRA1099 | RUDD STEPS UP RHETORIC ON WHALING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia is growing increasingly frustrated with lack of progress on whaling with Japan as the Japanese whaling fleet is about to start its annual hunt in Antarctic waters. PM Rudd will raise whaling with Japanese PM Hatoyama in response to perceived Japanese escalation of t [...] |
2009-12-14 07:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EFIS PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA1100 | AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES MINOR MODIFICATIONS ON FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasurer Wayne Swan announced minor changes to the review framework for foreign investment proposals, in response to findings from a Senate inquiry and confusion among foreign investors, particularly from China. From 2010, major companies will be required to retain local share [...] |
2009-12-15 22:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA1103 | SPECIAL ENVOY: CIVILIANS TO AFGHANISTAN STILL A [...] (C/NF) Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ric Smith told us that the Australian government has yet to agree upon specific numbers for the recently announced expansion of its civilian effort in Afghanistan. Smith, who seemed less enthusiastic and engaged than in past meetings, said tha [...] |
2009-12-16 06:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS AF AS |
| 09CANBERRA1107 | AUSTRALIA'S 3Q GROWTH SLOWER THAN EXPECTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia's economy slowed to 0.2% GDP growth in the September quarter, despite forecasts of double this result. Treasurer Swan said global conditions are still challenging and the lower-than-expected growth "is a cautionary reminder that growth momentum in the Australian econom [...] |
2009-12-17 02:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ECON ETRD PGOV AS |
| 09CANBERRA1119 | AS POLICE PLAN THEIR "SURGE" IN AFGHANISTAN, UNION [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Australian Federal Police (AFP) union has been loudly critical of Prime Minister Rudd,s plans to increase Australia,s police presence in Afghanistan, and has vowed to fight any "significant" expansion of the AFP commitment. Officials predicted that between 10 and 20 new [...] |
2009-12-23 03:46:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS AS AF |
| 09CANBERRA1123 | RUDD GOVERNMENT REPORT CARD 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Rudd government remained politically dominant in 2009, largely on the back of better than expected economic conditions, Rudd's enduring high popularity, government unity, and a dysfunctional opposition. Foreign Minister Smith stepped out of Rudd's shadow and the resignation [...] |
2009-12-23 06:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AS |
| 09CANBERRA1124 | AUSTRALIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The text of the report follows. The stakeholders at post, RSO, Legatt, and DEA have cleared the text. The embassy point of contact is Virgil Strohmeyer, strohmeyervb@state.gov. Australia Australia continued to play a leadership role in the fight against terrorism through multilater [...] |
2009-12-23 21:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR AS |
| 09CANBERRA116 | AUSTRALIA ROLLS OUT NEW STIMULUS PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Responding to increasingly dire economic forecasts, PM Kevin Rudd announced February 3 a A$42 billion (US$26 billion) economic stimulus package, the second in four months, equal to about 4% of GDP. It is largely focused on rapid spending on education infrastructure and cash pay [...] |
2009-02-03 07:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN AS |
| 09CANBERRA117 | CHINALCO ACQUIRING RIO STAKE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australian media is reporting that Chinese state-owned aluminum company Chinalco is negotiating with Rio Tinto to either increase its stake in Anglo-Australian resources giant Rio Tinto or buy specific resource assets. Reeling from falling commodities prices, Rio is scrambling t [...] |
2009-02-03 21:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV AS CH |
| 09CANBERRA120 | AUSTRALIAN AND DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Netherlands Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen and Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith shared views on future engagement in Afghanistan in meetings January 18-21 in Australia. Both Ministers shared the view that more than one year after significant meetings in Bucharest [...] |
2009-02-04 06:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA121 | AUSTRALIAN QUESTION ON IRAQI WMD SCIENTIST [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN/CTR. Please see para 5 below. 2. (S) Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, called in Deputy POLCOUNS on February 4 to discuss Dr. Ali Abdulrahman Abdullah Al-Za'ag, the former biological weapon scie [...] |
2009-02-04 06:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS PARM PREL AS IZ |
