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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
09COLOMBO992	TWO IF BY SEA: SRI LANKAN REFUGEE HOPEFULS TEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent arrival of a freighter of Sri Lankan Tamil refugee claimants in Canada, along with a surge in Sri Lankans attempting to reach Australia by boat, highlight the increasing desperation and sophistication of would-be asylees and refugees of Tamil ethnicity hoping to reach W [...]	2009-10-28 11:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF CVIS SMIG PTER PHUM CE CA AS
09DHAKA1033	UNITED NATIONS PROPOSES REGIONAL TRAINING CENTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 02:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PTER XD XG AS BG
09DOHA552	QATARI FOOD COMPANY ADAPTS INVESTMENT STRATEGY TO [...] (U) A local Qatari newspaper carried an article August 31 praising the investment strategy of Qatar's Hassad Food Company. Hassad's decision to purchase shares in local agricultural companies instead of expropriating the agricultural land of poorer countries exclusively for Qatar's own purpos [...]	2009-09-03 09:41:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EINV TRGY QA AS SU
09GENEVA203	REPORTING CABLE ON FEBRUARY 24-25 WORKING GROUP ON [...] (U) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Kingdom - current chair - convened a meeting of the Working Group on Resettlement (WGR) at the Palais des Nations in Geneva February 24 - 25. Representatives of 20 governments as well as UNHCR headquarters and fiel [...]	2009-03-11 15:49:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	AF AS CA EI IC IZ JO NZ PHUM PK PREF PREL
09JAKARTA1793	AS MIGRANT FLOWS INCREASE, GOI AND AUSTRALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has intercepted another group of Sri Lankan migrants traveling by boat in Indonesian waters. The GOI is detaining the migrants, who were on their way to Australia. These 78 migrants join 255 Sri Lankans who are being held by the Indonesian government after their boat was [...]	2009-10-28 08:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV ID AS CE

09JAKARTA1895	UPTICK IN NUMBER OF MIGRANTS ON WAY TO AUSTRALIA [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. It was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI is intercepting a rising number of migrants on their way to Australia. Over 100 Afghan migrants were detained in two tranches on No [...]	2009-11-16 10:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF ID AS CE AF
09JAKARTA1907	CASE INVOLVING SRI LANKAN MIGRANTS SUCCESSFULLY [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A month-long asylum-related stand-off came to end on November 16 when 56 Sri Lankan migrants agreed to leave a ship moored near an island off of Sumatra. The migrants will now be processed by [...]	2009-11-18 07:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF ID AS CE AF
09JAKARTA2010	FILM CHALLENGES GOI VERSION OF EAST TIMOR INVASION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian censors have voted to ban the Australian film "Balibo," which alleges that Indonesian troops deliberately killed five foreign journalists during the 1975 invasion of East Timor. The ban may not be legally enforceable and activists have already screened the film in Ja [...]	2009-12-07 10:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI ID AS TT
09JAKARTA70	INDONESIA-AUSTRALIA SIGN MILITARY COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian and Australian defense chiefs have signed a working-level understanding on cooperation between their defense forces. The nonbinding "Statement of Joint Understandings" is intended to be supplemented later by a broader, ministerial-level policy document on defense coo [...]	2009-01-14 09:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ID AS
09KOLONIA118	AUSTRALIA SEEKING COORDINATION IN THE FSM ON ITS PACIFIC [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On August 7, Australian Ambassador Susan Cox met with Ambassador Hughes to discuss a planned visit by senior Australian assistance officials to the FSM. Cox stated the visit's focus would be on Australia's Paci [...]	2009-08-19 00:50:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID FM AS
09LONDON1725	HMG RESPONSE TO CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT (CD) DEMARCHE ON DELAY OF START OF WORK IN THE CD [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-28 16:04:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS CH FR MNUC PARM PK PREL RS UK
09LONDON33	HMG RECEIVES NIP AND DISCUSSES RELATED TOPICS [...] (S) Summary. Poloffs met with FCO's Simon Manley, Director of the Defense and Strategic Threats Directorate and Emily Maltman of the Strategic Partners and Multilateral Counter Terrorism Department to deliver the National Implementation Plan as per reftel. Manley described HMG's counter-terroris [...]	2009-01-06 13:02:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV AS CA IN PK UK
09MELBOURNE104	U.S. BUSINESSES ON AUSTRALIAN ETS AND THE ECONOMY [...] (C/NF) A number of executives from U.S. companies are concerned that murky details in Australia's proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme may lead to unintended consequences. These executives told similar stories of cutting staff and tightening belts in 2009, but are increasingly optimisti [...]	2009-09-10 05:54:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ENRG ETRD EIND AS
09MELBOURNE11	PM to Raise Container Security Initiative with President? [...] (SBU) According to Port Melbourne's CEO Stephen Bradford, Prime Minister Rudd may raise the logistics of DHS' Container Security Initiative with the President during their early interactions. Melbourne is Australia's busiest port and has seen a clear drop in container traffic since November. B [...]	2009-01-23 05:19:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE111	AUSTRALIAN BANKS EXPANDING IN U.S. AND ASIA [...] (SBU) Australia's dominant "big four" banks have emerged from the global financial crisis healthy and looking abroad to expand. One bank has acquired a mid-sized U.S. regional bank and plans to purchase more, while the other banks are looking to China and Indonesia for growth. These banks are [...]	2009-10-09 22:41:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE114	AUSTRALIAN BANDAID DIPLOMACY IN INDIA [...] (C/NF) Three high level visits to India by Australian officials have had only a limited impact on cooling tempers still hot from a spike in violence against Indian students in Melbourne. Despite recent troubles and a historically inconsistent relationship, both India and Australia are making [...]	2009-10-20 02:22:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IN AS
09MELBOURNE116	AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY TO TRIAL PRIMARY SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Both of Australia's major political parties are tinkering with their candidate selection processes in an attempt to reverse a trend of declining grass roots participation. The ruling Australian Labor Party (ALP) will test trial a primary system in the November 2010 Victoria elections an [...]	2009-10-29 04:46:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR AS
09MELBOURNE119	AUSTRALIAN VA MINISTER TO MEET U.S. COUNTERPART [...] (SBU) Alan Griffin, Australia's Minister for Veterans' Affairs, informed us that he is planning to meet U.S. Secretary for Veterans' Affairs Shinseki in New Zealand in February 2010 along with the VA ministers from the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada. We provide bio notes on this left- [...]	2009-11-12 23:46:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV AS
