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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 AND REINTEGRATION OF AFGHAN REFUGEES, NOVEMBER 19 [...] (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 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 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 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 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 IN ADVANCE OF NATO BUCHAREST SUMMIT [...] (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 DISTRICT CHIEF ROZI KHAN [...] (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 AFGHANISTAN [...] (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
09CANBERRA325	CORRECTED COPY: GICNT: AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION AT [...] (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 [...]	2009-03-31 02:08:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC MNUC PARM PREL PTER AS
09CANBERRA326	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE: URGING IRAN TO RELEASE DETAINED AMERICAN, MS SABERI [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 06:26:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AS EZ IN IR NO NZ TU VT EUN PHUM
09CANBERRA327	AUSTRALIA BLOCKS CHINESE INVESTMENT ON SECURITY [...] (C) Treasurer Wayne Swan announced March 27 that the Australian Government would block the A$2.6 billion (USD 1.7 billion) bid by Chinese state-owned Minmetals Non-Ferrous Metals to purchase OZ Minerals, Australia's third-largest mining firm, on national security grounds. This is the first [...]	2009-03-31 06:54:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PREL CH AS
09CANBERRA329	AUSTRALIA SHIPPING INTENTIONS UNDER U.S. WTO RAW SUGAR [...] In response to questions raised in ref cable, Australian authorities have indicated that Australia will ship itQs current allocation into the U.S. by September 30, 2009. FYI, the allocation will be fulfilled by a shipment to arrive in May. 2. If there were an increase in the U.S. TRQ, then [...]	2009-04-01 03:11:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD AS
09CANBERRA33	AUSTRALIA BROADBAND - A SNAPSHOT (CORRECTED COPY) [...] (U) Summary: In Australia 4.3 million households (52%) have broadband connections, an increase of 800,000 through the Australian fiscal year ending June 30; 78% of Australian households with internet access have broadband. There has been more than a five-fold increase in the number of househo [...]	2009-01-09 06:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON AS
09CANBERRA330	AUSTRALIA APPROVES CHINESE INVESTMENT IN IRON ORE MINER [...] (SBU) Treasurer Wayne Swan signed off March 31 on the recommendation of Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board to approve Chinese steelmaker Hunan Valin Iron and Steel Group's application to purchase up to 17.55% of iron-ore producer Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) (ref A). The A$645 millio [...]	2009-04-01 07:33:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS CH ECON EFIN PREL
09CANBERRA331	GANG VIOLENCE SPARKS CALLS FOR TOUGHER MEASURES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Following the murder of an outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG) associate in full view of hundreds of travelers at Sydney Airport on March 22, the GOA and New South Wales (NSW) are calling for tougher efforts against gang-related violence. The Deputy National Security Adviser told [...]	2009-04-02 01:26:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV SNAR SOCI AS
09CANBERRA334	AUSTRALIAN DEMARCHE TO IRANIANS URGING THE RELEASE OF DETAINED AMERICAN, MS SABERI [...] (S/NF) Further to Ref B, April 2, Hugh Jeffry, Director of Iran Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told Poloff that, in response to Ref A request, the GOA had delivered a message to the Iranian ambassador, Mahmoud Movahhedi, in Canberra requesting the freeing of the American ci [...]	2009-04-02 06:33:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AS EZ IN IR NO NZ TU VT EUN PHUM
09CANBERRA335	DEFENSE MINISTER LIKELY TO SURVIVE - FOR NOW [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon appears safe in his portfolio in the short-term, as the media hype surrounding his link with Chinese-born businesswoman, Helen Liu, subsides (reftel). Prime Minister Rudd has publicly backed him, an independent audit of a payroll bungle affecti [...]	2009-04-03 00:41:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MARR AS
09CANBERRA336	AUSTRALIAN DEPSEC DENIES DSD INVESTIGATED DEFENSE [...] (C/NF) In a message he wanted to pass to the the USG, particularly the U.S. intelligence community, the Australian Deputy Secretary of Defense responsible for intelligence and security summoned emboffs to his office March 31 to emphatically deny recent press reports suggesting that the Defence [...]	2009-04-03 03:30:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PINS MARR PGOV PREL AS
09CANBERRA338	RENEWABLE ENERGY FUND: GEOTHERMAL LEFT OUT? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Rudd government's A$435 million (US$305 million) Renewable Energy Demonstration Program (REDP) provides the best vehicle for companies seeking to commercialize new renewable energy technologies. The program is currently taking applications for what will eventually be 8-10 A [...]	2009-04-03 04:32:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV ECON AS
09CANBERRA339	CORRECTED COPY -- RENEWABLE ENERGY FUND: [...] (SBU) Summary: The Rudd government's A$435 million (US$305 million) Renewable Energy Demonstration Program (REDP) provides the best vehicle for companies seeking to commercialize new renewable energy technologies. The program is currently taking applications for what will eventually be 8-10 A [...]	2009-04-03 04:54:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV ECON AS
09CANBERRA34	GAZA: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE MAKES ISRAELI [...] (C/NF) Israeli Ambassador Yuval Rotem is very satisfied with the Australian response to the fighting in Gaza. Australian Government statements, including vacationing PM Kevin Rudd's January 5 remarks, have emphasized the need for an end to HAMAS rocket attacks on Israel and halting arms shipm [...]	2009-01-09 08:03:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IS AS
09CANBERRA340	AUSTRALIA'S STATEMENT ON SUPPORT FOR UN [...] Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin made a public statement April 3 on behalf of the GOA announcing that Australia had changed its position on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and has issued a statement of support. The [...]	2009-04-03 07:21:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV AS
09CANBERRA342	FURTHER INFORMATION ON AUSTRALIA'S ACCESSION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Australian director of ASEAN relations at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) presented the USG with further information and materials on the Australian process of accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) in 2005. These included [...]	2009-04-06 05:16:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KTIA PREL AS
09CANBERRA345	DIVISIONS BETWEEN GOA AND RESERVE BANK OF [...] (U) This is joint ConGen Sydney and Embassy Canberra cable. Summary ------- 2. (C/NF) The Reserve Bank of Australia has acted aggressively over the last six months to address deteriorating economic conditions by slashing the cash rate from 7.25 percent to 3.25 percent. Prime Ministe [...]	2009-04-06 07:28:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA346	FOREIGN OPERATING RIGHTS REQUEST: AUSTRALIAN POC [...] (SBU) Embassy Canberra Assistant Air Attache LTC Michael Kram, who is Embassy Canberra's POC on reftel foreign operating rights request, contacted the Australian Department of Defence (ADOD) Australian Defence Space Coordination Office (DSCO) to engage in preliminary discussions on the planned [...]	2009-04-06 07:35:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA AA
09CANBERRA348	NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] (U) We delivered reftel talking points and the President's April 5 statement, and drew from the "if asked" points, in an April 6 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation John Sullivan and Director for Counter-Proliferation Gerry McGuire of the Department of F [...]	2009-04-06 07:36:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN AS
09CANBERRA35	REQUEST FOR PM ATTENDANCE AT SYDNEY MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy requests PM/RSAT participation in the March 16-17 meeting of the Australia - U.S. Ministerial (AUSMIN) Defence Acquisition Committee/Acquisition, Technology and Development Working Group (ADAC/ATDWG) in Sydney. End Summary and Action Request. 2. (U [...]	2009-01-12 05:47:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL AS
09CANBERRA352	POLL BOOST FOR RUDD DESPITE FITZGIBBON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rudd Government's lead in the latest Newspoll has increased, despite controversy over his Defense Minister's relationship with a Chinese-born business woman, Opposition accusations that Rudd is a "roving ambassador for China," and press reports that Rudd verbally abused a fli [...]	2009-04-07 06:19:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AS
09CANBERRA353	RATES CUT IN RESPONSE TO WORSENING ECONOMIC NEWS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today reduced interest rates by 0.25% in response to worsening global and domestic economic news and increased reports of job losses. The RBA indicated that while monetary and fiscal policy changes to date have been significant, the further dete [...]	2009-04-07 07:03:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA354	AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON NORTH KOREAN [...] In a televised interview on April 7, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith called the April 5 North Korean launch of a Taepo-dong 2 missile "deeply and gravely concerning" and charged North Korea with being in breach of UN Security Council Resolution 1718. He said he had spoken with South Korean For [...]	2009-04-07 07:23:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC AS
09CANBERRA357	GOA ANNOUNCES IT WILL BUILD BROADBAND NETWORK [...] (SBU) Summary: Today PM Kevin Rudd in a surprise move announced that the GOA would set up a company to build the National Broadband Network, at a cost of up to A$43 billion (US$30 billion),rejecting all five commercial tenders. The GOA will allow up to 49% private equity in the new company i [...]	2009-04-07 08:34:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON AS
09CANBERRA358	GOA ANNOUNCES IT WILL BUILD BROADBAND NETWORK [...] (SBU) Summary: Today PM Kevin Rudd in a surprise move announced that the GOA would set up a company to build the National Broadband Network, at a cost of up to A$43 billion (US$30 billion),rejecting all five commercial tenders. The GOA will allow up to 49% private equity in the new company i [...]	2009-04-07 21:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON AS
09CANBERRA359	AUSTRALIAN ATTENDEES AT ARF DISASTER RELIEF [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 04:21:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID MARR MOPS ASEAN ARF RP AS
09CANBERRA360	FOREIGN OPERATING RIGHTS REQUEST: PROJECT CROK [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 3 below. 2. (SBU) Further to Ref A, our Australian Department of Defence interlocutors mentioned to us the GOA had received a letter from a senior USG official relating to Project Crok that included a request to deploy teams to Australia in s [...]	2009-04-08 07:18:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA MARR AS
09CANBERRA365	AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR IN TEHRAN DEMARCHES IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) The Australian ambassador in Tehran demarched Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Akhmondzadeh on April 7 on behalf of Ms Saberi. Akhomdzadeh, just back from The Hague, expressed surprise to learn that Saberi had not yet been released. The Australian Embassy believes that the GOI indictmen [...]	2009-04-09 06:43:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL CASC EZ IN IR NO NZ TU VT
09CANBERRA366	SMALL TOWN CONCERNS IN COOMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff and Econ adviser visited Cooma, New South Wales (NSW) on April 7. Local political and business leaders say that the economic downturn has dried up financing for small businesses. Over the longer term, leaders are worried about the threat of climate change on nearby sk [...]	2009-04-09 06:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV AS
09CANBERRA367	SNOWY RIVER HYDRO SCHEME IN TROUBLE [...] (SBU) Australia's largest hydropower scheme is facing greater water shortages, decreased ability to raise capital, and competition from larger, more integrated power providers in the region. Snowy officials are pessimistic about the independent future of the scheme, despite efforts to diversi [...]	2009-04-09 07:08:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON AS
09CANBERRA368	CORRECTED COPY -- SMALL TOWN CONCERNS IN COOMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff and Econ adviser visited Cooma, New South Wales (NSW) on April 7. Local political and business leaders say that the economic downturn has dried up financing for small businesses. Over the longer term, leaders are worried about the threat of climate change on nearby sk [...]	2009-04-09 07:15:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV AS

09CANBERRA369	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE CONCERNING PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy along with Japanese and Pakistani Embassies delivered demarche on the upcoming donors conference for Pakistan. GOA confirms it will double its commitment to Pakistan, but details remain to be worked out. Demarche was delayed by Japanese Embassy desire to wait for lett [...]	2009-04-09 07:56:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK AS
09CANBERRA373	AUSTRALIA "LEANING" TO US POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 00:33:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KVPR AS
09CANBERRA376	DFAT READOUT OF FM SMITH'S DISCUSSIONS IN CHINA [...] (C/NF) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) North Asia First Assistant Secretary Graham Fletcher told Polcouns on April 8 that Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's talks with Chinese officials on his recent trip to that country went well. He noted that the March 24-27 visit [...]	2009-04-14 03:04:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS CH JA KN PK PREL
09CANBERRA377	TRADE MINISTER CREAN ANXIOUS FOR RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean wants to sustain effort on Doha. He is anxious to play a role and will do what he can to enjoy a close relationship with Amb. Kirk. Rumors surround his political future that reinforce his desire for strong US ties. End summary. 2. ( [...]	2009-04-14 04:01:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ECON PREL AS
09CANBERRA381	USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 07:57:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	AS PHUM PREL
09CANBERRA382	GICNT: RUSSIA DELIVERS DEMARCHE TO AUSTRALIA ON [...] (SBU) Roman Voloshchenao, a Russian Embassy political officer who apparently had received reftel demarche instructions before the four-day Easter holiday, notified us by telephone on April 14 he had arranged to deliver reftel points to James Nachipo, head of the Department of Foreign Affairs a [...]	2009-04-14 08:04:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER MNUC KNNP PREL AS
09CANBERRA384	AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 03:29:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL AS
09CANBERRA387	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO CONDITIONS PLACED ON TCG [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 07:32:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAID PHUM BM AS
09CANBERRA388	AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS E3 PLUS 3 APPROACH TO IRAN [...] (S) We met with DFAT Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation John Sullivan April 15 to solicit Australia's support for the latest E3 plus 3/P5 plus 1 approach to Iran, as described reftel. Sullivan was joined by Acting Arms Control Director Chris King. 2. (S) Sulliva [...]	2009-04-15 07:51:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	PARM KNNP MNUC IR AS
09CANBERRA389	GICNT: AUSTRALIA CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN 2009 [...] (SBU) Following up April 15 on the Russian demarche delivered a day earlier (REF A),poloff heard confirmation from DFAT Director for Counter-Terrorism Coordination James Nachipo that Australia would attend the 2009 Plenary in The Hague. 2. (U) Nachipo also confirmed Australia would be prep [...]	2009-04-15 08:08:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER MNUC KNNP PREL AS
09CANBERRA394	ASYLUM SEEKER DEATHS HIGHLIGHT BORDER SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The deaths of three Afghans in a recent boat explosion off Australia's northwest coast highlight a larger debate over the effects of Prime Minister Rudd's policies on treatment of asylum seekers. Border protection is becoming a higher profile political issue due to a rise in [...]	2009-04-17 09:59:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL AF AS
09CANBERRA398	BORDER PROTECTION CONTINUES TO DOMINATE POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Border protection is dominating the political debate this week as investigations into last Thursday's boat explosion continue (Ref A). The Opposition maintains there is a link between the government's immigration policies and the increased flow of asylum seekers, while the gove [...]	2009-04-21 06:19:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AS PHUM PREF PREL
09CANBERRA401	INDIGENOUS ISSUES: STILL LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: After thirty years of bipartisan support for a range of policies based on self-determination and self-management, the Australian Government, in reaction to increasing evidence of policy failure, has embarked on policies involving direct intervention in the lives of indigenous [...]	2009-04-21 08:21:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AS PHUM SOCI
09CANBERRA402	SCENE SETTER-CDR GEN D. MCNABB VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] (C/NF) Australia is the closest of our five treaty allies in the Asia-Pacific region and has deployed forces with the United States in every major military engagement since World War I, including most recently in Afghanistan and Iraq. Relations intensified dramatically in the wake of the 9/11 [...]	2009-04-22 01:57:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	PREL OTRA AS
09CANBERRA404	TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIANS AGREE TO MODIFY MARINE [...] (C/NF) Though surprised at U.S. expressions of concern about the text of the Marine Notice updating Australia's Torres Strait pilotage regime issued on April 17, Australia agrees to remove both the opening clause and the closing sentence saying that details about applicable legislation, appli [...]	2009-04-23 07:24:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT PHSA PREL AS
09CANBERRA407	AUSTRALIAN PM RUDD "VERY HAPPY" WITH G20 MEETING [...] (S/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is "very happy" with the outcome of the G-20 meeting in London. He sees U.S. action on toxic banking assets as a major step forward and appreciates U.S. efforts to ensure a positive outcome in London. Rudd praised the President for offering to host [...]	2009-04-24 01:51:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL AS