| 09CANBERRA127 | SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT PLANS VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: DFAT North Asia Division North East Asia Branch Assistant Secretary Daniel Sloper told Poloff on February 5 that ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan,s meetings in Perth and Sydney January 22-24 were to finalize arrangements for President Lee Myung-Bak,s visit to Australia dur [...] |
2009-02-06 03:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS ETRD KS PREL |
| 09CANBERRA13 | AUSTRALIAN PM SPEAKS OUT ON GAZA [...] (U) In his first public comment on the Israeli strike on Gaza, vacationing Prime Minister Rudd expressed concern over the continued violence in Gaza and Southern Israel. In a January 5 press interview, Rudd said Australia recognizes Israel's right to self-defense but called on "all parties to [...] |
2009-01-05 21:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA132 | COMPARING GAZA TO HOLOCAUST CAUSES MUSLIM-JEWISH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Australia's Jewish community leaders have threatened to sever relations with their Muslim counterparts after the chairman of Australia main Islamic group refused to withdraw his comparison of the Israeli Gaza incursion with the Holocaust. During Israel's push into Gaza in January, [...] |
2009-02-06 07:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI AS |
| 09CANBERRA134 | WILDFIRE DEATHS STUN AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. Unprecedented wildfire deaths in Victoria (reftel) on February 7-8 have led to a suspension of Parliament, an outpouring of public grief, and a request for U. S. assistance. With 130 deaths and the destruction of hundreds of households, and the very real pos [...] |
2009-02-09 07:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV AS |
| 09CANBERRA135 | RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR DISCUSSES ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens told Charge that Australia will face a difficult 2009 as the result of an unprecedented worldwide loss of confidence by consumers and businesses. The RBA and the Australian Government are taking aggressive measures to stimulate the [...] |
2009-02-09 22:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON AS |
| 09CANBERRA136 | VICTORIA WILDFIRES: CANBERRA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Though the worst of the fires appear to be over, Australia is reeling as rescuers discover more victims from Victoria's wildfires, with the death toll expected to pass 200 (ref B). Deputy PM Gillard termed the fires "one of the darkest days" in Australia's peacetime history. T [...] |
2009-02-10 21:00:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID SENV AS |
| 09CANBERRA138 | PRIME MINISTER REIGNS OVER FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Since becoming Prime Minister in December 2007, Kevin Rudd has appropriated control of foreign-policy formulation and decision-making, leaving his Foreign Minister to perform mundane, ceremonial duties and relegating the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to a backw [...] |
2009-02-11 07:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AS |
| 09CANBERRA142 | SEA SHEPHERD BACKS OFF, AUSTRALIA PESSIMISTIC ON [...] (C) Summary: The aggressive actions by both the Sea Shepherd group and the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean during the week of February 2-6 have resulted in the Sea Shepherd's calling off of their harassment campaign for this season. The Australian government is taking a low-key a [...] |
2009-02-12 06:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EFIS PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA148 | AUSTRALIA: DEMARCHE ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS UNDER [...] Econcouns delivered reftel demarche to Greg French, Assistant Secretary of the Environment Branch at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). He said that DFAT has the lead on the issue and that while Australia is also a non-party, it is an active observer. French said that Austra [...] |
2009-02-13 05:22:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO AS |
| 09CANBERRA149 | AUSTRALIAN COMMENTS ON COLLISION OF IRIDIUM/COSMOS [...] (SBU) In the absence of a unified GOA point of contact on space matters, we delivered the talking points on the February 10 collision of the U.S. Iridium and Russion Cosmos satellites simultaneously to Group Captain Denny Davison, Director for Defence Space Coordination, Australian Department [...] |
2009-02-13 06:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | TSPA AS |
| 09CANBERRA150 | SENATE PASSES RUDD'S ECONOMIC RESCUE PACKAGE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 13, the Senate passed the Rudd government's $42 billion economic stimulus package, a day after rejecting it. The key factor was the government upping the cash for projects favored by independent South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon, whose no vote was crucial to the [...] |
2009-02-13 06:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON AS |
| 09CANBERRA153 | SENATE PASSES RUDD'S ECONOMIC RESCUE PACKAGE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 13, the Senate passed the Rudd government's $42 billion economic stimulus package, a day after rejecting it. The key factor was the government upping the cash for projects favored by independent South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon, whose no vote was crucial to the [...] |