09MELBOURNE121	BHP BILLITON CEO ON NEGOTIATING WITH CHINA [...] (C/NF) The CEO of the world's largest mining company sees another difficult year ahead for ore negotiations with the Chinese. BHP Billiton, which provides China with a growing portion of its imported ores, expects a slow global recovery, with any pickup in the U.S. economy being offset by the [...]	2009-11-17 22:15:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EIND ECON ETRD EINV CH AS
09MELBOURNE123	GROWING TIES IN AUSTRALIAN-U.S. WATER COLLABORATION [...] Australia and the United States face many similar challenges in managing drought and bringing water to growing urban populations. Federal, state-to-state and commercial ties already exist between the two countries, but as Australia braces for another year of dry conditions, opportunities abound [...]	2009-11-18 23:47:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EIND ECON AS
09MELBOURNE127	AUSTRALIAN-U.S. WILDFIRE COOPERATION TO BE SYSTEMATIZED [...] (SBU) Two teams of U.S. fire experts will preemptively deploy to Victoria as the state braces for another tough fire season. With the devastating February 2009 fires still fresh in the minds of many locals, local politicians are sparing no expense to avoid a repeat of "Black Saturday." Austra [...]	2009-11-27 23:46:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV AS
09MELBOURNE132	AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSES BULLISH ON U.S. GREEN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Australian businesses are looking to the United States for investment opportunities in the green economy. At least three Melbourne-based firms are considering opening or expanding U.S. operations to take advantage of new markets and significant stimulus spending in clean energy, recyclin [...]	2009-12-04 21:52:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EIND ECON AS
09MELBOURNE135	RECOVERY BEGINS FOR AUSTRALIAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) General Motors (GM),Ford and Toyota, Australia's three remaining automobile manufacturers, have survived one of the toughest years in recent memory. Despite abysmal sales volumes, sagging consumer confidence and the specter of auto import tariffs dropping from 10 to 5 percent in early [...]	2009-12-16 22:45:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE17	Cool Weather Eases Heat Threat in Victoria & South [...] (SBU) Cooler temperatures in Victoria have eased the burden of last week's heat wave (reftel). Though damage has been substantial, brushfires have been brought largely under control and the state's emergency response services are holding up well in the face of increased human health demands. [...]	2009-02-02 05:44:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ENRG AS
09MELBOURNE18	Terror Trial: Benbrika Faces 15 Years in Jail [...] (SBU) Abdul Nacer Benbrika and six accomplices convicted of terror related charges in September were sentenced on February 3 to jail terms ranging from six to 15 years. Public reaction to the sentencing has been negligible, with many Muslim communities seeking to distance themselves from Benbr [...]	2009-02-04 00:47:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV KVPR AS
09MELBOURNE19	Australian CEOs on US Economic Policy, Davos and the Coming [...] (SBU) During a CEO roundtable hosted by the Business Council of Australia on February 3, executives asked Consul General about potential changes to US trade, monetary and fiscal policy. An attendee who had just returned from Davos indicated that expectations are high for April's G20 meeting, a [...]	2009-02-06 01:59:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE2	Tasmania: Controversial Pulp Mill Granted Extension [...] (SBU) On January 5, federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett granted Gunns Ltd an additional 26 months to overcome ecosystem concerns surrounding its Tasmanian pulp mill. While financing the A$2.2 billion (US$1.57 billion) project is likely to be the more significant obstacle, the extension [...]	2009-01-06 03:29:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV AS
09MELBOURNE20	Catastrophic Fires Claim 130+ Lives in Victoria [...] (SBU) Brush fires ignited by record temperatures on February 7 are being labeled as the "worst natural disaster in Australian history." At least 130 people have been killed, over 750 homes have been destroyed, and nearly one million acres have burned. Officials expect these numbers to jump sh [...]	2009-02-09 05:07:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ENRG CASC AS
09MELBOURNE21	AUSTRALIAN FIRES CONTINUE AS AFTERMATH LOOMS [...] (SBU) Australia's deadliest wild fire in memory continues to burn in many parts of Victoria. While most of these fires are under control at the moment, higher winds and temperatures are expected by the end of the week. The official death toll for the blazes has reached at least 173 and offici [...]	2009-02-10 04:49:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV CASC AS
09MELBOURNE23	FIRES CONTINUE AS 60 U.S. FIRE EXPERTS PREPARE FOR [...] (SBU) The impact of Australia's deadliest natural disaster continues to be felt as the death toll from Saturday's inferno climbs to 181 with more victims expected to be discovered. Twenty-three major fires remain burning, but no new deaths have been reported. The Victorian government has reque [...]	2009-02-11 05:34:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV CASC AS
09MELBOURNE24	FAVORABLE WEATHER AIDS FIREFIGHTERS [...] (SBU) Fire crews are making progress against the 20 active blazes in Victoria, though they expect less favorable weather by February 18. The death toll for Saturday's blazes stands at 181. Post has not received reports of any U.S. citizens injured or killed in the fires. While some parts of [...]	2009-02-12 05:38:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV CASC AS
09MELBOURNE25	FIRES: OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FRONT; US FIREFIGHTERS EN [...] (SBU) Consul General traveled to the Whittlesea staging ground northeast of Melbourne on February 13. According to firefighters, the weekend will be critical as favorable weather conditions will continue to assist crews facing ongoing fires, none of which appear to be immediately life-threaten [...]	2009-02-13 05:59:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV CASC AS
09MELBOURNE26	CEO OF AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST COMMERCIAL BUILDER ON CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) The CEO of Australia's largest commercial builder said that the GOA's controversial January 27 commercial property assistance plan will help give a much needed confidence boost to the sector. Money is still tight for commercial developers and many are looking gloomily ahead to 2011-2012 w [...]	2009-02-16 21:58:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE28	US WILDFIRE EXPERTS ARRIVE IN MELBOURNE [...] (SBU) A team of 60 U.S. wild fire personnel arrived in Melbourne on February 15 and were met by Consul General and Victorian officials. The arrival received wide media coverage. Six large fires continue to burn, and while they have not crossed containment lines, the blazes continue to threate [...]	2009-02-17 05:53:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV CASC AS
09MELBOURNE31	DEPLOYMENT OF U.S. FIRE EXPERTS GENERATES GOODWILL [...] (SBU) The deployment of 60 U.S. wildfire experts to Victoria has been well received by locals as well as the media. U.S. firefighters are deployed in four locations throughout the state as five major fires continue to burn, though none of the fires present an immediate threat to lives or prope [...]	2009-02-20 04:55:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV CASC AS