09CANBERRA41	AUSTRALIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The text of the report follows. The embassy POC is Virgil Strohmeyer, strohmeyervb@state.gov. Australia continues to maintain a regional leadership position in the fight against terrorism. Australia's trilateral cooperation with Japan and the United States addressed terrorist threats in [...]	2009-01-13 06:02:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC
09CANBERRA413	U/S BURNS' AUSTRALIAN BILATERAL, APRIL 21, 2009 [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns held a bilateral meeting with Michael L'Estrange, Secretary of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on the margins of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue Senior Officials Meeting (TSD SOM),in Canberra on April 21, 2009. They discussed the str [...]	2009-04-28 00:04:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MARR PARM PGOV EAID AS
09CANBERRA414	U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH JAPANESE DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During a bilateral meeting on the margins of the U.S.-Australia-Japan Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Senior Officials Meeting in Canberra on April 21, Under Secretary Bill Burns and Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae agreed that the United States and Japan woul [...]	2009-04-28 00:17:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC KNNP MOPS PARM PHUM PREF PREL PTER AS JP
09CANBERRA415	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP 28 APRIL 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is a SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The GOA is actively monitoring the spread of H1N1 globally, and activated a National Incident Room command post, led by the Department of Health and Ageing (DOHA),on April 26 [...]	2009-04-28 07:39:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA416	SECRETARY CLINTON'S ANZAC DAY MESSAGE RECEIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: A special ANZAC Day message from Secretary Clinton has been warmly received in Australia. The statement generated widespread media coverage and expressions of gratitude from the Prime Minister's office and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and other government officials [...]	2009-04-28 08:26:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL AS
09CANBERRA418	TSD SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING, APRIL 21 [...] (S/REL AUS/JA) Under Secretary Bill Burns joined Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenchiro Sasae and Australian Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Michael L'Estrange at the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Canberra on April 21. The of [...]	2009-04-29 01:58:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	PARM PREL MOPS KNNP ECON EFIN SENV JA AS
09CANBERRA419	MGSF01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP APRIL 29 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The GOA increased its pandemic response phase to DELAY under the Australian Health Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza (AHMPPI - available at www.flupandemic.gov.au) [...]	2009-04-29 07:27:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA421	PRIME MINISTER RUDD ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced in a press conference April 29 that Australia would boost its troop contribution in Afghanistan from 1,100 to 1,550 troops, mostly for training and capacity building and to support the Afghan elections in August 2009, and that it wo [...]	2009-04-29 07:51:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PTER PREL AS
09CANBERRA423	MGSF01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP APRIL 30 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Following a determination by the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, Health Minister Roxon ordered thermal scanning equipment placed at eight airports in Australia to g [...]	2009-04-30 07:42:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA428	AUSTRALIA LIKELY TO BACK KOSOVO FOR IMF/WORLD BANK [...] (C) Summary: Australia likely will vote in favor of Kosovo's membership in the IMF/World Bank. In order to avoid the curtailment of the vote by the lack of a quorum, Australia will urge the 13 other nations in its IMF constituency to vote; however, they do not feel that advocacy on behalf of K [...]	2009-05-01 00:12:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL KV AS
09CANBERRA43	AUSTRALIA NOTIFIED OF NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: [...] (SBU) Poloff provided sanctions information against Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan and associated individuals and companies contained in reftel to Peter Scott, Director for Transnational Crimes and Sanctions, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on January 13. 2. (SBU) Scott thanked the U.S. for [...]	2009-01-13 06:14:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM EFIN PREL AS
09CANBERRA437	RUDD PULLS PLUG ON EMISSIONS TRADING IN 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia will delay implementation of its proposed economy-wide emissions trading plan until July 2011 in response to strong political opposition (reftel) and the global recession. PM Kevin Rudd announced May 4 changes to the government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPR [...]	2009-05-04 07:17:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ECON AS
09CANBERRA440	VWP:AUSTRALIA INFORMED CONCERNING CBP POLICY UPDATE [...] (U) April 30, Consular Officer delivered the U.S. Customs and Border Protection announcement contained in reftel to Richard J. Jameson, Executive Officer, Passport Systems and Technology Section (PST),Passport Business Improvement and Technology Branch (PSB),Australian Passport Office, Depar [...]	2009-05-05 06:40:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT KPAO PBTS PREL
09CANBERRA443	AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR RECOVERING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Australian dollar has fluctuated markedly over the past 6 months. After dropping nearly 40% between July and October 2008, it has recovered now to US$.75, a seven-month high. The recent appreciation of the Australian dollar suggests a return of some confidence in the global [...]	2009-05-07 22:41:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA445	AUSTRALIA ON IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION [...] (C) Australia remains solidly behind Japanese Ambassador Yukiya Amano for IAEA director general, according to Acting Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Wendy Walsh. During a May 8 call by poloff to thank Australia for its support and outline U.S. strategy going int [...]	2009-05-08 08:45:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP IAEA PREL AS
09CANBERRA446	AUSTRALIAN BUDGET PREVIEW: INTO DEFICIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The upcoming Federal budget (release date May 12) will see a deficit of around A$70 billion (US$53b),due to significantly decreased revenue because of the effects of the global financial crisis and economic downturn. Indications are that the Rudd government's second budget wil [...]	2009-05-10 22:22:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON MCAP PGOV AS
09CANBERRA448	TFFLU01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP MAY 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The Department of Health and Ageing confirmed a single case of H1N1 infection in Queensland on May 9. This is Australia's first confirmed case, but was classified as a [...]	2009-05-11 05:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA450	AUSTRALIA BACKS KOSOVO FOR WORLD BANK BUR WON'T [...] (C) Summary: Australia will vote in favor of Kosovo's membership in the World Bank. In order to assure a quorum, Australia's Executive Director is urging all 13 nations in their World Bank constituency to vote; however, the GOA will not lobby others to vote in favor of Kosovo's inclusion. End [...]	2009-05-13 06:48:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL KVPR AS
09CANBERRA451	REMOVAL OF ANTI-AMERICAN SLOGANS FROM TEHRAN'S [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Australian Embassy in Tehran reports that no anti-American murals have been removed and believe it unlikely that city official responsible for beautification has the authority to remove or change them. End summary 2. (S/NF) May 12, Justin Whyatt of the Middle East section [...]	2009-05-13 07:14:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR IR AS
09CANBERRA452	BUDGET: BIG DEFICIT, RECOVERY BEGINNING IN 2010 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a decade of almost continuous budget surpluses, the 2009-10 budget announced May 12 projects a deficit of A$$58 billion or 4.9 percent of GDP, the largest in the postwar period. The budget forecasts that unemployment will peak at 8.5 percent in 2010-11, economic recovery [...]	2009-05-13 07:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV AS
09CANBERRA454	DEBATE OVER DEFENSE WHITE PAPER [...] (S/NF) Summary: While public reaction to the government's long-awaited Defense White Paper's release on May 2 has been relatively muted, the opposition, media and academics have been debating the degree to which the perception of China's potential security threat influenced the document. Th [...]	2009-05-13 08:22:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP PREL AS CH
09CANBERRA456	RUDD BUDGET INVESTS HEAVILY IN CCS, SOLAR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Rudd government's 2009-2010 budget (ref A) stakes out US$3 billion in new money investments in energy developments. As expected, the budget invests heavily in clean coal and carbon capture and storage (CCS),closing the domestic circle with the Global Carbon Capture and St [...]	2009-05-14 06:49:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV AS
09CANBERRA457	AUSTRALIAN SANCTIONS IN PLACE ON UNSC 1718 [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered non-paper and points contained in reftel to Gerald Thomson, Director for Korea, and Wendy Walsh, Director for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on May 14. Thomson undertook to pass the paper to other interested GOA offices, including DFAT's Sa [...]	2009-05-14 08:04:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL XE ZO KN AS
09CANBERRA459	AUSTRALIA THANKED FOR SABERI INTERVENTION [...] (SUB) On May 15, post forwarded a letter to the Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, signed by the Charg d'Affaires,Daniel A. Clune, thanking the Australian government for its help in the Saberi case and seeking additional assistance in the cases of AMCITS Robert Levinson and Esha Momeni. 2. [...]	2009-05-15 07:14:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR AS JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC
09CANBERRA46	AMBASSADOR PUSHES LIFTING OF AUSTRALIAN BAN ON US BEEF AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 13, Ambassador McCallum spoke with Australian Minister of Agriculture, Tony Burke, to urge Australia to lift its ban on the import of US beef and beef products. Citing the need to remove this non-science based import ban, the Ambassador urged that removing this would [...]	2009-01-14 04:30:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR AS
09CANBERRA460	AUSTRALIA FULLY SUPPORTS THE US-PHILIPPINES ARF [...] (U) Summary: Australia will attend and participate in US-Philippines ARF Workshop on Biological Threat Protection. End summary 2. (U) On May 15, Henry Fox, Director of the Strategic Policy Section, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),told poloff that he had received [...]	2009-05-15 07:20:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	AS PARM PREL TBIO ARF
09CANBERRA461	2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 07:46:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV PGOV AS
09CANBERRA464	Australian Health Care - An Overview [...] (SBU) Australia's mixed public and private health care system achieves some of the best health outcomes in the OECD despite healthcare spending comprising less than 10% of GDP. Australia is second in the OECD for life expectancy at birth and 16th in percentage of GDP spent on healthcare. Aust [...]	2009-05-17 22:21:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SOCI AS
09CANBERRA47	LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW - AUSTRALIA [...] (U) Cuba is not a front-burner issue in Australia. It is far from Australia and there are few political, economic, or cultural ties. 2. (C) Following is keyed to reftel questions. - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights i [...]	2009-01-15 06:12:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL AS
09CANBERRA470	AUSTRALIA OPTIMISTIC ENTERING KOREAN FTA TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Australia's lead negotiator is optimistic going into the first round of talks for an FTA with Korea. She expects agriculture and services to be the toughest areas to resolve. No deadlines, but DFAT has an internal goal of concluding this before the expected dates for Australia's [...]	2009-05-18 04:07:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD AS KS
09CANBERRA472	AUSTRALIAN REPLY TO PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS [...] (SBU) May 18, poloff delivered reftel talking points on the worsening crisis among IDPs in Pakistan to David Holly, Assistant Secretary for South and West Asia Branch at Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),Lisa Rice Madan, Director of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Central As [...]	2009-05-18 23:40:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PHUM PK PREF AS
09CANBERRA474	READOUT OF AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCE WHITE PAPER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Australian Defence Deputy Secretary Michael Pezzullo invited emboffs to hear a readout of Beijing's reaction to his April 27 briefing on Australia's Defence White Paper in advance of its May 2 public release. He said he used the opportunity specifically to disavow recent Aust [...]	2009-05-19 06:40:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS CH AS
09CANBERRA476	AUSTRALIAN REPLY TO PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 06:40:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PHUM PK PREF AS
09CANBERRA477	STILL POPULAR RUDD SEES DROP IN POLLS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's popularity has declined, he is still much more popular than Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull, whose net approval ratings remain in negative territory. Support for the Australian Labor Party (ALP) Government remains high, according to opinion [...]	2009-05-19 07:19:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV AS
09CANBERRA482	MESSAGE DELIVERED ON WTO/INCREASING TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Econoff with officers from the Japanese Embassy and the Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office in Australia on May 21 delivered reftel demarche to Dominic Trindad, Assistant Secretary for Trade Policy and Industrials Branch at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Trindade said t [...]	2009-05-21 01:22:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD AS
09CANBERRA483	AUSTRALIA SUPPORTIVE ON UN CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points May 20 to Marco Salvio, acting director for the International Financial Crisis Task Force at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The GOA fully shares our concerns about the direction of the UN Conference on the Development Impact of Crisis. In fact, [...]	2009-05-21 05:16:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN UNGA AS
09CANBERRA486	AUSTRALIA DOUBLES ITS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 20, Australian Foreign Minister Smith announced an AUD $12 million (USD $9.2 Million) contribution to the IDP crisis in Pakistan, double the amount they had expected to contribute only two days earlier (reftel). The GOA decided to increase the amount for UNICEF and added [...]	2009-05-21 07:08:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PK AS PREF
09CANBERRA487	TFFLU01 AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP MAY 22, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australia has experienced a spike in confirmed cases over the last 48 hours. Following a period of nearly two weeks with only one confirmed case, the Department of Hea [...]	2009-05-22 02:39:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA489	AUSTRALIA RAMPS UP INNOVATION SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary. Australia has committed A$8.6 billion (current exchange rate is $.78) between now and 2013 to upgrade its national innovation systems. The Rudd government released its policy response paper on May 12, alongside the federal budget, to highlight the substantial increase in fundi [...]	2009-05-22 06:46:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL ESTH AS
09CANBERRA491	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP MAY 26, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australia confirmed more than 20 new cases of H1N1 over the Memorial Day weekend, and raised its response level from Delay to Contain late on May 22. According to the [...]	2009-05-26 06:44:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA492	AUSTRALIAN OPPOSITION SEEKS TO DELAY EMISSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Opposition Coalition (Liberal and National Parties) announced May 26 that they will move a motion in the Senate to delay a vote on the government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) (ref A) until 2010. The attempt to put off a decision on the CPRS is based on the curr [...]	2009-05-26 07:29:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV KGHG ECON AS
09CANBERRA497	AUSTRALIA INITIATES ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION ON [...] On May 28 Australian Customs and Border Protection Service informed Embassy that it has initiated an investigation into alleged dumping of linear low density polyethelyne (LLDP) from the US and Canada; the decision was also published in the May 28 edition of national newspaper The Australian. [...]	2009-05-28 05:45:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AS
09CANBERRA50	SHORTAGE OF MEDICAL ISOTOPES - REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Canberra contacted the Canadian Embassy in Canberra January 6 (following Canadian Embassy's reopening following its New Years holiday closure) to discuss reftel request for a joint approach to the GOA concerning the shortage of medical isotopes. The Canadian diplomat said she ha [...]	2009-01-16 02:03:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA AS
09CANBERRA503	GICNT: AUSTRALIAN QUERIES ON OUTREACH, PLENARY AND [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN/WMDT -- please see para 8 below. 2. (SBU) James Nachipo, Director for Counter-Terrorism Coordination, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),invited poloff to DFAT on May 29 to convey some questions and seek assistance on GICNT issues. Mohan [...]	2009-05-29 07:15:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER MNUC KNNP PREL AS
09CANBERRA510	NO MI-17 HELICOPTERS IN AUSTRALIA'S ARSENAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 06:32:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS PARM SMIG AS PK
09CANBERRA511	GFC, H1N1, AND OPEN SKIES, OH MY! A LOOK AT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Australian civil aviation industry has not escaped the economic slowdown brought on by the intensified global financial crisis. Qantas remains the heavyweight in the Australian aviation arena, but its share of the domestic market is slipping and is now down to around 60%. [...]	2009-06-01 06:46:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON AS