2009-02-13 07:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON AS |
| 09CANBERRA154 | SENATE PASSES RUDD'S ECONOMIC RESCUE PACKAGE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 13, the Senate passed the Rudd government's $42 billion economic stimulus package, a day after rejecting it. The key factor was the government upping the cash for projects favored by independent South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon, whose no vote was crucial to the [...] |
2009-02-13 07:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON AS |
| 09CANBERRA156 | AUSTRALIA: PM'S ADVISOR ON AFHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (C) In response to the U.S. invitation to contribute ideas to the Afghanistan-Pakistan strategic policy review, Prime Minister Rudd's senior international adviser said Australia has been hard at work on its own review and believes the U.S. and Australian efforts can complement one another. On [...] |
2009-02-17 07:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EFIN MARR AS |
| 09CANBERRA157 | HOCKEY REPLACE BISHOP AS SHADOW TREASURER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following months of public criticism in the media and private criticism by her colleagues, Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop yesterday resigned as Shadow Treasurer, clearing the way for Liberal Leader Malcolm Turnbull to replace her with strong media performer Joe Hockey. B [...] |
2009-02-17 07:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON AS |
| 09CANBERRA162 | FOREIGN MINISTER SMITH'S OFFER OF ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade First Assistant Secretary for South and East Asia, the Middle East and Africa Deborah Stokes told Polcouns on February 18 that Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's offer of assistance to Pakistan in its struggle against Taliban insurgents i [...] |
2009-02-18 05:47:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF EAID MARR PK PREL |
| 09CANBERRA163 | AUSTRALIAN MILITARY RECRUITMENT FLAT DESPITE POOR [...] (C/NF) Contrary to recent media reports of recruiting increases linked to potentially poor domestic economic performance from the global financial crisis, there has been no change in actual recruiting levels. Systemic personnel issues limit Australian Defence Force (ADF) staffing flexibility, [...] |
2009-02-18 06:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MCAP PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA164 | DUTCH PRESS FOR MORE AUSTRALIAN AID IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) In meetings January 18-21 with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, Netherlands Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen requested Australia to provide a civilian political advisor in Tarin Kowt, and to increase assistance to Oruzgan Province, including send [...] |
2009-02-18 06:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA165 | AUSTRALIA TO BACK U.S. AT DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-18 07:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA166 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW: AUSTRALIA ON BOARD [...] (C) Following his February 17 call on PM Senior Advisor Quinlan to solicit input into the U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan policy review (reftels), Charge delivered the same demarche February 18 to National Security Adviser (NSA) Duncan Lewis, who is coordinating the GOA's own policy review. Lewis w [...] |
2009-02-18 07:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR AS |
| 09CANBERRA168 | CANBERRA POC FOR ASEAN RELATED ISSUES [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-18 07:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN PREL ASEAN |
| 09CANBERRA171 | 2008 Sydney Biennale Report and Refining Future Support [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-19 06:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL OEXC SCUL AS |
| 09CANBERRA178 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW: AUSTRALIAN NSA [...] (C) At the direction of Prime Minister Rudd, National Security Adviser Duncan Lewis plans to visit Washington the week of March 2 with instructions to personally deliver Australia's submission to the Afghanistan-Pakistan review by weeks's end, as indicated in Ref A. Embassy recommends Departm [...] |
2009-02-20 06:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR AS |
| 09CANBERRA179 | AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON NUCLEAR [...] In response to our January 30 demarche (reftel), John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), provided the following responses to our specific questions, drawn from a GOA interagency review. We have not yet rece [...] |
2009-02-20 06:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC KTIA PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA18 | POINTS DELIVERED TO AUSTRALIA ON PHASE II REPORT [...] Poloff delivered points in reftel to Wendy Walsh, Acting Director, and Tim Bryson, Executive Officer, Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on January 7. 2. Walsh and Bryson expressed appreciation for the advance noti [...] |