09MELBOURNE33	VICTORIA ILL PREPARED FOR TERROR ATTACKS? [...] (C/NF) Victoria's Inspector General released an audit in mid-January criticizing the state government's preparation for a potential terrorist attack. The report found that a lack of cooperation between police and government agencies and a confusing tangle of legislation may slow the state's r [...]	2009-02-26 22:14:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PGOV AS
09MELBOURNE34	VICTORIA BRACES FOR MORE FIRES [...] (SBU) Hot weather and high winds on February 27 threaten to spread the five major ongoing fires facing emergency personnel in Victoria. The state is taking precautionary measures by advising against unnecessary travel and closing schools. Charge visited the Emergency Coordination Center (ECC) [...]	2009-02-27 02:14:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV CASC AS
09MELBOURNE35	Ethiopians Rally at Consulate Seeking Release of "Political [...] (SBU) Approximately 55 Ethiopian nationals rallied in front of the U.S. Consulate General in Melbourne protesting against the "despotic" regime of Prime Minister Meles Zenawai and calling for the release of "political prisoners." The rally was peaceful and organized by "Australian Ethiopians f [...]	2009-03-02 05:13:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ET AS
09MELBOURNE37	COSTELLO AND OTHERS ON NEXT STEPS FOR [...] (C/NF) Consul General hosted former Treasurer Peter Costello and other prominent Victorians at the first of a series of focus group lunches on the future of U.S./Australian relations. Participants agreed that the United States' credentials as a center for world finance had been damaged and th [...]	2009-03-09 21:55:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON AS
09MELBOURNE38	Business Leaders: We're Only at the Beginning of the [...] (SBU) During a series of meetings in Melbourne on March 11, business and political leaders told Charge that the Australian economy is only experiencing the early effects of the global slowdown. Rio Tinto's Managing Director predicts a rough ride for commodities until late 2010 and ANZ's deputy [...]	2009-03-17 02:37:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE42	RIO TINTO EXECUTIVE: GOA LIKELY TO APPROVE CHINESE [...] (C/NF) Rio Tinto Managing Director Stephen Creese told Charge that concerns over increasing unemployment will likely lead the GOA to conditionally approve a proposed $19.5 billion investment by Chinese state-owned Aluminum producer Chinalco. Although the deal would grant Chinalco two of Rio's [...]	2009-03-30 05:29:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EIND ECON ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE46	EXPANSION OF WORLD,S LARGEST URANIUM MINE TO [...] (C) Despite turmoil in the global commodities market, BHP Billiton is proceeding with plans, albeit at a reduced pace, to expand its Olympic Dam facilities into what will become the largest uranium mine in the world. Lower copper prices have forced BHP to shelve several capital investment prog [...]	2009-04-07 02:09:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ECON ENRG ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE47	BUSINESS LEADERS STILL WORRIED ABOUT U.S. PROTECTIONISM [...] (C/NF) Melbourne based business leaders are worried that global economic conditions are still ripe for protectionist policies in the guise of stimulus packages. During a luncheon at Consul General's residence, business leaders asked if the U.S. Congress would backtrack on free trade. They hai [...]	2009-04-14 01:06:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE56	MELBOURNE BASED AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ON [...] (C) Abdul Khaliq Fazal, former Afghan Minister for Public Works (2001-2004) and declared presidential candidate in the August election, shared his initial policy platform with Consul General on April 27. If elected, Fazal says he will strengthen political parties and introduce a Prime Minister [...]	2009-04-28 05:14:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF AS
09MELBOURNE58	BANKING CHIEFS CONCERNED ABOUT AUSTRALIA CREDIT [...] (C/NF) The CEO of Australia's largest bank and J.P. Morgan's Chairman for its Australia and New Zealand business see Australia losing its AAA credit rating as one of the worst case recession scenarios. While both characterized the downgrade as unlikely, they expressed concern that the impact [...]	2009-04-29 05:07:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD EFIN AS
09MELBOURNE6	Anti-Israel Protests in Melbourne and Adelaide [...] (SBU) Melbourne-based "Women for Peace" intends to hold a small vigil in front of the consulate building on January 9 to protest events in Gaza. So far, protesters have organized four rallies elsewhere in Melbourne and Adelaide over the past ten days condemning Israeli airstrikes and ground at [...]	2009-01-08 04:15:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL IS AS
09MELBOURNE65	Indian Students Protest "Racist Attacks" [...] (SBU) Indian international students staged a large protest in Melbourne on May 31-June 1 claiming that they are being disproportionately targeted in a recent spike of robberies and assaults in Victoria and that police are not doing enough to stop the crimes. Police forcibly removed some protes [...]	2009-06-02 04:24:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN AS
09MELBOURNE66	BHP PREVIEWS SCUTTLING OF CHINESE INVESTMENT [...] (C/NF) According to its CEO Marius Kloppers, BHP Billiton played a role in quashing Chinalco's bid to invest $19.5 billion in Rio Tinto. This meeting took place one day prior to Rio Tinto's decision to walk away from the Chinalco deal (septel from Embassy). BHP, however, still has its eye on [...]	2009-06-05 05:16:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EIND ECON ETRD EINV CH AS
09MELBOURNE68	MELBOURNE BASED AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) Abdul Khaliq Fazal, former Afghan Minister for Public Works (2001-2004),confirmed to post that he has withdrawn his candidacy for President of Afghanistan due to President Karzai's "dominant" position in the upcoming polls. End Summary. Candidate Withdraws ------------------- 2. ( [...]	2009-06-10 22:14:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF AS
09MELBOURNE69	BIOGRAPHY - BILL SHORTEN MP [...] (C/NF) Consul General met with Melbourne-based Member of Parliament Bill Shorten, Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction. Widely touted as a future Prime Minister, we provide bio notes on this young, ambitious Parliamentarian. End summary. [...]	2009-06-12 05:08:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV AS
09MELBOURNE71	GENERAL MOTORS SUBSIDIARY LEFT TO FEND FOR ITSELF [...] (C/NF) General Motors' (GM) Australian subsidiary and one of the country's largest manufacturers, Holden is scraping by in the competitive Australian automotive market even though financing from its parent company has all but dried up. While Holden is looking forward to opportunities such as th [...]	2009-06-16 03:34:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EIND ECON ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE72	MAJOR CHANGES TO AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION [...] (C/NF) The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) senior banking regulator said that changes to Australia's regulation infrastructure will be minor and in line with global consensus. While Australia's major banks remain healthy, there is still substantial debate about whether the [...]	2009-06-19 00:33:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE8	Desalination Plant Approved as Drought Continues [...] (SBU) The Victorian government has given the green light to a controversial desalination plant that will help alleviate the effects of a decade-long drought and furnish about one-third of Melbourne's water needs by 2011. Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has not yet granted the projec [...]	2009-01-13 23:12:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON SENV KGHG AS