09CANBERRA512	AUSTRALIA TO CONSIDER FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (SBU) On June 1, poloff conveyed to Lisa Rice-Madan, Director of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Central Asian Republics Section, at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) the gratitude of the USG for Australia's USD $9.2 million contribution to the IDP crisis in Pakistan. 2. (SBU) Ms Rice [...]	2009-06-01 22:05:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PK AS PREF
09CANBERRA513	AUSTRALIA WELCOMES FISSILE MATERIAL CUT-OFF TREATY [...] Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith issued a strong public statement of support for the recent agreement to begin negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) on June 1. Smith cited the growing international consensus on the need to act against the spread of nuc [...]	2009-06-02 07:04:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL AS
09CANBERRA517	AUSTRALIA ON UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE [...] This is an action request. Please see para 4 below. 2. PolOff met with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade United Nations and Commonwealth Section Director Lee Kerr on June 3 to request Australian support of UN International Civil Service Commission U.S. candidate Lucretia Myers, per [...]	2009-06-03 06:32:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KUNR PREL UNGA AS
09CANBERRA518	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JUNE 3, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The Australian Federal government's response level remains unchanged since May 22. However, the state of Victoria upped its pandemic influenza response level to "sustai [...]	2009-06-03 06:57:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA519	SURPRISE, AUSTRALIA NOT IN RECESSION [...] (U) Summary: National accounts today showed seasonally adjusted growth of 0.4% in March quarter, largely driven by imports and exports; private business investment remains weak. This result defied the conventional wisdom that the accounts would show Australia in recession. The Rudd Governm [...]	2009-06-03 06:58:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN AS
09CANBERRA520	CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIA - IRAN RELATED NSG [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Martin Carrick, Assistant Director, Nuclear Programs, Transnational and Scientific Intelligence Branch, Defence Intelligence Organisation, Australian Department of Defence, will be presenting "Iranian Procurement Activities: Modes of Operation and Possible Future [...]	2009-06-03 22:33:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL ETTC IR AS
09CANBERRA524	AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE MINISTER FITZGIBBON RESIGNS [...] (C/NF) Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon resigned June 4 over an apparent conflict of interest involving his brother's private health insurance company. The embattled minister had been under pressure following earlier revelations of undeclared gifts from a Chinese businesswoman and free accomm [...]	2009-06-04 07:27:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS PINR AS
09CANBERRA525	MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM: AUSTRALIA PLANS FOR MEXICO [...] (SBU) Summary: Australian Climate Change Minister Wong will not attend the next Major Economies Forum (MEF) preparatory session in Mexico due to the need to shepherd domestic climate change legislation through the Senate that week. Parliamentary Secretary Greg Combet will lead the GOA delega [...]	2009-06-04 07:27:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG AS
09CANBERRA526	DEFENSE WHITE PAPER AND MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Australian Defense Department Michael Pezzullo told Charge, DATT and Polcouns that the language on missile defense (MD) in the GOA's Defense White Paper includes a nod to the governing Australia Labor Party's (ALP) left wing, but in reality will allow the GOA to continue its [...]	2009-06-04 07:45:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	AS MCAP PGOV PREL
09CANBERRA529	CORRECTED COPY - DEFENSE WHITE PAPER AND MISSILE [...] (S/NF) CORRECTED COPY - Changed Text in para 1 line 1 and para 2 line 1. Summary: Australian Defense Department Deputy Secretary Michael Pezzullo told Charge, DATT and Polcouns that the language on missile defense (MD) in the GOA's Defense White Paper includes a nod to the governing Austra [...]	2009-06-05 03:33:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	AS MCAP PGOV PREL
09CANBERRA53	TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel prenotification January 16 to Peter Scott, Director for Sanctions and Transnational Crimes, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Scott thanked us for the advance word and per usual, said he would contact embassy if Australia had any information on the four ind [...]	2009-01-16 04:25:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER IR AS
09CANBERRA530	AUSTRALIA WHALING PREP FOR IWC61 [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia does not plan to seek a resolution at the International Whaling Commission meetings in Madeira June 22-26 outside of consensus. While generally concerned about the format and leadership of a future Small Working Group arrangement, the GOA has not yet reached an inter [...]	2009-06-05 07:07:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA EFIS PREL SENV AS
09CANBERRA531	AUSTRALIA H1N1 CASES CONTINUE TO RAMP UP [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: In per capita terms, Australia surpassed the U.S. for confirmed H1N1 infections on June 4-5. The rapid internal spread of the disease following a lengthy period with only a few, foreign-connected cases highlights the difficulty [...]	2009-06-05 07:24:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AS
09CANBERRA533	SPECIAL ENVOY MEETS GOA ON UIGHUR DETAINEES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Deputy National Security Advisor Angus Campbell, Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Daniel Fried asked Australia to resettle some of the Uighur detainees in Guantanamo. Campbell listened politely, but because the ultimate decision rests with Prime Minister [...]	2009-06-05 07:32:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	KDRG PHUM PINR PTER AS
09CANBERRA535	PM RUDD NAMES JOHN FAULKNER NEW DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C/NF) Prime Minister Rudd named Special Minister of State and Cabinet Secretary Senator John Faulkner as Defence Minister on June 5, replacing Joel Fitzgibbon, who had stepped down the previous day (reftel.) Faulkner, 55, is known for his toughness, integrity and attention to detail. Althou [...]	2009-06-05 08:26:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV PINS PINR AS
09CANBERRA536	IAEA: AUSTRALIA OPEN TO WELL-JUSTIFIED BUDGET [...] (SBU) Australia is open to considering an increase in the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) budget providing the IAEA Secretariat is able to adequately justify the increase. The GOA requested clarification whether the U.S. budget proposal was for an across-the-board increase or appl [...]	2009-06-05 10:18:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG IAEA PREL KNNP AS
09CANBERRA537	RIO SPURNS CHINALCO, EMBRACES BHP [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto today rejected a $19.2 billion deal with state-owned Chinese company Chinalco. Instead, Rio immediately announced a $5.8 billion joint venture with fellow resource giant BHP Billiton to combine their existing iron ore operations in the Pil [...]	2009-06-06 03:19:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV EIND ECON AS CH
09CANBERRA541	AUSTRALIAN CIVILIANS DEPLOYED BY AUSAID IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Currently, AusAID has six long-term civilian experts in Afghanistan, who are working on a range of educational, health, agricultural, and institutional development activities. Besides these there are seven Australians regularly in the country on short-term assignments. AusAID is [...]	2009-06-09 06:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM AS IZ AG PREL
09CANBERRA543	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR FUEL BANK DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australia will be prepared to discuss the Nuclear Fuel Bank proposal at the June 11-15 IAEA Board of Governor's meeting in Vienna, but has reservations about the utility of the initiative, prefering to allow open market forces to provide an assured supply of nuclear fuel. Moreov [...]	2009-06-09 22:34:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM ENRG AS
09CANBERRA545	GILLARD: ON TRACK TO BECOME AUSTRALIA'S NEXT PRIME [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Described by her many supporters as "smart, tough, loyal, and the best parliamentary performer in the Australian Labor Party (ALP)," Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard - who visits Washington later this month - has positioned herself as the heir apparent to Prime Minister Kev [...]	2009-06-10 22:19:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB AS
09CANBERRA548	AUSTRALIA TO CONTRIBUTE ANOTHER AUD 5 MILLION TO [...] (SBU) June 10, Peter Waddell-Wood, Director of the Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force at AusAID told poloff that Foreign Minister Smith plans to announce sometime before June 17 a further Australian contribution of AUD $5 million (USD $4.04 million) to the IDP crisis in Pakistan. The World Food [...]	2009-06-11 06:04:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREF AS PK
09CANBERRA55	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EXTENSION OF [...] (SBU) On January 16, Poloff delivered U.S. talking points on the extension of the Mandate of the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) to Jeannie Henderson, Director for Burma at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and to Jillian Ray, filling in for Sue Nelson, her equivalent at Aus [...]	2009-01-16 04:40:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAID PHUM BM AS
09CANBERRA559	FOOD SECURITY: PM RUDD PLANNING TO ATTEND L'AQUILA [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 4. 2. (U) Per instructions in reftel, Econoff and Ag Counselor discussed information in reftel with AusAID and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry on June 12. We subsequently passed a copy of the points in reftel to the Ameri [...]	2009-06-15 05:35:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PREL AS
09CANBERRA560	COSTELLO TO QUIT POLITICS [...] (U) Summary: Former Treasurer Peter Costello has announced that he will not contest the next general election, bringing to an end speculation he will seek the Opposition Leadership. It strengthens Malcolm Turnbull's hold on the Opposition leadership, and means his attack on the government will [...]	2009-06-15 07:14:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AS PGOV
09CANBERRA562	INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY: AUSTRALIAN [...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftels, Econoff met with Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism Manager for Renewable Energy Rick Belt on June 16. Belt said that Australia was "of a piece" with the U.S. on the importance of focusing on capacity building in IRENA, and that Resources and Energy [...]	2009-06-16 07:00:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG ENRG SENV AS
09CANBERRA563	OPPOSITION CLOSES GAP ON RUDD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following yesterday's announcement by Peter Costello (reftel),the good news continues for Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull. The bi-weekly Newspoll shows the Coalition in its strongest position since Kevin Rudd became Prime Minister in December 2007. The ALP's lead over the Co [...]	2009-06-16 07:09:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AS PGOV
09CANBERRA564	AUSTRALIA HAS RECEIVED ITS PORTION OF THE 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 07:20:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AU
09CANBERRA565	AUSTRALIA ASKS IRANIAN MINISTRIES ABOUT AMCIT [...] (SBU) In reply to the Charge's letter of thanks, reftel, to Foreign Minister Smith for Australia's help in the release of AMCIT Roxana Saberi, Smith's Chief of Staff, Frances Adamson, wrote on June 9: Start text Thank you for your letter dated 15 May 2009 thanking the Government for its assi [...]	2009-06-16 07:20:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	IR AS JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC
09CANBERRA568	GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA-INFORMATION COLLECTION, [...] (U) The Australian government is forward leaning in both maintaining border security and providing assistance to partners in the fight against terrorism. To that end, robust and dynamic protocols are in place to ensure that the movement of suspected and known terrorists are monitored and thwar [...]	2009-06-17 23:10:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PREL PTER
09CANBERRA57	SCENE SETTER FOR CDR USN SEVENTH FLEET VADM J. [...] (C/NF) Australia is the closest of our five treaty allies in the Asia-Pacific region and has deployed forces with the United States in every major military engagement since World War I, including most recently in Afghanistan and Iraq. Relations intensified dramatically in the wake of the 9/11 [...]	2009-01-16 05:25:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA AS
09CANBERRA570	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JUNE 18, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: On June 17th, the GOA announced a new pandemic response phase - PROTECT - and all jurisdictions are moving to PROTECT level. Key changes include: - Recognizing the [...]	2009-06-18 07:04:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA571	NEW NEGOTIATOR UPDATES ON FTA TALKS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia's lead negotiator is optimistic about the prospects for rapid progress on an FTA with the ROK following the completion of the first round of discussions in May. Agriculture will be the biggest sticking point, but each country's agreement with the United States provid [...]	2009-06-18 07:55:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ECON PREL CH KS JP AS
09CANBERRA574	WHALING: SMITH KEEPS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST JAPAN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith reiterated on June 19 that Australia remained committed to international legal action against Japan if progress is not made on stopping lethal scientific whaling in the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Smith made his comments i [...]	2009-06-19 06:26:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KSCA EFIS SENV AS
09CANBERRA575	Australia's Dependence on Foreign Capital [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Australia is reliant on foreign debt and continued borrowings to finance the current account deficit. It has been a longstanding concern of the IMF that the very high dependence of Australian banks on international wholesale markets creates a "roll-over risk". Australia's foreig [...]	2009-06-19 07:13:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA576	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE OF RELEASE [...] (C) Poloffs met with Neil Hawkins, Assistant Secretary, Afghanistan and Iraq Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on June 19 to convey reftel request for a public statement intended to stress impartiality in regards to the Afghan elections. 2. (C) Hawkins stated that Austral [...]	2009-06-19 07:33:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF AS
09CANBERRA579	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON ASEAN IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) Poloff met with Greg French, Assistant Secretary for International Legal Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on June 22 to follow-up the Deputy Secretary's June 19 conversation with Ambassador Richardson in soliciting Australia's help in urging ASEAN members to fully implemen [...]	2009-06-22 07:25:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM MNUC KNNP PREL MTCRE AS
09CANBERRA582	AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO USG POSITION ON UN [...] June 17, poloff delivered the talking points in reftel a. to Peter Scott, Director Sanctions and Transnational Crime Section, International Legal Branch of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Mr. Scott replied that Australia was in basic agreement with the U.S. positions; h [...]	2009-06-23 06:26:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER
09CANBERRA583	OPPOSITION DELAYS EMISSIONS TRADING BILLS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 06:31:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV KGHG ECON AS

09CANBERRA584	GREG COMBET: NEW JUNIOR DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C/NF) Politician and trade unionist Greg Combet has risen quickly in Australia's parliament. First elected to Parliament in the 2007 election that swept the Australian Labor Party (ALP) to victory, he is said to have performed superbly as Parliamentary Secretary for Defense Procurement. In t [...]	2009-06-23 06:50:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS PGOV PINR MASS
09CANBERRA585	RUDD BESTS TURNBULL IN HIGH STAKES CLASH [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull put their credibility on the line over the government's relationship with a used car dealer - and Turnbull has emerged significantly damaged. In a spirited exchange in parliament, Rudd denied his office made repr [...]	2009-06-23 07:35:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS PGOV
09CANBERRA587	FOREIGN MINISTRY READOUT OF REPORTS FROM EHERAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials told poloff on June 24 that the Australian Embassy in Tehran is reporting that any possibility of a compromise government has been removed by the hard stances of both Moussavi and Khamenei. The embassy also has reporte [...]	2009-06-25 04:14:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	AS IR PGOV PREL
09CANBERRA588	CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION LAWS CONTINUE TO BE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Australian government has restricted the ability of the Immigration Minister and his department to cancel visas on character grounds, continuing the Rudd government's softening of immigration laws. This has been welcomed by human rights advocates, particularly in the context [...]	2009-06-25 06:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AS
09CANBERRA590	DEMARCHE ON GICNT UPDATED MODEL DOCUMENT DELIVERED [...] (U) On June 25, poloff met with Mohan Matthews, Executive Officer, Counter Terrorism Branch, International Security Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to deliver information on the GICNT Model Document (reftel). 2. (U) Matthews thanked poloff for the information, noting he [...]	2009-06-26 00:15:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER AS
09CANBERRA591	OPPOSITION DELAYS EMISSIONS TRADING BILLS -- [...] (SBU) Summary. The Rudd government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) suffered an important defeat this week in the Senate as the Government was unable to force an early vote. This could allow the Opposition to either defeat it or defer a vote until next year (ref A). The Mandatory [...]	2009-06-26 01:04:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV KGHG ECON AS