2009-01-07 06:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA180 | CHINESE INVESTMENT OFFERS PILE UP IN AUSTRALIAN [...] (C) Summary: The pace of Chinese efforts to invest in key Australian mineral companies has picked up. While the Chinalco-Rio Tinto investment (reftel) has drawn the most attention, other Chinese companies are seeking to take advantage of the troubled economic state of many Australian miners. [...] |
2009-02-20 07:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD EINV EIND AS |
| 09CANBERRA181 | CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON [...] In response to our January 30 demarche (reftel), John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), provided the following responses to our specific questions, drawn from a GOA interagency review. We have not yet rece [...] |
2009-02-23 04:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC KTIA PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA187 | MTCR CHAIR COMMENTS ON INFORMAL BRAINSTORMING [...] (C/NF) John Quinn, the Australian Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Chair, expressed appreciation for USG input to the informal brainstorming session planned following the Reinforced Point of Contact (RPOC) meeting in Paris on April 29-30, 2009 (reftel). Quinn observed that while the [...] |
2009-02-25 07:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MTCRE PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC AS |
| 09CANBERRA188 | ALP FACTIONS BIDE THEIR TIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the apparent desire of Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to end the power of ALP factions, the January outbreak of a dispute between members of the Right faction in Victoria is a reminder that they still control politics at the local level. [...] |
2009-02-25 07:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ELAB AS |
| 09CANBERRA202 | AUSTRALIA DEMURS ON DEMARCHING NAMIBIA OVER [...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche to John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), on February 27. Bill Bryson, Executive Officer for Arms Control, joined on the call. 2. (C) Sullivan reacted with some puzzle [...] |
2009-02-27 06:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG ETTC EMIN IR AS |
| 09CANBERRA203 | EMERGING AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON G-20 LEADERS MEETING [...] (C/NF) Australia is focused on doing whatever it can to ensure that the G-20 Leaders meeting produces results that help restore global confidence and lead to tangible results. PM Rudd is very concerned about ensuring effective coordination to deal with "toxic assets" as well as securing a str [...] |
2009-02-27 09:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON AS |
| 09CANBERRA204 | CANBERRA - SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (U) This response has been coordinated and cleared by the EAC. The following responses are keyed to the questions listed in the reftel and cover all constituent posts in Australia. POLITICAL VIOLENCE I.(SBU) Demonstrations A. Yes. There are significant Greek, Malaysian, Lebanese, Ser [...] |
2009-03-02 00:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
| 09CANBERRA206 | AUSTRALIA WELCOMES U.S. UNHRC PARTICIPATION; NO [...] Although Ref A arrived too late on Friday, February 27, to pass the points before the U.S. public announcement March 1, we delivered the message at opening of business on Monday, March 2, to Craig Maclachlan, Assistant Secretary for International Organisations, Department of Foreign Affairs a [...] |
2009-03-02 05:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA213 | FITZGIBBON AND DEFENCE UNDER FIRE OVER SAS PAY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon and senior Defence officials have come under intense pressure over bungled handling of salary payments to Special Air Service (SAS) troops, the elite special forces who are doing the bulk of Australia's fighting in Afghanistan. In Parliament la [...] |
2009-03-03 05:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR AS |
| 09CANBERRA214 | AUSTRALIAN RESERVE BANK HOLDS RATES AMID MIXED ECONOMIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Reserve Bank of Australia decided to leave interest rates unchanged at 3.25%, despite mixed economic news and increased reports of job losses. The RBA indicated that monetary and fiscal policy changes have been significant and need to work through the Australian economy before [...] |
2009-03-03 21:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
| 09CANBERRA219 | Australia Headed for Recession? [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Australian economy experienced its first quarterly negative growth in 8 years in the December quarter. Over 2008, Australian trend GDP grew by only 0.6%, the weakest since 1991, and negative growth in the March quarter will put the economy in technical recession. Treasurer Swan [...] |
2009-03-04 06:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON AS |