09MELBOURNE81	Standard and Poor's Bullish on Australian Economy [...] (SBU) Analysts at Standard and Poor's Melbourne headquarters predict a mild and short recession in Australia. The country's states remain among the best rated in the world despite the February downgrading of Queensland from AAA to AA. While Australia maintains a substantial current account de [...]	2009-07-15 05:29:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE87	BIO NOTES - RICHARD MARLES, MP [...] (SBU) Consul General met with Richard Marles, federal Member for Corio and Australia's new Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry on July 13. A rising star in the Australian Labor Party (ALP),we provide bio notes on this recently promoted Parliamentarian. End summary. Bio Not [...]	2009-07-27 03:53:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV AS
09MELBOURNE88	U.S. DAIRY SUBSIDIES HURTING VICTORIAN FARMERS? [...] (SBU) The Managing Director of Australia's largest dairy producer claims that U.S. subsidies are driving down Australian dairy prices. In addition to managing the effects of a 12-year drought, Victorian dairy farmers are also worried that Australia's proposed emissions trading scheme will sign [...]	2009-07-29 01:21:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON AS
09MELBOURNE89	THE BUSINESS OF EDUCATION HITS ROADBLOCKS IN VICTORIA [...] (SBU) The international education sector is Australia's third largest export, behind only iron ore and coal. In Victoria, providing higher and vocational education to foreign students is the state's largest export, worth approximately A$4.5/US$3.6 billion each year. The GOA is actively seekin [...]	2009-07-30 02:13:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SCUL AS
09MELBOURNE9	CATERPILLAR GLOOMY AS COMMODITIES DOWNTURN [...] (C/NF) Tamera Nelson, Caterpillar's Managing Director for Melbourne and Tasmania, expects to lay off nearly one third of her workforce this year (strictly protect) due to sagging commodities prices and complex new industrial relations legislation. As the commodities slump continues to drag on [...]	2009-01-14 23:28:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EIND ETRD AS
09MELBOURNE90	4 ARRESTED IN MORNING TERROR RAIDS ACROSS VICTORIA [...] (SBU) Four men were arrested and 19 homes were raided in Victoria this morning by federal and state police as a result of an ongoing terror investigation. The four men were allegedly planning suicide attacks against Australian targets. Victorian Chief of Police Simon Overland praised the effor [...]	2009-08-05 07:19:00	Consulate Melbourne	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR PREL AS
09MELBOURNE92	VICTORIA'S MUSLIM COMMUNITIES [...] (SBU) The Muslim population represents a very small percentage of the Victorian community, yet it spends a disproportionate amount of time in the news due to events like the August 4 arrests of six terror suspects in Melbourne and the 2008-2009 Benbrika terror trial. In Victoria, it is not fai [...]	2009-08-08 05:02:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PINR AS
09MELBOURNE93	4 ARRESTED IN MORNING TERROR RAIDS ACROSS VICTORIA [...] (SBU) Four men were arrested and 19 homes were raided in Victoria this morning by federal and state police as a result of an ongoing terror investigation. The four men were allegedly planning suicide attacks against Australian targets. Victorian Chief of Police Simon Overland praised the effor [...]	2009-08-08 05:21:00	Consulate Melbourne	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PVPR PREL PGOV AS
09MELBOURNE94	TERROR SUSPECTS CHARGED IN COURT [...] (SBU) Following the August 4 terror arrests in Melbourne (Ref. A),five men have been charged with conspiring to prepare a terrorist act. Melbourne's Muslim communities are bracing for public backlash in the wake of the arrests, but there have been no confirmed incidents to date. While the a [...]	2009-08-08 05:47:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PINR PREL KVPR AS
09MELBOURNE95	RIGHT OF CENTER UNIONS DOMINATE IN VICTORIA [...] (C/NF) Unionized workers represent almost twenty percent of the Australian workforce, yet hold disproportionate political influence in federal and Victorian politics. Victorian right-of-center unions maintain a powerful sway over federal and state Ministers by engaging in backroom diplomacy, f [...]	2009-08-12 03:56:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV AS
09MELBOURNE96	OPERATION NEATH CONTINUES [...] (S) Australian authorities continue to investigate additional suspects in Operation "Neath" which led to the arrest and subsequent charging of five Melbourne-based men on terror charges (refs. A-C). At least one more arrest will be forthcoming as law enforcement agencies close the net on Aust [...]	2009-08-14 01:54:00	Consulate Melbourne	SECRET	PTER PINR PREL KVPR AS
09MELBOURNE97	BUSHFIRE ROYAL COMMISSION INTERIM REPORT RELEASED [...] (SBU) A Royal Commission into the deadly February 7 wild fires which cost 173 lives released its interim report on August 17. We provide a snapshot of key recommendations. The Victorian government has informed post that it will likely ask for another U.S. wild fire liaison officer to facilita [...]	2009-08-19 01:08:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV CASC AS
09NAIROBI1273	INTERNATIONALIZING CAPACITY BUILDING FOR EAST [...] (SBU) On June 23, the British High Commissioner convened a meeting with Canada, Australia, and the United States to garner support for their efforts to internationalize Kenya's peacekeeping training centers. The British see this step as necessary to maintain the momentum to turn the East Afric [...]	2009-06-25 09:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL XA CA UK AS
09NEWDELHI2386	A NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: PM RUDD VISITS NEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 11:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AS IN
09OTTAWA594	CANZUS INDIGENOUS ISSUES CONSULTATIONS ADDRESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, and U.S. (CANZUS) officials met recently in Ottawa for consultations on indigenous issues. Governmental changes since the last meeting in July 2006 have resulted in a number of new policy directions on aboriginal issues. Between now and the [...]	2009-07-30 18:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV AS NZ CA
09PERTH19	WA MINERS WELCOME STEPPED-UP CHINESE INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: The proposed acquisition by Chinese company Chinalco of a significant stake in Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto (ref A) has sparked widespread debate in the Western Australia (WA) mining sector over the prospects for increased Chinese investment in the state's iron ore and [...]	2009-03-19 07:43:00	Consulate Perth	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ECON PREL CH AS