09CANBERRA592	AUSAID CONFIRMS TOKYO DONOR CONFERENCE PLEDGES [...] Summary: AusAID corrects the amount of Australian donation cited in reftel A. USD $96 million will flow over two years directly to bilateral agencies--international, national and NGOs--already at work in Pakistan. 2. (SBU) Lisa Rice Madan, Director of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Central Asian [...]	2009-06-26 06:34:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PK AS
09CANBERRA593	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JUNE 26, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australia remains in its "Protect" posture (ref F) despite continued growth in case numbers. The first confirmed deaths in Australia are all still considered to be in h [...]	2009-06-26 07:04:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA594	DEFENSE MINISTER ON AFGHANISTAN, DPRK AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: Recently appointed Defense Minister John Faulkner told Charge on June 25 that during his discussions with the RC South Ministers and NATO Defense Ministers in Netherlands and Belgium earlier this month, he urged that the issue of command in Oruzgan Province be resolved befor [...]	2009-06-26 07:51:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	AS PREL
09CANBERRA597	POLLS BODE ILL FOR OPPOSITION LEADER TURNBULL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three opinion polls have confirmed the Opposition has been significantly damaged by the "Utegate" fake e-mail affair (reftel),shattering the momentum it had been building in recent weeks. The biggest worry for the Coalition is the massive slump in Opposition Leader Malcolm Tur [...]	2009-06-29 07:35:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS PGOV
09CANBERRA600	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO CABLE RE:PIRACY OFF COAST [...] (U) Andrei Seeto, Executive Officer, United Nations and Commonwealth Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade received reftels on June 30. Seeto had attended the May 29 conference, but appreciated the USG read-out and our points on the growth of the group. Seeto will respond to both [...]	2009-06-30 06:19:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL AS
09CANBERRA601	AUSTRALIA GROUP: REPORT DELIVERED TO GOA [...] (U) On June 30, Gerry McGuire, Director, Counter-Proliferation Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade thanked poloff for the report, and said he would provide a response shortly. 2. (C) McGuire expressed reservations concerning th [...]	2009-06-30 06:20:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC AS
09CANBERRA603	AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON MEF MEETINGS, CHINA, UNFCCC [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian negotiators in the Major Economies Forum (MEF) are impressed with the recent movement toward a joint leaders' statement in the run up to the leaders' meetings in L'Aquila in July. Australia's stalled domestic climate change legislation is seen as having undercut Aus [...]	2009-06-30 07:19:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV KGHG AS
09CANBERRA61	SCENE SETTER FOR CDR USN SEVENTH FLEET VADM J. [...] (C/NF) Australia is the closest of our five treaty allies in the Asia-Pacific region and has deployed forces with the United States in every major military engagement since World War I, including most recently in Afghanistan and Iraq. Relations intensified dramatically in the wake of the 9/11 [...]	2009-01-19 23:23:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	PREL OTRA AS
09CANBERRA613	MESSAGE RE: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S AU ATTENDANCE [...] (U) On July 1, Jenny Bloomfield, Director of Middle East Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Michael Opie, Iran section officer, DFAT, discussed with us U.S. intended actions should Ahmadinejad speak in Tripoli at the African Union Summit (reftel). They assured us they would [...]	2009-07-01 06:50:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUREM IR ET CA IS AS
09CANBERRA615	AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE ON PAPUA NEW GUINEA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Australian Papua New Guinea watchers are cautiously optimistic about the PNG economy but concerned about the longer term management of potential revenue windfalls from major resource projects, particularly the ExxonMobil LNG project that could double GDP by 2014. However, Austral [...]	2009-07-01 21:53:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL PP AS
09CANBERRA619	FOREIGN MINISTER SMITH ANNOUNCES AUD $5MILLION FOR [...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister Smith announced on July 1 AUD $5 million for Pakistani IDPs and AUD $1 million for Afghan election observers. End summary 2. (U) On July 1, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith announced Australia would provide AUD $5 million (USD $4.1 million) for displaced people [...]	2009-07-02 01:14:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF AS PK
09CANBERRA624	AUSTRALIAN CAR INDUSTRY BENEFITS FROM INCENTIVES [...] (SBU) The Australian car industry has experienced a recovery in vehicle sales due to a range of government policy initiatives. While imports account for 85% of the Australian market, local producers Ford, GM Holden and Toyota have nevertheless benefited from economic stimulus policies and parti [...]	2009-07-07 06:41:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA625	CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIAN BANKS: Strong Grow Stronger [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Australia's major banks are emerging from the global financial crisis with increased dominance in domestic markets. This is in part because non-bank lenders and smaller banks have been unable to secure securitized international funding, while government measures have favored lea [...]	2009-07-07 06:49:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD AS
09CANBERRA626	SECRETARY'S CONDOLENCES DELIVERED TO FM SMITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-08 05:15:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AS
09CANBERRA628	LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW - AUSTRALIA [...] (U) Cuba is not a front-burner issue in Australia. It is far from Australia and there are few political, economic, or cultural ties. 2. (C) Following is keyed to reftel questions. - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights i [...]	2009-07-08 06:18:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL AS
09CANBERRA630	GOA MULLS CHANGES TO LNG LEASES, IMPACT ON U.S. [...] (C/NF) Summary: Energy and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson is concerned about possible complaints about Australian energy policy by major U.S. energy companies. Ferguson wants to reassure the U.S. that he seeks cooperative work on any conflicts before they become bilateral irritants. The [...]	2009-07-08 07:04:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG ETRD ECON AS
09CANBERRA635	UNEMPLOYMENT IN AUSTRALIA RISES MODERATELY [...] (U) Australia's unemployment rate has jumped to 5.8% in June 2009, the highest level in six years, but below the expectations of many economists. The Treasury forecast unemployment to peak at 8.5% by 2011 and the better-than-expected result may mean budget forecasts need to be revised. However [...]	2009-07-09 07:13:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD
09CANBERRA636	64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ATTENDEE LIST REQUESTED [...] (U) Lee Kerr, Director of the United Nations and Commonwealth Section, International Organisations Branch, International Legal Division of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told Embassy on July 9 that the makeup of Australia's attendees list to the 64th UNGA is not yet avai [...]	2009-07-10 01:06:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KSEP PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA
09CANBERRA637	GOA OFFICIAL ON CAIRNS PIF GOALS [...] (C) Summary: DFAT Pacific Division, First Assistant Secretary Richard Rowe, told Polcouns on July 9 that the GOA, New Zealand and most PIF members do not want the Fiji issue to dominate the August forum. Rowe said that Prime Minister Rudd is strongly emphasizing a "pragmatic, forward thinki [...]	2009-07-10 02:28:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	AS BP FJ FM KR NE NH NR NZ PP PREL PS RM
09CANBERRA639	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JULY 10, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The GOA has not altered their response posture since 17 June, but confirms that all jurisdictions are now compliant with the PROTECT phase of the Australian national pa [...]	2009-07-10 04:45:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA64	AUTOMOBILE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS - AUSTRALIA [...] On November 10, 2008, the GOA announced its "New Car Plan for a Greener Future". Totalling A$7.7 billion (US$5.1 at current exchange rates),it focuses on encouraging the manufacture of low-emissions vehicles (Toyota has already received money under this provision),a fund to encourage consol [...]	2009-01-20 04:34:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EFIN ETRD PREL WTO AS
09CANBERRA640	AUSTRALIA INFORMED OF THE FUTURE OF MANAS [...] (U) On July 10, embassy informed Damien Miller, Director of the Afghanistan Section in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) of the agreement to continue using Manas airbase to supply ISAF troops in Afghanistan. 2. (U) Mr. Miller stated that the GOA is very pleased th [...]	2009-07-10 06:53:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AS
09CANBERRA641	AUSTRALIANS HAVE PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (U) Gerry McGuire, Director, Counter-Proliferation Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) received USG talking points on invitations to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) on July 10, and stated that they would be useful i [...]	2009-07-10 06:56:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP XB XV XC XD AS
09CANBERRA642	AUSTRALIANS HAVE RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (U) 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 told us on July 10 that they would share the results of the U.S.-Russia Presidential Summit with the re [...]	2009-07-10 07:07:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV PREL AS
09CANBERRA643	MESSAGE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Econcouns delivered reftel demarche to Australian Treasury Department Deputy Secretary Mike Callaghan on July Â [...]	2009-07-10 08:00:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL
09CANBERRA646	LABOR TO RETAIN POWER IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: ALP insiders we have spoken with recently tell us that the South Australian ALP (Australian Labor Party) government is on track for a comfortable election win in March 2010. A big factor in this is deep infighting in the South Australian Liberal party. In contrast, factional p [...]	2009-07-14 07:36:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS PGOV PINR
09CANBERRA65	AUSTRALIA - NO PROTECTIONIST INVESTMENT PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 04:35:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV AS
09CANBERRA650	AUSTRALIANS RESPOND TO US READ-OUT ON US-RUSSIA [...] (SBU) In response to our earlier demarche (ref A) on the outcome of the U.S.-Russia Presidential Summit, Michael O'Bryne, Executive Officer, Northern, Central and Eastern Europe Section told the Embassy on July 14 that the GOA's overall response is positive. O'Bryne expressed pleasure that th [...]	2009-07-15 02:57:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV PREL AS
09CANBERRA652	TERRORISM FINANCE: UN AND U.S. DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche July 15 to Avryl Lattin of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Sanctions and Transnational Crime Section. Lattin expressed appreciation for the information and said she would notify us of any official reaction. CLUNE [...]	2009-07-15 07:43:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PREL PTER AS
09CANBERRA657	AUSTRALIAN READOUT ON MEF LEADERS' MEETING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia is generally pleased with the final statement of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) meetings in L,Aquila July 8-9, but fears that generating momentum towards an agreement at Copenhagen will probably require another meeting of MEF leaders before the December UNFCCC negot [...]	2009-07-16 07:05:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV KGHG AS
09CANBERRA659	DATA COLLECTION OF HOST GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS [...] (SBU) Australia has only undertaken a limited number of the interventions listed in reftel (as reported by Post sitreps since April - ref B). We have listed below the steps Australia has taken and dates they were reported. 2. (SBU) Interventions: 4/28/09 Making influenza a notifiab [...]	2009-07-17 05:18:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PROG PREL AS
09CANBERRA663	2009 AUSTRALIA-CHINA REVIEW [...] (SBU) The Australia-China relationship is currently under stress over the pricing of contracted iron ore exports to China, the detention of Rio Tinto's iron ore manager in Shanghai as well as resentment in China over the Rudd government's seemingly unwelcoming approach to Chinese investment. N [...]	2009-07-17 07:36:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD AS CH
09CANBERRA665	MARK ARBIB: CLOUT-WIELDING ASCENDING LEADER [...] (C/NF) Labor right-wing powerbroker and political rising star Mark Arbib has made a quick transition from the parliamentary backrooms into the Ministry. In Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's June 6 ministerial reshuffle (reftel),Arbib was promoted to Minister for Employment Participation and the Mi [...]	2009-07-20 02:12:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS PGOV PINR
09CANBERRA668	AUSTRALIAN PLANS FOR POST FORUM DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Australian PM Kevin Rudd will personally chair the Post Forum Dialogue (PFD) August 7 that will follow the August 5-6 meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Cairns (reftels). Recognizing that previous PFDs have been too heavy on scripted interventions and short on substance, Rud [...]	2009-07-21 08:22:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID AS
09CANBERRA671	CONFLICTING AUSTRALIAN MEDIA REPORTS CHINA AS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The front page headlines of most major newspapers on July 17 highlighted Australia's growing obsession with China and the contradiction between the PRC's role powering the Australian economy and the uncertainty about what the relationship will mean for Australia. Two major nation [...]	2009-07-22 02:03:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON
09CANBERRA673	ALP'S UPCOMING NATIONAL CONFERENCE [...] (C/NF) Summary: The ruling Australian Labor party's (ALP) National Conference is preparing for its first major gathering since its election victory in 2007. Usually held every three years, the July 30 - August 1 conference will update the ALP's National Platform. A draft platform has been p [...]	2009-07-22 06:40:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS PGOV
09CANBERRA674	ASSISTING AFGHANISTAN BEYOND THE ELECTION - [...] (C/NF) Summary: Foreign Ministry and AusAID officials have expressed support for the new U.S. whole-of-government strategy for Afghanistan. They noted that, under current planning, DFAT is dispatching two diplomats to Khandahar and Tarin Khowt for localized coordination and is requesting U. [...]	2009-07-22 06:48:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS MARR MOPS PREL
09CANBERRA675	TEXT OF MOUS BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND IRAQ [...] (C/NF) START SUMMARY: On July 17, Lloyd Brodrick (protect),Director of the Iraq Section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade provided to the Embassy the texts of six MOUs signed by Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard, during her visit to Baghdad on June 27. The texts were signed i [...]	2009-07-22 06:58:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL MARR IZ AS
09CANBERRA678	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JULY 24, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 pandemic. 2. (SBU) Government Response: The Government of Australia, and all jurisdictions, remain in PROTECT phase of the Australia Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza. Concern over vulnerability in remo [...]	2009-07-24 06:13:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA679	INFLUX IN AUSTRALIA'S BOAT PEOPLE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 06:43:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	AS ECON ELAB PREF SMIG
09CANBERRA681	Australians Moonstruck over Apollo 11 Anniversary [...] (U) SUMMARY: The 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing generated much excitement and good will throughout Australia, but especially in the Canberra region, where tracking stations 40 years ago played a crucial role in broadcasting the video images of Neil Armstrong's first steps onto the l [...]	2009-07-27 05:25:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA KPAO PGOV AS
09CANBERRA684	ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION PROCEEDS TO VERIFICATION STAGE [...] Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (CBPS) informed Embassy that it's investigation into alleged dumping of linear low density polyethylene (LLDP) from the US and Canada (Reftel) has progressed to the verification stage. CBPS will carry out "on-the-spot verification" of informati [...]	2009-07-27 07:19:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD AS
09CANBERRA686	GOA REJECTS PROPOSAL TO MANUFACTURE GENERIC DRUGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOA rejected a proposal by generics companies to manufacture generic drugs in Australia for export. Pharmaceutical industry groups welcomed the decision while generic manufacturers were disappointed. The GOA based the decision mainly on its declared intent to adhere by Austr [...]	2009-07-27 22:14:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TBIO AS
09CANBERRA695	AUSAID RESPONSE TO POST-ELECTION ASSISTANCE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: AUSAID officials have provided further comment in response to points raised on July 20 regarding assisting Afghanistan following the August presidential election. They have also supplied additional information detailing their approach to development assistance in Afghanistan. End [...]	2009-07-30 05:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	AF AS EAID MARR MOPS PREL
09CANBERRA697	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JULY 31, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australian pandemic response has not changed since June 17. Additional measures adopted since July 24 include use of demountable (mobile buildings) H1N1 clinics being [...]	2009-07-31 06:50:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR TBIO AMGT MG AS
09CANBERRA698	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-31 06:50:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UN AS
09CANBERRA699	CLIMATE CHANGE: BILLS LIKELY TO PASS IN NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Federal Opposition, although fractured over whether to support the Rudd government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, has opened the door to passing emissions trading legislation this year. Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull issued a statement laying out nine demands tha [...]	2009-07-31 07:34:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV AS