| 09CANBERRA220 | AUSTRALIA - INPUT FOR G-20 [...] (C/NF) Summary: The top concern for the Australians going into the G20 summit will be coordinated international action to restore global confidence, bolster the stability of the international financial system, and produce outcomes that lead to tangible results. PM Rudd wants to coordinate wi [...] |
2009-03-04 21:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN AS |
| 09CANBERRA221 | 2008 Sydney Biennale Report and Refining Future Support [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-04 22:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL OEXC SCUL AS |
| 09CANBERRA225 | AUSTRALIA: ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES IN ADVANCE [...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftel, Econoff visited David Dutton, Director, Environment and Sea Law Branch, at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on February 12. Dutton was identified by Australia's CBD Point of Contact, Robyn Bromley, as the GOA official most responsible for access and [...] |
2009-03-05 22:48:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV TBIO AS |
| 09CANBERRA229 | EARLY ELECTION IN AUSTRALIA? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is increasing speculation among political insiders and observers that Prime Minister Rudd may call an early election this year before the global economic crisis starts to drive up unemployment, and to take advantage of his popularity and divisions in the Opposition. To cal [...] |
2009-03-06 05:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV AS |
| 09CANBERRA231 | 12TH AUSTRALIA-CHINA HR DIALOGUE: SOME PROGRESS, [...] (C) Australia saw some incremental progress in its latest Australia-China Human Rights Dialogue, particularly in China's agreement to admit more NGOs into meetings, including for the first time Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists; in the range of topics it was pr [...] |
2009-03-06 06:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL CH AS |
| 09CANBERRA234 | EARLY ELECTION IN AUSTRALIA? /// CORRECTED COPY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is increasing speculation among political insiders and observers that Prime Minister Rudd may call an early election this year before the global economic crisis starts to drive up unemployment, and to take advantage of his popularity and divisions in the Opposition. To cal [...] |
2009-03-09 23:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV AS |
| 09CANBERRA24 | AUSTRALIA CANNOT SUPPORT DELAY IN UNDP PRESIDENCY [...] (C/NF) Australian government representatives advised Poloff in reftel demarche that it is sympathetic to the U.S. position to prevent Iran from obtaining the UNDP Presidency, but agrees with the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) that the election should not be delayed. Lalita Kapur and [...] |
2009-01-08 05:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF IR UN EAID AS |
| 09CANBERRA245 | FORMER TREASURER COSTELLO CASTS A SHADOW OVER [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With the economy the dominant political issue, a growing number of Liberal and Australian Labor Party (ALP) politicians believe that former Treasurer Peter Costello, who refused the Liberal Party leadership when John Howard tried to hand it to him after their 2007 electoral def [...] |
2009-03-12 07:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV AS |
| 09CANBERRA247 | ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING USAID CONTRACTOR [...] (SBU) Post has been contacted by Peter Farrell, General Manager of Australian Medicines Handbook Pty Ltd (AMH), concerning what he calls an "apparent case of intellectual property theft." Farrell alleges that PHRplus, now called HealthSystems 20/20, which he describes as "an agency of USAID", [...] |
2009-03-13 04:00:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREK KIPR AS |
| 09CANBERRA248 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - AUSTRALIA [...] (S/NF) Based on criteria in reftel A, Post has identified undersea cables landing in Australia, and civilian/commercial owned and operated terrestrial cables, as critical infrastructure/key resources in Australia whose loss would immediately affect the security of the United States. 2. (S/N [...] |
2009-03-13 04:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP AS |
| 09CANBERRA250 | Australian thermal coal contract prices fall 44% [...] (SBU) Summary. Australia's leading thermal coal exporters have signed a key benchmark contract agreement with Japanese buyers for the country's third most valuable commodity export (after iron ore and coking coal). The deal means export values will fall around $3.2 billion ($A5 billion), appro [...] |
2009-03-13 06:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON AS |
| 09CANBERRA251 | AUSTRALIA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RISING FAST [...] (SBU) Australia's unemployment rate rose to 5.2% (seasonally adjusted) in February from 4.8% in January and 4.2% in December. This increase has been faster than expected by most observers, while confirming expectations that the global economic crisis is starting to hit Australia. Unemploymen [...] |
2009-03-13 07:05:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV AS |