09PERTH24	WA PINS IRON ORE HOPES ON CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Iron ore miners in Western Australia (WA) are expecting to take a big hit on prices in this year's annual contract negotiations, but they remain optimistic about economic recovery in the state's key export market, China. Miners' representatives told the Consul General they expe [...]	2009-04-08 09:03:00	Consulate Perth	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ECON PREL CH AS
09PERTH30	WESTERN AUSTRALIA POLITICS: THE RUDD-BARNETT DUET [...] (C) Summary: Western Australia (WA) looms large on the federal radar as talk escalates about the state's importance in the next federal election. With Labor currently holding only four of 15 WA federal seats, analysts view WA as a potential pivot for federal Labor to retain power by offering [...]	2009-05-13 08:42:00	Consulate Perth	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AS
09PERTH36	WA PREMIER SOOTHES CHINA, COURTS INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: Western Australia (WA) State Premier Barnett used a previously-scheduled eight-day China visit to turn down the heat after the collapse of a bid by the state-owned Chinese Chinalco firm to boost its share in Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto and the subsequent arrest of Rio [...]	2009-08-05 09:46:00	Consulate Perth	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV EMIN CH AS
09PERTH38	HUGE GORGON GAS DEAL WITH CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Western Australia's massive Gorgon Gas project took a big step forward August 18 with partner ExxonMobil's announcement of a projected A$50 billion (US$40 billion) liquefied natural gas (LNG) deal with PetroChina. Touted as the largest energy deal in Australian history and spot [...]	2009-08-19 08:51:00	Consulate Perth	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON AS CH
09PERTH39	GORGON GAS PROJECT GETS FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL GO AHEAD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Australian Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett granted conditional environmental approval August 26 for the proposed A$50 billion (US$40 billion) three-train Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) Project in Western Australia (WA). The approval comes with 28 conditions to mitiga [...]	2009-08-26 08:22:00	Consulate Perth	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV SENV AS
09PERTH40	INFRASTRUCTURE KEY FOR AUSTRALIAN LNG PROJECTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Australia's conventional liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry is set to take a significant step forward over the next 18 months when a third LNG project, Woodside's Pluto, becomes operational and the massive Gorgon Gas project in Western Australia (WA) receives the widely-anticipat [...]	2009-08-27 05:05:00	Consulate Perth	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EPET AS
09PERTH42	GORGON LNG PARTNERS FINALIZE $37- BILLION INVESTMENT [...] Summary: The Gorgon Liquefied Natural Gas Project received the official go-ahead September 14 at a high-profile signing ceremony in Perth. Partners Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell announced their expected final investment decision for the estimated A$43 billion (US$37 billion) project. Federa [...]	2009-09-14 08:37:00	Consulate Perth	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV SENV AS
09PERTH51	KIMBERLEY GAS SPLITS INDIGENOUS GROUPS [...] (U) Summary: Indigenous communities in Western Australia's northeast Kimberley region stand to gain significant socio-economic benefits from an estimated A$60 billion (US$54 billion) worth of natural gas projects under consideration for the area. Regional Indigenous leaders told us they are [...]	2009-11-06 06:54:00	Consulate Perth	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV SENV AS
09PERTH54	AUSTRALIA: WHEATSTONE GAS AND EQUITY TO JAPAN [...] SUMMARY: Less than a week after breaking ground on the US$37 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, U.S. oil and gas company Chevron announced a cornerstone gas and equity agreement with Japan for its majority-owned Wheatstone LNG project in Western Australia. The estimated A$90 [...]	2009-12-10 05:16:00	Consulate Perth	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV ENRG AS
09PERTH55	KIMBERLEY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONFRONT THEIR FUTURE [...] (U) Summary: This is the second of two cables reporting on a visit by ConGen staff to the north west Kimberley region. In the face of enormous challenges, advancement programs are making headway to improve living conditions in the far north Kimberley region of Western Australia (WA) for the I [...]	2009-12-10 06:02:00	Consulate Perth	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI AS
09RIYADH935	GCC TRADE NEGOTIATIONS DOWN UNDER: STICKING POINTS [...] (C) At a diplomatic roundtable on free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),the Australian and New Zealand DCMs expressed fatigue and frustration with their respective experiences. The New Zealand DCM said his government is prepared to pull out after the [...]	2009-07-18 07:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECIN PREL GCC SA AS NZ JA
09SHANGHAI321	(C) AUSTRALIAN CONSUL GENERAL'S BRIEFING ON THE RIO TINTO [...] (C) Summary. Australian diplomats in Shanghai have not passed judgment on whether the detention of four Rio Tinto employees here (refs A-B) is retaliation for the failed Chinalco acquisition of Rio Tinto (refs C-D) or for reasons relating to an impasse in iron ore contract negotiations. The [...]	2009-07-19 10:49:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON EINV CH AS
09STATE102073	MULTILATERAL "COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM [...] Action Request - See Para 9. 2. (SBU) The Secretary's Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism is pleased to announce a three-day "Multinational Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Planners Workshop" from Wednesday, November 4-Friday, November 6, 2009 in Washington, D.C. This workshop wil [...]	2009-10-01 01:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV KHLS UK SP GM FR IT AS
09STATE103101	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 050132093 AND 050192341 for the export of rifles and components to Australia. Post is requested to [...]	2009-10-02 20:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE113758	LETTERS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S SCIENCE ADVISOR TO [...] (U) This is an action request for Posts Canberra, Paris, Berlin, and Pretoria. See paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The United States imports all of its Mo-99 (a key medical isotope) from foreign suppliers, but there is currently a worldwide shortage due to various nuclear [...]	2009-11-04 14:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY TBIO AS FR GM SF
09STATE116661	COUNTRY SPECIFIC INFORMATION - AUSTRALIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 16:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC AS
09STATE119211	PSI: UPDATE TO INVITATION TO ATTEND PSI EXERCISE [...] We wish to update all addressees about the upcoming US-UAE hosted PSI Exercise LEADING EDGE2010 and invite them to participate in or observe selected phases. This cable also provides logistical information regarding travel, billeting, and registration requirements. In addition, the exercise p [...]	2009-11-18 20:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP MO XD XF XG XI ZK ZR AS AR NZ
09STATE124537	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050193101 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled turbine engine lubr [...]	2009-12-04 18:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC NZ AS