09CANBERRA70	AUSTRALIA LIKELY TO OPPOSE POSTPONING PIF [...] (C/NF) Australia is disappointed but not surprised that Fiji interim PM Bainimarama has opted not attend the January 27 Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Special Leaders Meeting in Port Moresby. The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is expected to endorse a Department of Foreign Affairs an [...]	2009-01-21 03:40:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PREL AS FJ
09CANBERRA700	WHALING: AUSTRALIA LOOKS TO OCTOBER MEETING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia was generally pleased with the outcomes at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meetings in Madeira. The GOA has suspended temporarily efforts to pressure Japan in order to avoid legal action. PM Rudd's cabinet will consider legal action in mid-November, afte [...]	2009-07-31 07:41:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV EFIS PREL AS
09CANBERRA709	SUBJECT: RUDD RULES AT LABOR NATIONAL CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY The ruling Australian Labor Party's (ALP) National Conference displayed unprecedented cohesion and provided further evidence of Prime Minister Rudd's authority over the party. Although journalists derided it as boring, party officials believe the conference gave the public what [...]	2009-08-04 06:07:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS PGOV PREL
09CANBERRA71	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO VISA WAIVER PROGRAM LETTER [...] (U) January 8, Pol Off presented Beverly Mercer, Director of the U.S. Political and Strategic Section, and Alanna Mckay, Executive Officer of the U.S. Branch, of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade the talking points contained in paragraph 6 (reftel) concerning the Visa W [...]	2009-01-21 05:05:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT PBTS PREL KPAO
09CANBERRA710	AUSTRALIAN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RESPONSE TO THE [...] (U) The Australian Attorney General's Department has prepared a multi-agency response to the president's request for a report on initiatives countering torture from various allies. 2. (U) The Australian response: Begin text.. Australian Initiatives to Counter Torture and Assist Victims - [...]	2009-08-04 06:11:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UN AS
09CANBERRA712	SECRETARY'S LETTER DELIVERED TO AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN [...] (SBU) August 3, Foreign Minister Smith received the Secretary of State's letter in support of the Palestinian Authority. CLUNE [...]	2009-08-04 07:10:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID KWBG PGOV OPDC PREL IS AS
09CANBERRA720	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL [...] (C/NF) August 4, John Quinn, Assistant Secretary for Strategic Issues and Intelligence Branch of the International Security Division, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) readily agreed to pass on the request to add one further presentation, which was previously given in B [...]	2009-08-06 02:18:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA AS
09CANBERRA721	AUSTRALIA'S UNGA ATTENDANCE [...] (U) Andrei Seito, Executive Officer of the United Nations and Commonwealth Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told us on August 4 that they had no list of attendees available as yet, but that he will pass on Australia's list as soon as it is confirmed. CLUNE [...]	2009-08-06 04:05:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA KSEP
09CANBERRA723	RUDD GOVERNMENT CALLS ON OPPOSITION LEADER TO [...] (SBU) Summary: An Auditor-General's report has, as expected, cleared Prime Minister Rudd and Treasurer Swan of improperly assisting a car dealer friend of Rudd's. The report criticized the Treasury Minstry for its administration of a car credit scheme, especially a Treasury official who provid [...]	2009-08-06 05:47:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AS PGOV
09CANBERRA73	CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR GSP 2008 REPORT [...] Reftel requested information on new developments regarding child labor in Australia's overseas territories, of which there are three inhabited territories: Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, and the Cocos Islands. There has been no change over the past year regarding Australia's implementatio [...]	2009-01-21 06:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID
09CANBERRA732	CLIMATE CHANGE: WONG PREPS GROUND FOR VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Climate Minister Wong made laid out the government's final argument for passage of the CPRS on August 10. Regardless, the GOA will probably not pass its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) (ref A) legislation in a vote scheduled for August 13, but the Opposition's inabili [...]	2009-08-10 07:59:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG AS
09CANBERRA733	CHINA SEEKS INVESTMENT IN STRATEGIC RARE EARTHS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State-owned company China Non-Ferrous Metal Mining Corporation is seeking to buy a controlling stake in Australian rare earth company Lynas, which manages one of only two globally significant projects outside of China. The Foreign Investment Review Board extended its review of [...]	2009-08-10 21:59:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA734	ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION PROCEEDS TO VERIFICATION STAGE [...] Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (CBPS) informed Embassy that it's investigation into alleged dumping of linear low density polyethylene (LLDP) from the US and Canada (Reftel) has progressed to the verification stage. CBPS will carry out "on-the-spot verification" of informati [...]	2009-08-11 03:13:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD AS
09CANBERRA735	ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION PROCEEDS TO VERIFICATION STAGE [...] Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (CBPS) informed Embassy that it's investigation into alleged dumping of linear low density polyethylene (LLDP) from the US and Canada (Reftel) has progressed to the verification stage. CBPS will carry out "on-the-spot verification" of informati [...]	2009-08-11 03:13:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD AS
09CANBERRA738	NEW DUMPING APPLICATION: SILICONE EMULSION [...] (U) In a letter dated July 29, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (CBPS) informed Embassy it had received an application, dated July 22, requesting that the Minister for Home Affairs publish a dumping duty notice regarding silicone emulsion concrete admixture produced in the U.S [...]	2009-08-12 04:59:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AS
09CANBERRA742	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP AUGUST 12, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australian pandemic response posture has not changed since June 17. Australia reached 100 deaths related to H1N1 infection on August 12. Media reports claimed on 11 A [...]	2009-08-12 07:14:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA744	PETER GARRETT ON WHALING, CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: Environment, Culture, Heritage and Arts Minister Peter Garrett is cautiously optimistic that progress can be made with Japan on Southern Ocean whaling. Garrett again extended an offer to have U.S. marine researchers join the Southern Ocean science program announced last year. En [...]	2009-08-12 07:45:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV KGHG EFIS PGOV AS
09CANBERRA751	NATIONAL SECURITY LAWS TO BE CHANGED [...] (U) Summary: The government has proposed changes to Australia's counter-terrorism and national security laws which strengthen them in some areas, while softening them in others. The government will seek to expand the definition of terrorism and give police greater search powers. On the other h [...]	2009-08-13 23:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AS PGOV PTER
09CANBERRA752	AUSTRALIA RETHINKING ITS FIJI POLICY [...] (C/NF) EconCouns paid a courtesy call on GOA Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs Duncan Kerr on August 12 to review Australia's views on the recent Pacific Islands Forum meeting. Kerr discussed GOA aid to the Pacific and Fiji. Kerr said that while Australia remains extremely p [...]	2009-08-14 03:44:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PGOV PREL AS FJ PP BP
09CANBERRA754	AUSTRALIA'S DEFENSE WHITE PAPER: IS IT AFFORDABLE? [...] (SBU) Australia,s 2009 Defense White Paper, released in May 2009, envisions the nation,s largest military buildup since World War II. How Australia will pay for this buildup is less clear. Recovery from the recession and a return to fiscal surplus will require budgetary sacrifices. The mili [...]	2009-08-14 06:39:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MCAP AS
09CANBERRA755	QANTAS FEELING IMPACT BUT WEATHERING ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Though Qantas definitely felt the effect of the global financial crisis, the Australian national carrier appears to have weathered through it better than most in the airline industry. The company should post between USD80 to 160 million in profit for the year ending June 30, [...]	2009-08-14 07:23:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AS
09CANBERRA758	PEAK BODY VIEWS ON OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY DOWN UNDER [...] (U) SUMMARY. Australia has an expanding LNG sector (see Perth septel) and contracting oil sector. The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) represents both and has argued for increased government incentives and regulatory simplicity to encourage further oil expl [...]	2009-08-17 02:43:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV AS
09CANBERRA759	RESERVE BANK SIGNALS ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) believes the economy has weathered the global financial crisis better than expected. The RBA Governor stated August 13 that this may turn out to be one of Australia's mildest post-war downturns. The RBA believes its monetary policy has been eff [...]	2009-08-17 03:13:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV AS
09CANBERRA770	AUSTRALIAN ATTENDEES TO ARF DISASTER RELIEF [...] (U) Darren Hansen, South-East Asia and Regional Issues Branch, South-East Asia Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has provided the following list of Australian participants for the September 16-18 ARF Disaster Relief Dialogue. 2. (U) Darren Hansen, Executive Officer, S [...]	2009-08-19 22:32:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR ARF EAID AS
09CANBERRA779	AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE CHIEF'S CONCERNS OVER [...] (C/NF) Chief of Australian Defense Force Air Chief Marshall Angus Houston told Charge on August 20 that he planned to call Admiral Mullen, General Petraeus and General McChrystal in the next few days to explain that it will be important that General McChrystal,s upcoming assessment on the si [...]	2009-08-21 06:02:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF MCAP MOPS PREL
09CANBERRA78	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - AUSTRALIA [...] Following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Australia. Note that the exchange rate between the US and Australian dollars fluctuated very widely over the year 2008; we have used the exchange rate as of January 21, 2009 (A$1 = US$.66) throughout. ----------------------------------- [...]	2009-01-22 03:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB ETRD EINV ECON ELAB OPIC AS
09CANBERRA780	NORTHERN TERRITORY INTERVENTION UNDER SCRUTINY [...] (U) The controversial Northern Territory Emergency Response Act, known as the "intervention", has been under increased fire in the past few weeks due to perceived mismanagement of its housing component. Aboriginal rights advocates have called the intervention a package of racist reforms that h [...]	2009-08-24 06:15:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS PGOV PINR
09CANBERRA785	AUSTRALIAN REPONSE TO SEARCH FOR CONSENSUS ON [...] (C) On August 24, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff the GOA agreed that a single consensus resolution was a good tack to take concerning the contentious issues of the Middle Ea [...]	2009-08-26 06:34:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS AS
09CANBERRA79	AUSTRALIA EXTENDS BAN ON SHORT SELLING FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia has extended the ban on short-selling financial stocks until March 6, due to volatility in bank stocks internationally. Australian banks support the decision. Concern is growing about the ability of Australian companies to raise funds on international markets; the GO [...]	2009-01-22 05:13:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA792	AUSTRALIA GROUP: FIVE TECHNICAL NON-PAPERS GIVEN [...] (U) 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 received all of the included non-papers from the five cables to the Australia Group (reftel). 2. (U) These include [...]	2009-08-27 06:25:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AS
09CANBERRA793	GICNT: GOA INFORMED THAT UNODC IS OBSERVER [...] (U) The embassy has informed Mohan Mathews, Counter-Terrorism Branch, International Security Division, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) that the United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime has joined three other international organizations (IAEA, EU and INTERPOL) as off [...]	2009-08-27 06:27:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC AS
09CANBERRA800	HAGUE ADOPTION CONVENTION: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO [...] (U) August 6, consoff presented Vicki Parker, Assistant Secretary, Intercountry Adoption Branch, Access to Justice Division, Australian Government, Attorney-General's Department, with the USG's Annual Letter on the Hague Adoption Convention. On August 19,the Consular Section received the fo [...]	2009-08-31 00:06:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CASC CVIS CMGT ADCO
09CANBERRA802	RESPONSE TO REPORTING REQUEST - NPT REVIEW [...] (SBU) Australia is a strong partner with the U.S. and the multilateral community in working to prevent nuclear proliferation. As an NPT signatory, the GOA takes a multi-dimensional approach to nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. The GOA is a major supporter of the Nuclear Non-Prolifer [...]	2009-08-31 21:59:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09CANBERRA807	MIGRATION SURGE CAUSES GOVERNMENT CONCERN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The continuing surge of migrants has caused the GOA to launch a review of its immigration program. In the 2008-09 fiscal year, permanent arrivals increased by 8.3 percent and temporary arrivals by 11 percent. Foreign students and tourists are fueling growth in the temporary arriva [...]	2009-09-03 00:27:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREF ELAB ECON AS
09CANBERRA810	INTEREST RATES TO RISE, BUT NOT JUST YET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided on September 1st to keep interest rates unchanged at 3.0%. In its statement, the RBA upgraded global growth, financial markets, domestic demand, cut their unemployment forecast, increased their inflation forecast, and upgraded slightl [...]	2009-09-03 01:44:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON AS
09CANBERRA812	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. Australian government response remains unchanged since June 17. Most deaths in Australia continue to occur in patients with underlying medical conditions. New South Wales Health reported that the ma [...]	2009-09-04 07:39:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09CANBERRA824	ENVIRONMENT MINISTER GARRETT'S TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australian Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts Peter Garrett will visit Washington, DC from 8-11 September 2009. Though the primary reason for the visit is the inauguration of a major Australian indigenous art exhibit, Garrett also plans to raise whaling, cons [...]	2009-09-08 06:42:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EFIS PGOV AS
09CANBERRA828	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON [...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...]	2009-09-10 04:38:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS
09CANBERRA829	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON [...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...]	2009-09-10 04:38:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS
09CANBERRA830	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON [...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...]	2009-09-10 04:38:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS
09CANBERRA831	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON [...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...]	2009-09-10 04:38:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS
09CANBERRA832	SECRETARY CLINTON LETTER DELIVERED TO FM SMITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 05:25:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS
09CANBERRA833	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SRI LANKAN IDPS [...] (C) Pol/Econcouns delivered on September 8 reftel points on freedom of movement for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka to Gary Cowan, Director of the India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives section in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and raised the issue sep [...]	2009-09-10 05:33:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN CE
09CANBERRA834	AUSTRALIA MULLING HOW TO INCREASE AID IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) Following his late August/early September visit to Washington, Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance Bob McMullan told us the GOA is interested in increasing its aid contribution in Afghanistan. Overcoming logistical roadblocks to getting Australia [...]	2009-09-10 23:26:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PREL PGOV AF AS
09CANBERRA835	UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES DELIVERED TO GOA [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 06:44:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA XA XB XD XF XG XS XM XL
09CANBERRA836	GOA STRONGLY SUPPORTS FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche on September 11, 2009 to Bruce Soar, Trade and Economic Policy Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Soar told Deputy Econcouns that Australia welcomed Secretary Clinton's initiative on Food Security and was also in full agreement with th [...]	2009-09-13 21:49:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EAGR UNGA AS
09CANBERRA837	UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES DELIVERED TO GOA [...] (C/NF) PM Rudd wants to ensure the institutionalization of the G-20 leaders meeting and plans to reinforce that message at his UNGA meetings prior to the Pittsburgh Summit. Maclachlan stated that Australia would like to be a "voice" for those who are not members of the G-20 and that Rudd and [...]	2009-09-13 23:31:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNGA XA XB XD XF XG XS XM XL

09CANBERRA839	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE MIDDLE [...] (C/NF) On September 14, Poloff presented points in reftel to Wendy Walsh, Executive Officer Arms Control Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Walsh told poloff that neither the GOA nor New Zealand believe that the New Zealand General Conference President's attempt to creat [...]	2009-09-14 07:29:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC PARM PREL IAEA