| 09CANBERRA252 | AL-MALIKI STRENGTHENS COMMERCIAL LINKS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting in Canberra March 12, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd agreed to strengthen agricultural and commercial links. Iraq will again buy wheat from Australia, which will also provide assistance to the agricultural and petroleu [...] |
2009-03-13 07:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EAID EAGR EPET IZ AS |
| 09CANBERRA253 | AUSTRALIAN INTERIM REPLY TO PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS [...] (SBU) On March 10, Poloff delivered reftel talking points, requesting the Government of Australia to respond generously to the UN and ICRC IDP funding appeals, to Lisa Rice-Madan and Rebecca Curtis, Director and Executive Officer respectively for Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Central Asian Repu [...] |
2009-03-13 08:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PK PREF AS |
| 09CANBERRA254 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTIVE ON ADB SAFEGUARD REVIEW [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-16 03:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ADB AS |
| 09CANBERRA255 | AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION SLASHED 14% [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-16 06:53:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PREF ELAB ECON AS |
| 09CANBERRA256 | AUSTRALIAN FM SMITH TO ATTEND AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's staff have confirmed he will participate in the Netherlands-hosted International Conference on Afghanistan in The Hague on March 31. 2. (C/NF) According to the Dutch Embassy, however, as late as Friday afternoon, March 13, FM Smith was considering tur [...] |
2009-03-16 08:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS EAID AS |
| 09CANBERRA261 | GREENS' LEADER WELCOMES OBAMA, PESSIMISTIC ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Green Party Leader Senator Bob Brown told Charge that the Greens could not support the Rudd Government's proposal for a 5-15% reduction in carbon emissions and will continue to press for a 40% reduction from 1990 levels. He said he looked forward to a good relationship with th [...] |
2009-03-17 06:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV SENV AS |
| 09CANBERRA262 | HCOC: AUSTRALIA ON ANNUAL DECLARATION "INREACH", [...] (SBU) We approached Gerry McGuire, Director, Counter-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on March 16 to solicit Australia's help in encouraging timely submission of annual declarations from Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferaton (HCOC) subscrib [...] |
2009-03-17 06:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC TSPA PREL ETTC KSCA AS |
| 09CANBERRA264 | AUSTRALIAN REPLY TO RUSSIAN BASING PLANS IN [...] (C) On March 16, Poloff delivered US talking points to Barbara Cooper and Simon Moore, Director and Executive Officer respectively for the Northern, Central and Eastern Europe Section at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) informing the Government of Australia (GOA) o [...] |
2009-03-18 04:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS AS |
| 09CANBERRA265 | AUSTRALIA PROSCRIBES SIX TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS [...] (U) On March 18 the Australian Attorney General's Office announced the relisting of six groups as terrorist organizations under the criminal code because of information provided by Australia's security agencies. The relisting insures that it remains an offense to associate with, train with, pr [...] |
2009-03-18 05:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER AS KVPR CVIS PINR ASEC AF IZ PK YM IN |
| 09CANBERRA267 | PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C/NF) Econcouns delivered reftel demarche jointly March 18 with Pakistani Deputy High Commissioner Tawasar Khan to DFAT First Assistant Secretary for South and West Asia, the Middle East and Africa Deborah Stokes. The Japanese Embassy had already approached the Australians last week and did n [...] |
2009-03-18 06:15:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON EFIN PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA268 | AUSTRALIAN PLANS FOR CLEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia's plans to encourage investment in clean energy are based on three major initiatives: the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), the Mandatory Renewable Energy Target (MRET) and the National Low Emissions Coal Initiative (NLECI). Australia is a major coal user and [...] |
2009-03-18 06:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ECON KGHG AS |
| 09CANBERRA269 | AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING DETERMINATION FOR [...] (C/NF) Amembassy Canberra possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) as of March 3, 2009, 0800. Point of contact at AmEmbassy Canberra is Carol Hanlon, Political Officer. CLUNE [...] |
2009-03-19 02:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER AS |
| 09CANBERRA272 | SHARM AL-SHEIKH FOLLOW-UP - AUSTRALIA STILL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-19 23:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER AS |