09STATE126206	U.S. RESPONSE TO EU DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: On December 8, 2008, the European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers endorsed a draft proposal for a "Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities" (http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/0 8/st17/st17175. en08.p [...]	2009-12-09 22:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AS CA CDG EC ESA EUN FR GM IT JA KACT KS KTIA MCAP
09STATE1419	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050126125 for the export of firearms to Australia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lan [...]	2009-01-07 16:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE22501	SECRETARY CLINTON'S RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIAN [...] Please deliver the following message from Secretary Clinton to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The Department does not plan to release the text of the message. No signed original to follow. 2. Begin text: Dear Mr. Prime Minister: Thank you for your letter in which you s [...]	2009-03-10 19:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN OPDC AS
09STATE23141	RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIAN QUESTIONS ON IRAQI WMD [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-11 22:47:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	AS IZ PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER
09STATE2876	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050121726 for the export of firearms to Australia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lan [...]	2009-01-12 17:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE30049	(U) Secretary Clintonâ€™s March 24, 2009 [...] Classified by Acting EAP A/S Alexander A. Arvizu. Reason: 1.4 (d) 2. (U) March 24; 1:00 p.m.; Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Charge d'Affaires Dan Clune Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter, S/P Glyn Davies, EAP PDAS Robert Wood, Acting Spokesman Joseph Macmanus, Executive Assista [...]	2009-03-28 02:24:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL AS PK AF CH
09STATE36408	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050152251 for the export of UH-1 helicopter component parts to Australia. Post is requested [...]	2009-04-14 11:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE43234	TORRES STRAIT: POST-MARINE NOTICE CHOREOGRAPHY [...] (C) Post is requested to convey U.S. appreciation for Australia's rapid response to U.S. concerns about the recently released Marine Notice; Australia's quick action has assuaged U.S. concerns. Please also convey the United States' continued commitment to the agreement outlined in the Frelick [...]	2009-04-29 13:59:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AS EWWT PHSA PREL
09STATE44468	REVISED COUNTRY SPECIFIC INFORMATION - AUSTRALIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-01 14:36:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC AS
09STATE4638	WESTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC FISHERIES COMMISSION [...] (U) SUMMARY. The fifth meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission was held in Busan, Korea from 8 ) 12 December 2008. The meeting focused on conservation and management measures for the region,s two major fish stocks - yellowfin and bigeye tuna, adopting a suite of measur [...]	2009-01-16 16:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PHSA SENV KSCA XB XV ZN AQ AS CA CH CW FM FJ
09STATE50149	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests the assistance of Embassy Canberra and Embassy Almaty in conducting a pre-license check on application 050169554 for the export of gyroscopes to be incorporated [...]	2009-05-15 19:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS KZ
09STATE59235	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050173447 for the export of rifles to Australia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lanter [...]	2009-06-09 17:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE59308	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050098537 and 050110781 for the export of night vision devices (NVDs) to Australia. Post is r [...]	2009-06-09 19:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE7660	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050141653 for the export of night vision goggles (NVGs) to Malaysia. Post is requested to co [...]	2009-01-28 18:10:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MY AS
09STATE77221	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050080180 for the export of night vision devices (NVDs) to Australia. Post is requested to com [...]	2009-07-23 22:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE77222	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050112139 for the export of night vision devices (NVDs) to Australia. Post is requested to com [...]	2009-07-23 22:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE77397	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050097855 for the export of night vision devices (NVDs) to Australia. Post is requested to com [...]	2009-07-24 13:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE77400	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050052383 for the export of night vision devices (NVDs) to Australia. Post is requested to com [...]	2009-07-24 13:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS

09STATE84305	PSI: ANNOUNCEMENT AND INVITATION TO ATTEND PSI [...] In keeping with the PSI goal to improve interdiction cooperation and capabilities through the conduct of international PSI exercises, we wish to inform all addressees about the upcoming US-UAE hosted PSI Exercise Leading Edge 2010, and invite them to participate or observe selected phases. P [...]	2009-08-13 13:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP MO XD XF XG XI ZK ZR AS AR NZ
09STATE93561	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-09 15:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE93577	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-09 15:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE93579	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-09 15:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE93583	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-09 15:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE93587	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-09 15:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE93684	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-09 17:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE93693	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-09 17:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE93697	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-09 17:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE93706	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-09 17:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE93709	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-09 17:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE93726	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-09 18:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE94159	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-10 17:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE94161	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-10 17:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE94177	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-10 17:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE94180	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-10 17:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09STATE94181	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]	2009-09-10 17:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC AS