09CANBERRA845	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EXPANDING THE [...] (C) On September 14, Poloff delivered reftel talking points concerning a common position towards Iran at the IAEA and the UNGA to Wendy Walsh, Executive Officer, Arms Control Section, and Jenny Bloomfield, Director of the Middle East Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). [...]	2009-09-16 06:55:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC AS
09CANBERRA846	AUSTRALIAN SHERPA FOR THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (SBU) On September 14, Wendy Walsh, Executive Officer, Arms Control Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed that the Australian Sherpa for the Global Nuclear Security Summit is John Carlson, Director General of the Australian Safeguards and Non-proliferation Office. CLUN [...]	2009-09-16 07:02:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM AS
09CANBERRA847	AUSTRALIA CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE OF MTCR PLENARY [...] (C/NF) ) Australia agrees in principle with the four U.S. proposals (reftel) for the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) plenary, but has unsure about implementation. Australia is concerned that the Reinforced Point of Contact Meetings (RPOC) are under strain and appears reluctant to add [...]	2009-09-16 08:58:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL KSCA
09CANBERRA852	PRIME MINISTER RUDD TO LEAD AUSTRALIAN FODP DELEGATION [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Jane Lambert, Director of the Pakistan, Bangladesh and Central Asia branch at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) requested additional information on the Border Trust Fund. She noted that the GOA remains unclear on the Trust's scope and sought clarification [...]	2009-09-17 07:55:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PK
09CANBERRA855	AUSTRALIA-ROK-INDONESIA TRILATERAL DISCUSSION [...] (C/NF) An inaugural trilateral held in Canberra on September 9 between Australia, the ROK and Indonesia resulted in a vehicle still in search of an idea. While the concept has strong support from the heads of government, the trilateral discussion was wide ranging and did not produce substantiv [...]	2009-09-18 07:36:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KS ID AS
09CANBERRA856	AUSTRALIA PLAYS HARDBALL WITH TELECOM GIANT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Rudd government is seeking to force Telstra, Australia's leading telecommunications company, to restructure or risk losing access to any future mobile spectrum. The government is confident that Telstra will negotiate and split its operations. Market analysts seem to agree t [...]	2009-09-18 07:47:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD AS
09CANBERRA857	AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON G20 CLIMATE CHANGE FINANCING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian climate officials still see the G20 as the most effective venue for a discussion of international climate change financing arrangements, but expressed concern there was still no global consensus of the role of the G20 beyond the Pittsburgh leaders' meeting. Australi [...]	2009-09-18 08:08:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV ECON EFIN KPAO AS
09CANBERRA858	AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON G20 CLIMATE CHANGE FINANCING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian climate officials still see the G20 as the most effective venue for a discussion of international climate change financing arrangements, but expressed concern there was still no global consensus of the role of the G20 beyond the Pittsburgh leaders' meeting. Australi [...]	2009-09-18 08:08:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV ECON EFIN KPAO AS
09CANBERRA859	AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON G20 CLIMATE CHANGE FINANCING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian climate officials still see the G20 as the most effective venue for a discussion of international climate change financing arrangements, but expressed concern there was still no global consensus of the role of the G20 beyond the Pittsburgh leaders' meeting. Australi [...]	2009-09-18 08:08:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV ECON EFIN KPAO AS
09CANBERRA860	AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON G20 CLIMATE CHANGE FINANCING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian climate officials still see the G20 as the most effective venue for a discussion of international climate change financing arrangements, but expressed concern there was still no global consensus of the role of the G20 beyond the Pittsburgh leaders' meeting. Australi [...]	2009-09-18 08:09:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV ECON EFIN KPAO AS
09CANBERRA861	AUSTRALIAN PRIORITIES FOR UNGA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY Australia's UNGA priorities are promoting its bid for a 2013-2014 Security Council seat, climate change, nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, as well as UN financial and budgetary issues. Australia is delighted with the U.S. initiative to have a UNSC discussion on dis [...]	2009-09-18 08:09:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNGA AS
09CANBERRA862	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: END-USER CHECK LICENSE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Rotorlift Ltd., Tasmania's only helicopter rescue and patrol operator, appears to maintain adequate security, record keeping, and positive control over night vision devices imported from the U.S. (ref A). Econoff conducted a site v [...]	2009-09-18 08:09:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ECON AS
09CANBERRA863	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: END-USER CHECK LICENSE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Rotorlift Ltd., Tasmania's only helicopter rescue and patrol operator, appears to maintain adequate security, record keeping, and positive control over night vision devices imported from the U.S. (ref A). Econoff conducted a site v [...]	2009-09-18 08:09:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ECON AS
09CANBERRA864	TALKING POINTS DELIVERED ON MISSILE DEFENSE DECISION [...] (C) On September 18, the Australian government received the talking points from State 96550, the President's European-based missile defense decision. The non-paper was delivered to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, specifically: Jennifer Rawson, First Assistant Secretary, Internatio [...]	2009-09-18 08:21:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	MARR PREL
09CANBERRA865	AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON G20 CLIMATE CHANGE FINANCING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian climate officials still see the G20 as the most effective venue for a discussion of international climate change financing arrangements, but expressed concern there was still no global consensus of the role of the G20 beyond the Pittsburgh leaders' meeting. Australi [...]	2009-09-18 08:35:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV ECON EFIN KPAO AS
09CANBERRA866	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: END-USER CHECK LICENSE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Rotorlift Ltd., Tasmania's only helicopter rescue and patrol operator, appears to maintain adequate security, record keeping, and positive control over night vision devices imported from the U.S. (ref A). Econoff conducted a site v [...]	2009-09-18 08:35:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ECON AS
09CANBERRA869	AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Acting Secretary Gillian Bird told Charge September 21 that she would send reftel points to Prime Minister Rudd and Foreign Minister Smith in New York, but that the walkout redlines are largely in line with standing instructions given to Australian o [...]	2009-09-21 08:12:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA AS
09CANBERRA878	TELECOM GIANT WILL NEGOTIATE, UP TO A POINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia's largest telecommunications company Telstra is open to negotiate its own restructuring with the government. The government needs Telstra's network infrastructure in order to move forward with its ambitious telecom modernization plan. Telstra, however, will require [...]	2009-09-23 02:14:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS ETRD AS
09CANBERRA879	MTCR: AUSTRALIA REQUESTS COPY OF PAPER: INTANGIBLE [...] (C) Embassy Canberra requests a copy of the interagency cleared paper "Intangible Technology Transfers: Foreign National Vetting" for delivery to Gerry McGuire, Director of the Counter-Proliferation Section of the Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of Australia's Department of Forei [...]	2009-09-23 06:17:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR AS
09CANBERRA881	AUSTRALIA REPORTS MOHAMMED LARIJANI OPTIMISTIC [...] (C/NF) Summary: Mohammed Javad Larijani, Secretary General of Iran's Supreme Council of Human Rights and the Head of the Office of International Affairs of the Judiciary, told Australian Ambassador to Iran Marc Innes-Brown September 16 that he was optimistic that the three American hikers held [...]	2009-09-23 07:45:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR CASC IR AS
09CANBERRA884	AUSTRALIA'S PANDEMIC VACCINE CONTRIBUTION [...] (SBU) Australia is not planning on making H1N1 vaccine available to developing countries in the region until November at the earliest. Econoff spoke with Department of Health and Ageing Assistant Secretary Simon Cotterell on September 25 to get more details on Australia's pledge to contribute [...]	2009-09-25 06:08:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AORC PREL AS
09CANBERRA885	DEMARCHE RESPONSE - TRILATERAL PROPOSAL ON HCFCS [...] (SBU) Australia is very interested in the proposal set forth in reftel, but seeks further details with technical experts in a timeframe appropriate to resolve questions before the Montreal Protocol meetings in November. Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Assistant Secretar [...]	2009-09-25 06:12:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG SENV AORC
09CANBERRA886	CORRECTED COPY -- DEMARCHE RESPONSE - TRILATERAL [...] (SBU) Australia is very interested in the proposal set forth in reftel, but seeks further details with technical experts in a timeframe appropriate to resolve questions before the Montreal Protocol meetings in November. Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Assistant Secretar [...]	2009-09-25 06:19:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG SENV AORC AS
09CANBERRA891	AUSTRALIA RECEIVES GICNT UPDATE [...] (U) On September 29, the embassy informed Mohan Mathews, Counter-Terrorism Branch, International Security Division, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) that the Nov 2009 Exercise Planning Group of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),to be held in B [...]	2009-09-29 07:30:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC AS
09CANBERRA892	AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS NEW BURMA APPROACH [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia supports the Burma Policy Review Conclusions and is conducting its own review of Burma policy. Brendon Hammer, First Assistant Secretary for Southeast Asia at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, reacted very positively to the Burma Policy Review Conclusions ( [...]	2009-09-29 07:47:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM AS
09CANBERRA893	GOVERNMENT CLOSES IN ON CLIMATE BILL VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Views on the Rudd government's climate change legislation continue to evolve as the government maneuvers to bring the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) before the Senate for a second vote in November. The government could try to force the opposition to support the legis [...]	2009-09-29 08:02:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV ECON ETRD AS
09CANBERRA899	AUSTRALIA WILL SUPPORT US CANDIDACY AT IMO COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia will support the U.S. candidate for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council. GOA nominated a candidate under Category "C" membership and has requested U.S. support. GOA requests clarification on reftel paragraph 7. End summary. 2. (SBU) Econoff del [...]	2009-09-30 05:43:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA AS
09CANBERRA90	PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT CONSULATE PERTH [...] On Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 12:30 PM, there was a demonstration described as peaceful but angry by the Pro-Palestine community in Australia at the Consulate Perth. The group, calling itself the "Friends of Palestine WA," consisted of about 55 people and was a mixture of all ages of men, [...]	2009-01-23 05:09:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC
09CANBERRA900	NEW FOREIGN INVESTMENT GUIDELINES TARGET CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia has placed new guidelines on foreign investment in resources. A Chinese mining group abandoned a A$770 million deal after the Foreign Investment Review Board applied new foreign ownership limits on investment in resources projects. Separately, the Defense Minister rej [...]	2009-09-30 07:04:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EIND ENRG ETTC ETRD AS
09CANBERRA901	AUSTRALIA WILL ATTEND LIKEMINDED MEETING ON IRAN [...] (S/NF) Deborah Stokes, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) First Assistant Secretary for South Asia, Middle East and Africa will head the Australian delegation, which will include experts from a variety of departments. Stokes told Poleconcouns that Australia is grateful to be include [...]	2009-09-30 07:14:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	MNUC PARM PREL ETTC KNNP AS
09CANBERRA905	MTCR: AUSTRALIA REQUESTS COPY OF PAPER: ENHANCING [...] (S) Embassy Canberra requests a copy of the interagency cleared paper "Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Scud B Missile System" for delivery to Gerry McGuire, Director of the Counter-Proliferation Section of the Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of Australia's Department of Foreig [...]	2009-10-01 07:01:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR AS
09CANBERRA906	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO PACIFIC NATURAL DISASTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to Samoa's request for help following the devastating earthquake and tsunami, Australia is sending medical personnel and urgently needed disaster relief supplies. This response is part of a A$2 million initial package of support, which includes disaster relief items [...]	2009-10-01 09:02:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV ASEC PREL AS
09CANBERRA907	START OF NATIONWIDE SWINE FLU VACCINATION PROGRAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Australia began the biggest inoculation roll-out in its history, offering the H1N1 vaccine to almost every person in the country and at no cost. A total of 5.5 million doses of the vaccine have been delivered around Australia for the start of this program. In addition, the Rudd G [...]	2009-10-01 10:12:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AORC PREL AS
09CANBERRA913	AUSTRALIA LIFTS INTEREST RATES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today raised the cash rate 25 basis points to 3.25%, becoming the first central bank in the G20 to tighten monetary policy since the GFC began. The RBA cited strong growth in China; rising house prices; a better than expected private investment [...]	2009-10-06 06:56:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA916	SKEPTICAL AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) Australia fully supports U.S. efforts to engage with Iran but remains very skeptical of Iranian intentions. Patrick Suckling, First Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Andrea Faulkner, Assistant Secretary for South Asia, [...]	2009-10-07 06:27:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC PARM IR AS
09CANBERRA919	AUSTRALIA'S FIJI FRUSTRATIONS FESTER [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia remains deeply frustrated with Fijian strongman Frank Bainimarama's unwillingness to engage the international community and remains committed to policy of isolating the Fijian regime, while accepting that this will take a long time to show results. According to Depart [...]	2009-10-09 05:50:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PREL FJ AS
09CANBERRA920	CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION: INDUSTRY MOSTLY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Recent discussions with Australian companies and civil society groups suggest they largely accept that the government will succeed in passing climate change legislation this year (Ref A). While most interested parties appear to believe that the Carbon Pollution Reduction Schem [...]	2009-10-09 07:17:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV ECON ETRD AS
09CANBERRA926	AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia will support the U.S. position on the Goldstone Report (State 106423) and will instruct its UN Missions in New York and Geneva to coordinate with their U.S. counterparts. DFAT Security Council Task Force Head Bassim Blazey, who is acting First Assistant Secretary for [...]	2009-10-14 06:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL
09CANBERRA931	SECRETARY'S LETTER TO F.M. SMITH ON FOOD SECURITY [...] (U) On October 16, we delivered the Secretary's letter (reftel) on partnering for global hunger and food security to Foreign Minister Smith. Australian responses will be sent septel. CLUNE [...]	2009-10-16 05:09:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD
09CANBERRA934	POLITICAL STORM OVER ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The continued surge in asylum seekers entering Australia by boat is a growing political challenge for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The immigration detention center on Christmas Island is approaching capacity, and PM Rudd has discussed the issue with his Indonesian counterpart. [...]	2009-10-16 06:56:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREF ELAB ECON AS
09CANBERRA938	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-1644 [...] (SBU) Econoff conducted asite visit with JAMES D. HENDRICKSON of JIM HENDRICKSON AND ASSOCIATES, located at 58 Wentworth Ave., Unit 2, in Canberra, on October 15. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business of brokering [...]	2009-10-19 05:34:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA945	INDONESIA PLAYING KEY ROLE IN STOPPING ARRIVALS [...] (C/NF) Summary: The series of recent high-profile cases of ship-borne asylum seekers trying to come to Australia is putting pressure on Prime Minister Rudd to depend on Indonesia's continued cooperation to help staunch the flow. Australia is also working with Malaysia, which they believe is [...]	2009-10-22 06:15:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SMIG PREF ELAB ECON AS
09CANBERRA949	RUDD CONFIDENT ON ASYLUM SEEKER ISSUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Rudd is displaying increased confidence on the issue of asylum seekers, as the surge in boats continues. Rudd is attacking the previous government's tough policies while emphasizing his government's more humane approach. This action follows internal criticism [...]	2009-10-23 06:12:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREF ELAB ECON AS