| 09CANBERRA275 | AUSTRALIA STIMULUS PACKAGES GREEN COMPONENT [...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftel, Post is providing the following answers to questions regarding the two fiscal stimulus packages launched by the federal government in December (A$10 billion) and February (A$42 billion). Q: Has the country passed a fiscal stimulus package that designates spe [...] |
2009-03-20 02:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ENRG SENV AS |
| 09CANBERRA278 | CANDIDATE FOR AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION EMERGES [...] (SBU) Abdul Khaliq Fazal advised Embassy of his plan to run in Afghanistan's August Presidential election. Mr. Fazal has a heart condition and is currently awaiting his doctor's permission to travel to Afghanistan to contest the election. 2. (SBU) According to his curriculum vitae, Mr. Faz [...] |
2009-03-20 06:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AF AS |
| 09CANBERRA281 | AUSTRALIA TRADE POLICY UPDATE: BEEF DECISION CLOSE? [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: We are hearing rumors of possible movement on Australia,s ban on imports of US beef. The GOA is "disappointed" at the delay in Trans-Pacific Partnership. Australia signed an FTA with the ASEAN countries and New Zealand that has been positively received, and covers 21% of A [...] |
2009-03-23 03:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ASEAN AS |
| 09CANBERRA283 | CONTENTIOUS PAST FOR AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Additional information has emerged regarding Abdul Khaliq Fazal, an Afghan Presidential candidate from Melbourne, Australia that may raise questions about his viability. In a 2002 interview with Fazal, then the Minister of Public Works for Afghanistan, a reporter from the Australian Br [...] |
2009-03-23 06:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA285 | RUDD HEADS FOR THE US AFTER A GOOD WEEK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a week that began badly with the Senate's defeat of a Government tax designed to curb binge drinking, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd leaves for the United States with two significant political victories. His labor relations bill received parliamentary approval last Friday, and [...] |
2009-03-23 08:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB AS |
| 09CANBERRA286 | GICNT: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO SEOUL GI WORKSHOP, [...] Embassy Poloff and Republic of Korea Embassy Political Counsellor Youngsik Park met with Australian Assistant Secretary for Counter-Terrorism Paul Foley, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), on March 18 to hear Australia's response to reftel invitations to Global Initiative to Comb [...] |
2009-03-23 09:07:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KGIC MNUC PARM PREL PTER KS AS |
| 09CANBERRA29 | GOA DOWNPLAYS MEDIA SPECULATION ON AUSTRALIAN ROLE [...] (C/NF) Lee Kerr, Director, United Nations and Commonwealth Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, advised that media reports on redeployment of an Australian warship to the Horn of Africa for anti-piracy work were completely unfounded. She said the Department of Defence (ADOD) has [...] |
2009-01-09 03:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA293 | AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SUPPORT WANES ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) In a Newspoll conducted March 20-22, 2009, 65 percent of Australians do not support sending more Australian troops if asked by the U.S. Current results show a steady decline in support for Australian troops in Afghanistan from a high of 66 percent of voters in favor of sending troops in t [...] |
2009-03-24 04:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR AS |
| 09CANBERRA295 | Australian coking coal contract prices fall 58% [...] (SBU) Summary. Contract prices for coking (metallurgical) coal dropped 58% to US$115 from US$300 last year, due to the global economic crisis and depressed world steel production. Coking coal is Australia's largest export commodity, ahead of iron ore and thermal coal. The new price is actually [...] |
2009-03-24 05:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG ECON AS |
| 09CANBERRA296 | NBN DECISION NEARS [...] (SBU) Summary. As the deadline approaches, nobody who knows is saying who will win the tender for the National Broadband Network. The only thing all observers seem to agree on is that it won't be Telstra. Minister Conroy and his staff are keeping mum. Telstra has been aggressively pushing [...] |
2009-03-24 05:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON ETRD AS |
| 09CANBERRA298 | SUBJECT: PAPER SCORE'S PM'S "SECRET" MEETING WITH [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: "The Australian" newspaper has criticized Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's "secret" talks with Chinese Communist Party propaganda chief Li Changcum, on March 21. Officials in the Office of Prime Minister and Cabinet have told the Embassy that Rudd and Li discussed the need for coor [...] |
2009-03-24 06:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS CS PREL |