09SUVA247	POLITICAL INTRIGUE AROUND A LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: A letter calling for Tongan Prime Minister Dr. Feleti "Fred" Sevele to resign caused a stir at the May 28 opening of Parliament. Senior parliamentarians and nobles alike reportedly supported the letter, which was written by a close confidant of the king. End summary. ------ [...]	2009-06-10 23:13:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TN AS
09SYDNEY13	MINISTER EXPECTS FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT, [...] (C/NF) The Australian Government has accepted it is heading towards its first federal budget deficit in eight years, according to Federal Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese, but remains committed to a muscular fiscal policy to prevent a deep or protracted recession. In a private lunch [...]	2009-01-12 23:45:00	Consulate Sydney	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN AS
09SYDNEY227	SEPTEMBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - MISSION AUSTRALIA [...] Country Conditions: Australia is a low-fraud environment for consular services. Local economic and governmental conditions make for a qualified visa applicant pool. Host country identity documents are highly reliable. Challenges in the area of consular work are mostly a result of the growin [...]	2009-10-28 00:48:00	Consulate Sydney	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AS
09SYDNEY246	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER BARRY J. BARNES: BROKER INQUIRY [...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate Sydney conducted a site visit of BDBC PTY LTD, located at 168 Warrimoo Avenue, St.Ives, NSW (a suburb of Sydney) on November 2. The following information was gathered during an on-site interview and inspection of the business premises: -- BDBC was founded in 2006 by Bar [...]	2009-11-08 22:28:00	Consulate Sydney	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09SYDNEY247	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER CARL LUNDBERG: BROKER INQUIRY K-2389 [...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate Sydney conducted a site visit of APAC SECURITY PTY LTD, located at 9/32 Campbell Avenue, Cromer, NSW (a suburb of Sydney) on November 2. The following information was gathered during an on-site interview and inspection of the business premises: -- APAC was founded in 20 [...]	2009-11-08 22:28:00	Consulate Sydney	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09SYDNEY272	BLUE LANTERN: BROKER JOHN WILLIAM KINGSTON: BROKER INQUIRY [...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate Sydney conducted a broker check of Strategic General Services (SGS) PTY LTD, located in Buderim, Queensland, on December 17. The following information was gathered during a phone interview and email exchange with SGS: -- SGS was founded in 1998 by John William Kingston a [...]	2009-12-21 07:24:00	Consulate Sydney	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AS
09SYDNEY60	FORMER OPPOSITION LEADER COMMENTS ON RUDD AND AN [...] (C/NF) Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has taken a tactical, rather than strategic approach to the economic crisis, according to former opposition leader Brendan Nelson. As a result, Nelson predicts Rudd will back off of other strategic efforts, like the proposed emissions trading scheme and defen [...]	2009-03-13 05:01:00	Consulate Sydney	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MASS AS
09SYDNEY70	LABOR COULD FALL IN QUEENSLAND STATE ELECTION [...] (C/NF) Queensland's Labor state government is dangerously close to losing reelection in the state's March 21 polls. The Labor party has dominated state politics for the last eight years, winning three consecutive elections and amassing a commanding 15-seat majority in Parliament. Public opinio [...]	2009-03-19 06:53:00	Consulate Sydney	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR AS
09SYDNEY81	MARCH 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - MISSION AUSTRALIA [...] Country Conditions: Australia is a low-fraud environment for consular services. Local economic and governmental conditions make for a qualified visa applicant pool. Host country identity documents are highly reliable. Challenges in the area of consular work are mostly a result of the growin [...]	2009-03-30 03:01:00	Consulate Sydney	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AS
09TBILISI2240	GEORGIA DOWNPLAYS NAURU'S RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary and comment. Georgian officials downplayed the significance of Nauru's apparent December 14 recognition of Abkhazia's "independence," which Russia reportedly encouraged with an offer of $50 million to the island nation. Although officials are discussing with Australian counterpa [...]	2009-12-16 13:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS XM AS NR RS GG
09TOKYO1871	READOUT OF TRILATERAL WORKSHOP ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan hosted the U.S.-Japan-Australia Trilateral Workshop on Efforts to Empower Moderate Sectors of Society, July 27-28. Participants detailed assistance programs aimed at empowering credible institutions and voices in Southeast Asia. The Workshop also discussed diversifying ed [...]	2009-08-14 05:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER AS JA
09TOKYO2902	AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER TALKS CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd focused on climate change, but discussed disarmament, the Japan-Australia FTA, and whaling during his talks with Prime Minister Hatoyama and others in Tokyo December 15, according to the Australian Ambassador to Japan and the MOFA Director [...]	2009-12-18 08:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV ETRD PINR AS JA
09TOKYO701	JAPAN REQUESTING U.S. PARTICIPATION IN TRILATERAL [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph six. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) are planning to hold a trilateral Japan-U.S.-Australia counterterrorism one-day workshop some time from May 11-22 and are soliciting U.S. comme [...]	2009-03-29 22:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER JA AS
09TOKYO998	TSD PACIFIC WORKING GROUP MEETING AND SASAKAWA [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S., Japanese and Australian government officials met April 23 at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to conduct a regular session of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Pacific Working Group. The representatives provided updates on a range of policy and operational [...]	2009-04-29 22:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA AS XV
09UNVIEVIENNA152	UNODC AND COUNTERNARCOTICS IN THE AF-PAK POLICY [...] This is action request. Please, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Ambassador met UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on April 2, and discussed with him the Administration's new Af-Pak strategy and deployed the points in Ref A, highlighting our new regional emphasis and our interest in incorporati [...]	2009-04-08 12:18:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PTER SNAR AF AS CA IR IT JA PK UN
09UNVIEVIENNA284	KEY PARIS PACT MEMBERS URGE RESULTS RATHER THAN MEETINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an informal June 9 meeting, key Paris Pact members agreed to continue their support for the Pact. They also agreed to use 2010 to review the implementation of recommendations from three past roundtables -- precursors, financial flows, and cross-border management. In addition [...]	2009-06-18 09:11:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN AF PK CA RU IT UK SW AS