09CANBERRA95	AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES PLAN TO SUPPORT COMMERCIAL [...] (C) Summary: The GOA has announced a new plan to provide liquidity to commercial property projects, to prevent job losses and support Australian banks. The Government's prompt action to support lending to the commercial property sector - with a focus on projects under construction - highlight [...]	2009-01-27 07:18:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN AS
09CANBERRA951	SECRETARY CLINTON LETTER TO FOREIGN MINISTER SMITH [...] (C/NF) Econoff delivered the Secretary's letter on whale conservation to Foreign Minister Smith's Deputy Chief of Staff, Andrew Dempster, on October 23. Dempster said that the government is reviewing the proposed changes to international whale conservation efforts and will consider Australia [...]	2009-10-23 06:16:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV OPDC PREL AS
09CANBERRA952	AUSTRALIA H1N1 RESPONSE: LOWERING THE HEAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia is slowly decreasing its H1N1 alert level as flu season ends. Despite a few minor shortcomings with its national vaccine program (ref A),the GOA is confident that the current situation is stable and is reducing resources committed to managing H1N1. Based on this ye [...]	2009-10-23 06:37:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AS
09CANBERRA953	ON G8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP: YES TO PARTNERSHIP, NO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia supports the extension of the G8 Global Partnership beyond 2012 and is open to making a contribution to that effort. After making a significant pledge to the Global Partnership when it was launched in 2002, Australia is interested in greater involvement in Partnersh [...]	2009-10-23 07:12:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS KNNP MNUC PARM
09CANBERRA954	-CORRECTED COPY - AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO STATE 102905 ON UNSCR [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 04:02:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN AS
09CANBERRA956	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-2492 [...] (SBU) Melbourne Econoff conducted a telephone interview with TREVOR WILKINSON of ENKOSI PTY, LTD, located at 9 Nicole Close, Factory 3, Bayswater Victoria on October 20. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business of br [...]	2009-10-26 22:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA957	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-2000 [...] (SBU) Econoff conducted a site visit with GRAEME CLARE of CLARE MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING, located at 49 SEVERNE ST., GREENLEIGH NSW on October 22. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business of brokering defense articles [...]	2009-10-26 22:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA958	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-0935 [...] (SBU) Melbourne econoff conducted a telephone interview with FRANK LAZZAROTTI of MICROSECURE CORP., located at 100 Austins Road, Humevale, Victoria on October 20. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business of brokering [...]	2009-10-26 22:54:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA963	AID TO PAKISTAN ON SCHEDULE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: At the Tokyo Donor's Conference Australia announced the doubling of its aid to Pakistan. A significant portion of the promised aid has already been dispersed. Australia is on pace to fulfill its obligation by 2011, but has declined to provide budget support to Pakistan's gove [...]	2009-10-28 05:55:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS EAID EFIN PK
09CANBERRA965	AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON THE BANGKOK UNFCCC MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. Australia is generally positive about the outcomes of the recent Bangkok UNFCCC meetings. The assessment that the negotiations will be tough has not changed, but there is a strong sense that key issues like adaptation, legal form of an agreement, and REDD can be moved ahead at [...]	2009-10-28 06:57:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PREL AS
09CANBERRA967	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-1647 [...] (SBU) The Political/Economic Section of U.S. Consulate Sydney spoke on the phone with JOANNE GARDINER, Office Manager of EYLEX PTY LTD (10 Anella Avenue, Unit 9, Castle Hill, New South Wales) on October 20, 2009. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confi [...]	2009-10-29 01:42:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA968	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-2342 [...] (SBU) The Political/Economic Section of U.S. Consulate Sydney spoke with WARWICK LORENZ, managing director of AUSTRALIAN PUMP INDUSTRIES PTY LTD by phone on October 21, 2009. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business o [...]	2009-10-29 01:42:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA969	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-2361 [...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate General Sydney's Political/Economic Office spoke with JOHN A. ROBINSON, director of INFRATHERM PTY LTD by phone on October 23, 2009. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business of brokering defense [...]	2009-10-29 02:11:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA97	AUSTRALIA IMPLEMENTING OSLO CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C/NF) Australia may be among the first 30 countries to bring the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions into force according to Gerry McGuire, Director, Counter-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. McGuire advised that the Parliamentary review process is moving more [...]	2009-01-28 00:42:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PGOV AS
09CANBERRA970	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-0946 [...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate General Sydney's Political/Economic Office spoke with ANDREW MACLAURIN, director of ALLIED DATA SYSTEMS PTY LTD by phone on October 21, 2009. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business of brokering [...]	2009-10-29 02:12:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA971	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-1751 [...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate Sydney's Pol/Econ office spoke by telephone with Lynne Westwood, Compliance Manager with Aerospace and Defense Products PTY LTD, on October 21, 2009. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business of b [...]	2009-10-29 02:12:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA972	AUSTRALIA WORKING TO UPGRADE RELATIONS WITH INDIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: Foreign Minister Stephen Smith visited India on October 19-23 in a continuing effort to upgrade bilateral relations and manage the fallout from violence against Indian students in Australia. Smith met with the Indian Foreign Minister, Finance Minister, Home Minister and Nation [...]	2009-10-29 07:57:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IN CH AS
09CANBERRA973	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-0926 [...] (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 [...]	2009-10-30 03:34:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA974	AUSTRALIA ON BOARD WITH U.S. UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Australia supports U.S. priorities for the 64th UNGA Third Committee session. Sandra Vegting, a Director in the International Organizations Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, confirmed that Australia shares our views on both the country specific and thematic resolut [...]	2009-10-30 03:35:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN
09CANBERRA976	ENVIRO MINISTER GARRETT UNHAPPY ABOUT U.S. WHALING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Environment Minister Garrett, who led the Australian delegation to the Santiago Support Group (SG) IWC meetings, has been undermined by the U.S. decision to launch a new initiative without coordinating with Australia prior to those meetings. Garrett also sees the subsequent le [...]	2009-10-30 06:45:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV PREL OPDC AS
09CANBERRA977	AUSTRALIA: URANIUM MINING SET TO TAKE OFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia holds one third of world uranium reserves and is the second largest exporter of uranium. The removals of restrictions on uranium mining and increasing overseas demand have contributed to a sharp rise in uranium mining investment. The number of projects in various sta [...]	2009-10-30 08:07:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON ETRD PGOV AS
09CANBERRA980	PM RUDD REVAMPS DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Rudd has ordered a comprehensive review of Australia's humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HA/DR) policies, procedures, and capabilities. The PM's announcement of the formation of a $50 million civilian response corps at the East Asian Summit is one element intend [...]	2009-11-02 09:30:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL AS
09CANBERRA981	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (SBU) Australia generally shares the U.S. position on the Goldstone report. Pol/Econ Couns delivered reftel demarche regarding the UNGA debate on the Goldstone report to Acting First Assistant Secretary Bassim Blazey of the International Legal Department. Blazey said that Australia is still [...]	2009-11-04 07:02:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	AS IS KPAL PHUM PREL PTER
09CANBERRA982	POSITIVE BUDGET REVISION; RATES GO UP, AGAIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Treasury released on November 2 revised budget estimates showing the economy will undergo higher growth, lower unemployment, lower deficits, and lower debt than previously expected. Given the more positive outlook - and constant criticism by Opposition of overspending - the GOA a [...]	2009-11-04 20:55:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD AS
09CANBERRA989	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-2322 [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Political/Economic Office spoke with RONALD GILBERT, managing director of PROLOGUE CONSULTING PTY LTD by phone on October 30, 2009. The following information is intended to answer questions in reftel: -- Confirm that this entity is in the business of brokering defense art [...]	2009-11-06 02:09:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA990	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON EXPORT LICENSES 050132093 AND [...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate-General Sydney Regional Security Officer and two Detectives from the Firearms & Organized Crime Squad of the New South Wales Police Force conducted a site visit to USML item end-user Lawrance Ordnance on October 21. The following information is provided in response to ques [...]	2009-11-06 03:46:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA991	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-1505 [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Political/Economic Office spoke with RICHARD FRANCIS, managing director of NIOA DEFENCE PTY LTD by phone on October 30, 2009. NIOA was reviewed in depth by the Department in October-November 2007 and, following a temporary suspension of export licenses, resumed importing fir [...]	2009-11-06 03:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA992	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER INQUIRY K-0926 [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Political/Economic Office spoke with LAWRENCE KOSTER managing director of GLOBAL DEFENCE SOLUTIONS PTY LTD by phone on October 30, 2009. Econoff conducted a site visit to GDS in July 2007 (ref B). Koster confirmed that since that time the company has not changed its focus o [...]	2009-11-06 03:53:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09CANBERRA993	AUSTRALIA GRATEFUL FOR U.S. SUPPORT ON FIJI [...] (C/NF) Summary: Deeply frustrated with Fijian strongman Frank Bainimarama, Australia is determined to maintain its policy of isolating Fiji while trying to avoid overreacting. Bainimarama's recent expulsion of the Australian and New Zealand High Commissioners further confirms Australia's convi [...]	2009-11-08 22:07:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM FJ AS
09CANBERRA995	AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA: MOVING BEYOND ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a recent visit to Jakarta, Prime Minister Rudd told Indonesian President Yudhoyono that Australia is committed to working with Indonesia on a number of regional and global issues. Australia believes Indonesia sees itself as a leading regional actor that wants to be more [...]	2009-11-09 04:58:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF SMIG PHUM ID AS
10CANBERRA1	AUSTRALIA WILL CONSIDER COSPONSORING LISTING [...] (S) The Australian government will consider co-sponsoring the request to list Al-Qa,ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and its two leaders under UNSCR 1267. Peter Scott, Director of Sanctions and Transnational Crime at DFAT, said that he would be unable to give a firm answer on whether Aust [...]	2010-01-04 00:13:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	KTFN PTER PINR PREL SA YM UN AS
10CANBERRA100	AUSTRALIAN MIGRATION REFORMS ANNOUNCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government announced on February 8 significant changes to Australia's permanent skilled migrant program to make it more demand-driven and better focused on high-skilled professions. The changes will affect 20,000 people who applied for visas under the program prior to Sep [...]	2010-02-09 07:19:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREF ELAB ECON AS
10CANBERRA104	AUSTRALIA INCREASES AID TO BURMA, MAINTAINS [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia will increase its humanitarian and development assistance to Burma by about forty percent over the next three years to roughly USD 40 million. The aid increase is the only major change resulting from Australia's just completed Burma policy review. Australia's current [...]	2010-02-12 05:35:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV BM AS
10CANBERRA108	AUSTRALIA TO REVIEW CITES COP15 POSITIONS IN DVC [...] (U) Australian officials will discuss U.S. proposals and views on CoP15 decisions with appropriate U.S. counterparts in a preparatory digital video conference on February 24. Post passed information in ref A to Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) and the Foreign Aff [...]	2010-02-17 05:26:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA CITES AS
10CANBERRA113	LETTER ON PROJECT RHODES DATA SHARING DELIVERED [...] (S) Acting Assistant Secretary Van Diepen's letter about sharing Project Rhodes data was delivered to First Assistant Director General XXXXXXXXXXXX of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation on Friday, February 19. BLEICH [...]	2010-02-19 05:02:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC AS
10CANBERRA118	RUDD SAYS ZERO "COMMERCIAL" WHALING IN SOUTHERN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia will initiate legal action if Japan does not agree by November to end whaling in the Southern Ocean. PM Rudd announced February 19 that if negotiations do not result in a commitment by Japan to reduce the number of whales killed in the Southern Ocean by "commercial w [...]	2010-02-19 07:30:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV EFIS PREL AS
10CANBERRA119	AUSTRALIA: CONFERENCE ON SOUTH ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An academic conference examined East Asian development models for application to South Asia. Experts concluded that without further reform, neither the Chinese nor the traditional western development model may be appropriate for South Asia. Conference attendees stressed the con [...]	2010-02-21 22:41:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PREL ECON AS
10CANBERRA12	AUSTRALIA WILL COSPONSOR REQUEST TO LIST YEMENI [...] (S) The Australian government has agreed to cosponsor our request to list Yemen-based al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and its two leaders, Nasir al-Wahishi and Ali al-Shihri, under UNSCR 1267. Sanctions and Transnational Crime Section Director Peter Scott of the Department of Forei [...]	2010-01-06 04:15:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	KTFN PTER PINR PREL SA YM UN AS
10CANBERRA120	AUSTRALIA: CONFERENCE ON SOUTH ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An academic conference examined East Asian development models for application to South Asia. Experts concluded that without further reform, neither the Chinese nor the traditional western development model may be appropriate for South Asia. Conference attendees stressed the con [...]	2010-02-21 22:41:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PREL ECON AS
10CANBERRA121	AUSTRALIA: CONFERENCE ON SOUTH ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An academic conference examined East Asian development models for application to South Asia. Experts concluded that without further reform, neither the Chinese nor the traditional western development model may be appropriate for South Asia. Conference attendees stressed the con [...]	2010-02-21 22:42:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PREL ECON AS
10CANBERRA122	AUSTRALIA: CONFERENCE ON SOUTH ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An academic conference examined East Asian development models for application to South Asia. Experts concluded that without further reform, neither the Chinese nor the traditional western development model may be appropriate for South Asia. Conference attendees stressed the con [...]	2010-02-21 22:56:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PREL ECON AS
10CANBERRA128	AUSTRALIA PRESSURES PAKISTAN ON CONFERENCE ON [...] (C/NF) Australia supports U.S. goals for the upcoming Conference on Disarmament (CD). Officials have already begun to pressure Pakistan to support a new Program of Work (POW) so that discussions can begin on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT). Australia is worried that beginning inform [...]	2010-02-22 06:12:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM MNUC KNNP PREL
10CANBERRA129	AUSTRALIA TO CONTRIBUTE ADDITIONAL ANSF TRAINERS [...] (C/NF) Deputy National Security Advisor Angus Campbell confirmed that Australia is considering how to increase its contribution to the training mission in Afghanistan while still maintaining current troop levels. It is possible that additional trainers will be sent as part of Australia's emb [...]	2010-02-22 20:56:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MASS PREL NATO
10CANBERRA13	JAPANESE WHALING SHIP COLLIDES WITH, SINKS SEA [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-06 07:24:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS SENV EWWT AS
10CANBERRA136	YES ON COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS PROPOSAL [...] Australia fully supports moving phenylacetic acid from Table II to Table I of the Annex of Chemicals to the 1988 UN Convention. The Department of Health and Aging's Acting Director for Treaty Compliance Darren Jones told us that Australia is will vote in favor of the change. Both the import [...]	2010-02-25 07:32:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SNAR UNCND
10CANBERRA137	DESPITE PASSPORT INCIDENT, PROBABLE "NO" VOTE ON [...] (C/NF) Australia is likely to support the U.S. position and vote against the UN General Assembly Resolution on the Goldstone report. The recent revelations that suspected Mossad agents used fake Australian passports to enter Dubai and kill a Hamas commander have made this decision more compl [...]	2010-02-25 08:01:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IO PHUM UNGA AS