| 09CANBERRA300 | AUSTRALIAN AID AGENCY'S REPLY TO PAKISTAN'S IDP [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-25 05:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PK PREF AS |
| 09CANBERRA301 | ADDITIONAL AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (C/NF) Amembassy Canberra possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the Royal Australian Regiment, 4th Battalian (Commando) as of March 3, 2009, 0800. Point of contact at AmEmbassy Canberra is Carol Hanlon, Political Officer. RICHE [...] |
2009-03-25 05:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER AS |
| 09CANBERRA305 | NEW LABOR LAW FULFILLS CAMPAIGN PROMISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, the Australian Senate passed the Rudd Government's new labor law, undoing substantial sections of the unpopular "WorkChoices" legislation introduced by former Prime Minister John Howard. While Deputy Prime Minister and Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard had [...] |
2009-03-26 05:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB AS |
| 09CANBERRA306 | AUSTRALIA WILL SIGN DECLARATION ON RIGHTS OF [...] Despite the previous government's misgivings that the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples would elevate customary law above Western law and conflict with aspects of government policy, the Rudd government has adopted a policy to support the declaration and will follow through on [...] |
2009-03-26 06:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV AS |
| 09CANBERRA311 | GOA GUARANTEES STATE DEBT AND BORROWINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOA announced on 25 March 2009 that it would guarantee an estimated US$120 billion ($A170 billion) in existing and projected State government debt to overcome a severe funding problem affecting major infrastructure projects. Treasurer Swan said the chance of a default was 're [...] |
2009-03-26 21:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AS |
| 09CANBERRA312 | DEFENSE MINISTER ANGERED BY REPORTS OF PROBE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon reportedly has reacted angrily to press reports that Australian Defense Department (ADOD) officials have conducted a secret investigation into Fitzgibbon's relationship with a Chinese-born, Sydney-based businesswoman, Helen Liu. According to Mar [...] |
2009-03-26 21:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MARR AS |
| 09CANBERRA317 | UPDATE - AUSTRALIA WILL SIGN DECLARATION ON RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-27 04:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV AS |
| 09CANBERRA32 | PACIFIC WORKING GROUP DECEMBER MEETING [...] (U) The Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Pacific Island Working Group (PWG) meeting was hosted by Australia on December 1 in Canberra. Australian delegation: Richard Rowe, First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Division Ravi Kewalram, Assistant Secretary, Pacific Regional and New Zealand [...] |
2009-01-09 06:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AS EAID FJ JA PREL |
| 09CANBERRA320 | REPORTING ON INTERNATIONAL REACTION TO, AND VIEWS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-30 05:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | AS PINR PREL ZR |
| 09CANBERRA321 | GICNT: AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION AT SEOUL; PLANNING [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. (SBU) Further to information in Ref A regarding GOA participation in two Seoul-hosted events under the auspices of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT), the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) furnis [...] |
2009-03-30 06:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC MNUC PARM PREL PTER AS |
| 09CANBERRA322 | TORRES STRAIT: U.S. AGREEMENT TO REVISED MARINE [...] (C/NF) ECONCOUNS delivered ref A message to DFAT International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy March 30. McCarthy, joined by Director of the DFAT Sea Law Section Damien White, welcomed the prompt U.S. response as well as the substantive agreement with Australia's willingness [...] |
2009-03-30 07:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EWWT PHSA PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA323 | AUSTRALIAN MEDIA SEEK GREATER TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Saying that Australia lags well behind most major democracies in press freedom, 12 major media outlets have joined together to push for reforms in Australian laws on freedom of information, privacy and whistleblower/shield protections. The group, which has organized its effort as Austral [...] |
2009-03-30 21:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PHUM PINS AS |
| 09CANBERRA324 | AUSTRALIAN MEDIA SEEK GREATER TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Saying that Australia lags well behind most major democracies in press freedom, 12 major media outlets have joined together to push for reforms in Australian laws on freedom of information, privacy and whistleblower/shield protections. The group, which has organized its effort as Austral [...] |
2009-03-30 21:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PGOV PHUM PINS AS |