09UNVIEVIENNA80	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS AT [...] (SBU) This is a guidance request. Per reftel, the simmering issue of Program Support Costs (PSCs) may come to the fore sooner rather than later. A Canadian contribution of nearly 4 million USD for the Nuclear Security Fund is on hold pending release of an official PSC policy, and there is so [...]	2009-02-25 13:22:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC UN PREL AS CA
09USNATO555	RFG: ISAF DECISION MAKING - INVOLVING NON-NATO [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Several non-NATO troop contributing nations to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, particularly Australia and New Zealand, have pressed for a larger role in the ISAF-related decision process at NATO [...]	2009-11-27 18:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR MCAP NATO AS NZ AF
09USUNNEWYORK82	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN PERMREP [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 2 introductory call on Australian PermRep Hill, Ambassador Rice reviewed her top priorities and solicited close partnership with the Australian Mission. Ambassador Hill shared views on candidates to replace the UNDP Administrator, worried that the ultimate decision [...]	2009-02-03 15:32:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNDP KGHG PARM PHUM KDEM AS XV
09WELLINGTON229	DATA COLLECTION OF NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS RE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-23 04:27:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AR AS BC BL BR CI EC FJ ID NZ PA PE PGOV PREL SF
09WELLINGTON317	Vice Premier Li Keqiang Visit Underscores New Zealand's [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 27 meeting with ChargC),Political and Economic Chief and Econoff, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs China Desk Director Grahame Morton gave a read-out of Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang's November 1-3 visit to New Zealand. Morton said Li's initial visit [...]	2009-12-07 02:24:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EINV SENV EAGR NZ AS CH OVIP
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
10CANBERRA13	JAPANESE WHALING SHIP COLLIDES WITH, SINKS SEA [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-06 07:24:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS SENV EWWT AS
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
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
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
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
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
10DHAKA46	EU INTERESTED IN A REGIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) The European Union (EU) is interested in supporting the United Nations Counterterrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UN CTED) proposal to establish a regional counterterrorism training center in Bangladesh. The EU will send a scoping mission to Bangladesh in January to discuss establ [...]	2010-01-14 04:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PTER XD XG AS BG
10KABUL46	KEY AMBASSADORS IN KABUL DISCUSS REVIEW OF COMMAND [...] (C/Rel US, ISAF, NATO) Begin Summary. In a New Year's Day briefing by Generals McChrystal and Rodriguez for the embassies most active in the South and Southwest of Afghanistan ) Australia, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States ) the Generals outlined the co [...]	2010-01-05 12:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK CAN IT NL AS AF
10MELBOURNE10	ANGRY CUSTOMER INJURES 13 IN DARWIN WITH IED [...] (SBU) A disgruntled customer ignited an improvised explosive device (IED) at an insurance office in Darwin on February 3, injuring 13 people. Police confirm that the attack was not terrorist related and no U.S. citizens were injured. End Summary. Disgruntled Customer Attacks Insurance Offic [...]	2010-02-04 00:46:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV AS
10MELBOURNE11	NEW AUSTRALIAN-U.S. FIREFIGHTING AGREEMENT IN THE WORKS [...] (U) U.S. and Victorian fire authorities are preparing a new draft of an agreement which permits the routine exchange of fire experts. The updated agreement will contain language that will allow exchanges to take place independent of emergency needs and focus to a greater extent on research and [...]	2010-02-05 00:34:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV AS
10MELBOURNE14	VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIAN STUDENTS: A PERSISTENT [...] (C/NF) Nerves are still raw in Melbourne over an ongoing series of attacks on Indian students. What was initially a student issue is now causing concern for Melbourne's better established Indian communities. Recent changes to Australia's immigration policy have not, however, sparked major pr [...]	2010-02-12 04:38:00	Consulate Melbourne	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM IN AS
10STATE10090	TRILATERAL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the U.S., Japan, and Australia met in Tokyo on December 14-15 for the fifth annual Trilateral Strategic Dialogue Counterterrorism consultations. Four working groups reviewed past collaboration and laid the groundwork for several joint projects aimed at bolstering [...]	2010-02-01 20:40:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINS PREL AS JP MY ID BE CB
10STATE2126	ADVISORY TO COMMONWEALTH ALLIES REGARDING CHINA,S [...] (S//NF) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Embassies Canberra, London, Ottawa, and Wellington are instructed to deliver the talking points (and hand over as a U.S. Non-Paper) in paragraph 3 to appropriate Host Nation foreign and defense policy officials as soon as possible on Monday, January 11, 2010 [...]	2010-01-09 21:42:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	AS CA CH MCAP NZ PARM PREL TSPA UK
10WELLINGTON5	Japanese Whaling Vessel Collision With Sea Sheperd Boat -- [...] (SBU) On January 7, Econoff spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Environmental Division Deputy Director Carol Schwalger, who is the chief point of contact on the January 6 collision between a Japanese whaling vessel and the Ady Gil, a boat owned by the Sea Sheperd Conservatio [...]	2010-01-07 12:46:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS SENV EWWT NZ JA AS
10WELLINGTON57	EAP/ANP Deputy Director Gets Read-Out on New Zealand [...] (SBU) Summary. During February 7-9 visit, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Island Affairs (EAP/ANP) Deputy Director Stephen Schwartz met with a number of academics and Government of New Zealand officials on a range of subjects, including New Zealand's economic situation, the Trans-Pacific [...]	2010-02-12 07:08:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN NZ FJ NH AS XU

90BAGHDAD4397	IRAQI INCURSION ACROSS KUWAITI BORDER [...] (S-ENTIRE TEXT) 2. WE HAVE TRIED REPEATEDLY SINCE 0630 LOCAL TO REACH SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS, INCLUDING FOREIGN MINISTER AZIZ. UNDERSECRETARY HAMDUN IS APPARENTLY NOT AT HOME SINCE NOBODY ANSWERS HIS HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER. THE FOREIGN MINISTRY DUTY OFFICER IS AWARE OF OUR INTEREST IN TALKING TO THE [...]	1990-08-02 04:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL IZ KU AS

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