10CANBERRA138	READY TO PRESSURE SYRIA AT IAEA [...] (C/NF) Australia's assessment of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General's report on Syria's nuclear program is "virtually identical" to that of the United States. Wendy Walsh of the Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch at the Department of Foreign Affairs and [...]	2010-02-25 21:42:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL SY IAEA AS
10CANBERRA14	CORRECTED COPY -- JAPANESE WHALING SHIP COLLIDES [...] (SBU) A Japanese whaling vessel collided with and sank a Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) vessel, the Ady Gil, on January 6. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) confirmed media reports that the Gil, a 79-foot New Zealand-flagge [...]	2010-01-06 07:40:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIS SENV EWWT AS
10CANBERRA142	AUSTRALIA SHARES AMERICAN POSITION ON THE TEHRAN RESEARCH REACTOR [...] (U) The Australian government's position on the Tehran Research Reactor is in complete agreement with that of the United States. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Marnie Wright of the Middle East Section quoted the recent press release, February 8, of Foreign Minister Smith: "Preside [...]	2010-02-26 05:32:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM AS IR
10CANBERRA15	WHALING COLLISION: AUSTRALIA WILL INVESTIGATE [...] (C/NF) The initial video evidence of the collision between a Japanese whaling ship and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) vessel Ady Gil (ref A) strongly suggests that the Ady Gil stopped or slowed significantly in the path of the Japanese whaling vessel Shonan Maru at close range a [...]	2010-01-07 06:08:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIS EWWT PREL AS JA
10CANBERRA17	AUSTRALIA-INDIA: GOA CONCERNED BY LATEST ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Another Indian student has been attacked in Australia, this time fatally. Nitin Garg, a twenty-one year old was stabbed to death on January 2 as he walked to work in Melbourne. The attack was the most recent in a spate of violent attacks on Indians in Australia over the last two [...]	2010-01-07 21:06:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IN AS
10CANBERRA19	AUSTRALIA BRACES FOR MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASE JUMP [...] (SBU) Australian health authorities are concerned about an expected jump in the number of mosquito borne diseases in New South Wales and Southern Queensland, including Ross River Virus (RRV),following heavy summer rains. Department of Health and Ageing Assistant Secretary for Surveillance is [...]	2010-01-08 06:07:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV AS
10CANBERRA20	CORRECTED COPY -- AUSTRALIA BRACES FOR MOSQUITO [...] (SBU) Australian health authorities are concerned about an expected jump in the number of mosquito borne diseases in New South Wales and Southern Queensland, including Ross River Virus (RRV),following heavy summer rains. Department of Health and Ageing Surveillance Branch Director Sally Good [...]	2010-01-08 06:17:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV AS
10CANBERRA24	TWO QANTAS EXECUTIVES HELD IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two Australian airline executives are being prevented from leaving Vietnam over fuel hedging losses incurred by Vietnamese controlled airline JetStar Pacific. Australian airline QANTAS, which owns 27 percent of the airline, is strongly defending the two executives and is trying [...]	2010-01-11 06:21:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ELAB PREF SMIG AS
10CANBERRA25	AUSTRALIA WATCHING CHINA'S IMPENDING INTERCEPT [...] (S/NF) Summary: Australia is watching developments around China's pending intercept test closely and appreciates reftel message as part of the very close coordination with the United States. Deputy National Security Advisor Angus Campbell told us PM Kevin Rudd is concerned and following the [...]	2010-01-11 06:33:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP PARM PREL TSPA AS
10CANBERRA28	WHALING UPDATE: RUDD TO RAISE WITH SECRETARY, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: PM Rudd, under increasing political pressure on the current Australia-Japan whaling dispute, will raise the issue with the Secretary on the margins of the January 18 AUSMIN meetings. Australian media will likely ask about U.S. policy on whaling, views on Australia's policy, or [...]	2010-01-12 05:40:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV PREL EFIS AS

10CANBERRA29	AUSTRALIA LIKELY TO APPROACH PRC ON MISSILE [...] (S/NF) Australia will likely join the U.S. and other nations in questioning the PRC over the January 11 ballistic missile intercept (ref A). Charge, GRPO, and Pol/Econ officers briefed National Security Advisor Duncan Lewis on the test on January 12. Charge described the general tone and te [...]	2010-01-12 08:09:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP PARM PREL TSPA AS
10CANBERRA31	AUSTRALIANS HAVE RAISED THE ISSUE OF AMCIT [...] (S) Australia has urged Iran to release the six AmCits in its custody (reftel). Deborah Stokes, First Assistant Secretary of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),South and West Asia, Middle East and Africa Division saw the Iranian Ambassador, Mahmoud Movahhedi, January [...]	2010-01-13 06:24:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	CASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER AS
10CANBERRA32	ENGAGING POSTS ON THE SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-13 07:22:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECIN AS
10CANBERRA33	AUSTRALIA EAGER TO EXPAND GICNT [...] (SBU) Australia supports the broad outlines of draft terms of reference for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),but questions whether a more efficient organizational structure could be developed. Officials stressed the importance of expanding GIGNT's membership, and not [...]	2010-01-13 21:28:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC AS
10CANBERRA34	DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY LUTE VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] SUMMARY: In January 10 meetings with Australian Transportation Minister Albanese and National Security Advisor Lewis, DHS Deputy Secretary Lute stressed the need for global cooperation to strengthen security on international flights following the attempted Christmas Day terrorist attack. D/S [...]	2010-01-14 02:49:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EAIR PTER PREL AS
10CANBERRA37	TFHA01: AUSTRALIA TO PROVIDE INITIAL $10 MILLION [...] (SBU) Australia will provide an initial tranche of A$10 million to aid groups to assist victims of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. Foreign Minister Smith gave a press conference on January 14 in which he said Australia will provide the money to the International Committee of the Red Cross [...]	2010-01-14 06:13:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AEMR CASC PREL AS
10CANBERRA38	AUSTRALIA: SUPPORTIVE REACTION TO AUSMIN POSTPONEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australian media reported extensively on the tragic situation in Haiti and the postponement of AUSMIN talks, which will be rescheduled for the next convenient opportunity. The overriding tone of media coverage is that, while unfortunate that AUSMIN has been cancelled, everyone [...]	2010-01-14 07:10:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AS
10CANBERRA41	AUSTRALIA FOCUS ON COPENHAGEN ACCORD, CHINA [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia is prepared to notify the UNFCC Secretariat that it associates itself with the Copenhagen Accord and to submit its targets or actions by January 31. China and the U.S. should be the first countries to take such action, in the Australian view, in order to shore up suppo [...]	2010-01-15 06:32:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV PREL KGHG AS
10CANBERRA42	AMBASSADOR, THINK TANKS TO REPRESENT AUSTRALIA AT [...] (SBU) Australia will be represented at the upcoming PRT conference in Prague by Ambassador to the Czech Republic Ruth Pearce. Australia does not have a deputy SRAP, and no high level officials from Canberra are planning to attend the conference. Afghanistan Section Director Paul Noonan to [...]	2010-01-18 22:46:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO AF AS
10CANBERRA43	TFHA01: AUSTRALIA FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HAITI [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Australia's initial contribution to the Haiti relief effort - A$10 million (ref C) will be completed this week. Econoff conveyed message in ref B to Ausaid's Thanh Le, Manager for Humanitarian and Emergency Response on January 19. Le sa [...]	2010-01-19 22:05:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL AS
10CANBERRA47	AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS APDP ELECTION OBSERVATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and AusAID officials told DRL Senior Advisor Christopher Camponovo that Australia supported Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership's (APDP) involvement in monitoring upcoming elections in the Solomon Islands and Bougainville. End summar [...]	2010-01-20 07:32:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AS
10CANBERRA51	VISAS VIPER: POST RECOMMENDS 23 NAMES FOR NO FLY [...] (S) Embassy Canberra recommends 11 individuals be placed on the NO FLY list and 12 individuals be placed on the SELECTEE list. The 23 individuals are Australian citizens, or are Australia-based, and are of security interest because they have either an historical or current association with Ye [...]	2010-01-21 04:05:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	PTER KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR ASEC
10CANBERRA52	HAITI: AUSTRALIAN FUNDS ALREADY IN FTS [...] (U) Thanh Le, Director for Humanitarian and Emergency Response Operations at AusAID, confirmed January 20 that the A$10 million being provided to Haiti, is registered with the UN OCHA Financial Tracking System (reftel). Australia strongly supports the use of the FTS and will continue to regis [...]	2010-01-21 06:34:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID PHUM AS
10CANBERRA53	SECURITY AND DEFENSE COOPERATION FORUM (SDCF) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Delegations from the United States, Australia, and Japan met in Sydney on November 23, 2009 for the third Security and Defense Cooperation Forum (SDCF). The U.S. delegation was co-chaired by Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro and Assistan [...]	2010-01-21 07:39:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MRRR PARM PINS AS JA
10CANBERRA55	WHALING: AUSTRALIA TO STICK WITH NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Australian negotiators will continue to work towards a deal in the IWC on whaling. Despite aggressive rhetoric by the Japanese, the GOA wants to keep its cool and reach a consensus on a package before the IWC meetings in June. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT [...]	2010-01-22 03:50:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV EFIS PREL AS
10CANBERRA61	HIGH MARKS FOR PROPOSAL ON NPT WITHDRAWAL [...] (C/NF) Australia is very enthusiastic about the proposal to dissuade the abuse of the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) withdrawal provision outlined reftel cable. While Australia would like to see the measures go farther in some cases, they would be satisfied even if the NPT Review Conference ( [...]	2010-01-22 06:01:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PGOV PREL UNGA
10CANBERRA62	AUSTRALIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Throughout the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Australia, we have used the exchange rate of A$1 = US$0.92, reflecting the most current rate as of January 2010. It should be noted, however, that the exchange rate fluctuated widely over 2009. Following is a table of contents meant to faci [...]	2010-01-24 20:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV AS
10CANBERRA63	ON AFGHANISTAN, THE WAITING IS THE HARDEST PART [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: DFAT and AusAID officials report that Australia is still months away from rolling out its planned civilian surge in Afghanistan. A final announcement is now not expected until March at the earliest. Officials expressed frustration at the slow pace and do not expect that anyt [...]	2010-01-24 23:08:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL MARR MOPS AS AF
10CANBERRA64	AUSTRALIA TO BACK U.S. POSITIONS AT LONDON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia supports the positions outlined in reftel demarche (ref A). While Australia backs a reintegration policy and expects to donate to the trust fund, officials would like more information about exactly how the fund will be structured. AusAID officials welcomed the con [...]	2010-01-25 03:42:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF AS
10CANBERRA66	AUSTRALIA SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON IRAN'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C/NF) Australia shares U.S. views on the upcoming U.N. Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Iran. Sandra Vegting, a Director in the International Organizations Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, also confirmed that Australia supports U.S. recommendati [...]	2010-01-27 07:07:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PREL IR AS
10CANBERRA67	AUSTRALIA FEELS WELL-INFORMED ON NUCLEAR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia has been very happy with the level of dialogue in advance of the Nuclear Security Summit and NPT Review Conference (RevCon). Officials clearly understand the distinction between the two and what the United States hopes to accomplish at each. Some worry that Thailan [...]	2010-01-28 04:25:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC ENRG MNUC PGOV AS
10CANBERRA73	AUSTRALIA PLEDGES $89 MILLION TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Australia pledged an additional $89 million ($100 million Australian) in civilian aid to Afghanistan at the London Conference. Of that sum, $45 million will go to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund. $22 million will help fund the proposed Peace and Reintegration Trus [...]	2010-01-29 07:07:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AS AF
10CANBERRA78	AUSTRALIAN SHERPA LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia will take part in the Nuclear Security Summit's third Sherpa meeting in The Hague. The Australian Sherpa expressed concerns over French objections to the discussion of MOX fuel and Non-Aligned Movement criticism of the Nuclear Security Summit. Australia hopes that [...]	2010-02-02 07:20:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC
10CANBERRA79	STRONG SUPPORT FOR U.S. POSITION ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia will support efforts to increase pressure on Iran, whether through the United Nations or other channels. A policy paper has already been written outlining specific measures Australia could take. The United States can count on strong Australian support, regardless of [...]	2010-02-02 20:59:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL IR UNSC AS
10CANBERRA83	CMS SHARKS MOU: AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATIONS [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) executive officer Ji-soo Woo contacted econoff on February 3 regarding Australian views on the non-paper (reftel) we provided to the GOA on shark conservation. Woo thanked us for the information, and indicated Australia was very interested [...]	2010-02-03 07:26:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIS PHSA AS
10CANBERRA86	GOVERNMENT BLOCKS SHIPMENTS BOUND FOR IRAN [...] (C/NF) Australia has blocked several export shipments bound for Iran because of concerns that the goods could be used in Iran's uranium enrichment program. This news comes as Australia is looking for ways to increase pressure on Iran if it becomes necessary. The news is unlikely to cause a [...]	2010-02-04 06:03:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP AS IR
10CANBERRA88	AUSTRALIA: EMISSIONS BILL BECOMES POTENTIAL [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Climate Change and Water Minister Penny Wong expressed her appreciation for U.S. commitment to addressing climate change, particularly the "extraordinary" U.S. efforts in Copenhagen in an introductory meeting with Ambassador Bleich. Wong stressed the importance of developed co [...]	2010-02-04 07:42:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV ECON KGHG PREL AS
10CANBERRA90	VISAS VIPER REPORT: JANUARY 2010 [...] (SBU) Post conducted its monthly Visas Viper meeting for January 2010, on February 3, 2010, and has no submissions to report from the meeting. Ambassador Bleich chaired the meeting which included representatives from DAO, DIALO, ODC, NGA, ORA, Consular, Management, Public Affairs, RSO, FBI and [...]	2010-02-05 02:37:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR ASEC
10CANBERRA92	GARRETT COOL TO WHALING DEAL, SEEKS MORE ON CORAL, [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-05 08:06:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV EFIS AS
10CANBERRA93	CORRECTED COPY -- GARRETT COOL TO WHALING DEAL, [...] (C/NF) Summary: Environment, Heritage and Arts Minister Peter Garrett raised enhanced coordination with the U.S. in the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI),Antarctic conservation and logistics, and the current whaling negotiations with Ambassador Bleich on February 4. Garrett believes that Aust [...]	2010-02-05 08:10:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV EFIS AS
10CANBERRA94	MOVIE INDUSTRY LOSES LANDMARK COPYRIGHT CASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Hollywood conglomerate representing 34 of the biggest motion picture studios in Australia and the United States lost a landmark federal court decision against Australian internet service provider (ISP) iiNet. The case was part of an international campaign to secure legislativ [...]	2010-02-05 20:58:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EIND EINT ETRD AS
10CANBERRA95	MOVIE INDUSTRY LOSES LANDMARK COPYRIGHT CASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Hollywood conglomerate representing 34 of the biggest motion picture studios in Australia and the United States lost a landmark federal court decision against Australian internet service provider (ISP) iiNet. The case was part of an international campaign to secure legislativ [...]	2010-02-07 20:54:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EIND EINT ETRD AS
10CANBERRA98	MONITORING LABOR RIGHTS UNDER AUSTRALIA'S FREE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Australia provides strong protections for workers which meet internationally-recognized standards and its obligations under the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement. Australia is a member of the International Labor Organization (ILO). The current Labor government has strengthen [...]	2010-02-09 03:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD AS
10CANBERRA99	AUSTRALIA: INFORMATION ON CHILD AND FORCED LABOR [...] (U) Summary: Reftel requested information on developments regarding child labor in Australia. On April 30, 2009, federal, state and territory governments endorsed a "National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children 2009-2020." There were no reports of forced child labor last year. R [...]	2010-02-09 05:48:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP SOCI AS

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