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RAPID HIV TESTING EXPANDS IN ADELAIDE01 Aug 2016Blaze, Adelaide, General News

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Interview with Dr John Bruni, SAGE International Australia. Byner asks what Bruni's take ...23 Aug 2016 9:15 AM5AA, Adelaide, Mornings, Leon Byner

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Interview with Dr John Bruni, SAGE International Australia. Byner asks what Bruni's take is onforeign investment in strategic assets. Bruni says he thinks the ship has already sailed and thecountry has bought into the neo-liberal economic order where selling off the farm is part of theeconomic culture. He says people have to understand that every generation seems to have a

particular threat so any particular move cannot be limited to a particular country. Bruni says one of his colleagues at theUniversity of Adelaide, Gerry Groot rightly pointed out, when it comes to China it does not see a difference between itscommercial and strategic power. Byner asks where to from here. Bruni says he thinks we need to start having some verystrong political signals by stating that we will nationalise any asset if a national security threat was to appear.

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Sarina Locke, ABC Rural Reporter, reports about potatoes. Hough mentions a genetically ...23 Aug 2016 12:39 PMABC Eyre Peninsula and West Coast, Port Lincoln, SA Country Hour, CASSANDRA HOUGH

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Sarina Locke, ABC Rural Reporter, reports about potatoes. Hough mentions a geneticallymodified potato that is assessed by Food Standards Australia New Zealand and is less likely topose a cancer risk and has no bruises. Steve McCutcheon, CEO, Food Standards AustraliaNew Zealand, explains the benefits of the new GM potato. Peter Langridge, Plant Scientist,University of Adelaide, explains how the enzymes prevent browning on potatoes. GaryKennedy, Food Safety Expert, explains the link of cancer to food such as potatoes. He says theGM potatoes are more for Western diet. Langridge says the technology could still be useful to

prevent damages on potatoes.

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Gary Kennedy, food safety expert|Peter Langridge, Plant Scientist, University of Adelaide|Steve McCutcheon, CEO,Food Standards Australia New Zealand


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Interview with Dr Marilyn Johnson, Researcher, Monash University, about the ACT ...23 Aug 2016 3:06 PM666 ABC Canberra, Canberra, Drive, Adam Shirley

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Interview with Dr Marilyn Johnson, Researcher, Monash University, about the ACTGovernment's new plans for those learning to drive. Shirley says the ACT Governmentyesterday introduced additional training for learner drivers to improve their skills aroundvulnerable road users. Johnson says vulnerable road users are defined as those who aretravelling on roads and are not inside a motor vehicle, such as cyclists and pedestrians. Shesays her research has shown that current driver training methods do not equip learners with theskills to be safe around vulnerable road users. She says that recent changes to infrastructure,

such as cycling lanes on roads, have not been accompanied by adequate education about their usage. She says furthereducation for existing drivers, as well as learners, is needed. She supports the recent changes made by the ACT Government,saying it will equip them with necessary skills. Johnson says the changes will include theoretical testing, as well as practicalassessments of awareness while taking driving lessons. She says she does not have the data to assess whether or not thenumber of vulnerable road users has increased. She says her work at the Amy Gillett Foundation has also examined the gap inthe driver training program around vulnerable road users, and hopes the changes to the Road Ready Course in ACT could setan example for other States. She says a similar research program called Cycle Aware is being run in other states inconjunction with the University of Adelaide, and with support from the Australian Research Council. [cont]

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Dr Marilyn Johnson, Researcher, Monash University

Replays of 5AA highlights from today. Interview with Dr John Bruni, SAGE International ...23 Aug 2016 7:22 PM5AA, Adelaide, Today

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Replays of 5AA highlights from today. Interview with Dr John Bruni, SAGE InternationalAustralia. Byner asks what Bruni's take is on foreign investment in strategic assets. Bruni sayshe thinks the ship has already sailed and the country has bought into the neo-liberal economicorder where selling off the farm is part of the economic culture. He says people have to

understand that every generation seems to have a particular threat so any particular move cannot be limited to a particularcountry. Bruni says one of his colleagues at the University of Adelaide, Gerry Groot rightly pointed out, when it comes to Chinait does not see a difference between its commercial and strategic power. Byner asks where to from here. Bruni says he thinkswe need to start having some very strong political signals by stating that we will nationalise any asset if a national securitythreat was to appear.

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Dr John Bruni, SAGE International Australia [Replay]


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Trade deal 'benefits' are mythical: economists24 Aug 2016The Australian, Australia, General News, Sarah Martin

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Famous quartet calls in24 Aug 2016Toowoomba Chronicle, Toowoomba QLD, General News, Charlotte Lam

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FREE TRADE MYTHOLOGY24 Aug 2016The Australian, Australia, General News

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A Sydney fertility specialist has welcomed development by the University of NSW and ...24 Aug 2016 5:03 AM702 ABC Sydney, Sydney, 05:00 News, Newsreader

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A Sydney fertility specialist has welcomed development by the University of NSW andUniversity of Adelaide with colleagues in Belgium in In Vitro Maturation [IVM]. AssociateProfessor Peter Illingworth from IVF Australia says that it is exciting research but could takeyears to become viable. The technique is awaiting approval by the US FDA.

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Peter Illingworth, Associate Professor, IVF Australia


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A Sydney fertility specialist has welcomed developments by the University of NSW and ...24 Aug 2016 7:53 AM891 ABC Adelaide, Adelaide, 07:45 News, Newsreader

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A Sydney fertility specialist has welcomed developments by the University of NSW andUniversity of Adelaide with colleagues in Belgium in In Vitro Maturation [IVM]. AssociateProfessor Peter Illingworth from IVF Australia says that it is exciting research but could takeyears to become viable. The technique is awaiting approval by the US FDA.

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Peter Illingworth, Associate Professor, IVF Australia


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A Sydney fertility specialist has welcomed the development in IVF that scientists hope will ...24 Aug 2016 7:54 AM702 ABC Sydney, Sydney, 07:45 News, Newsreader

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A Sydney fertility specialist has welcomed the development in IVF that scientists hope will oneday eliminate the need for patients to undergo hormone injections. Scientists at the Universityof New South Wales and the University of Adelaide having been working on the research. PeterIllingworth, IVF Australia, says it is exciting research, but could take years to become clinicallyviable.

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Peter Illingworth, IVF Australia


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A Sydney fertility specialist has welcomed the development in IVF that scientists hope will ...24 Aug 2016 7:54 AM105.7 ABC Darwin , Darwin, 07:45 News, Newsreader

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A Sydney fertility specialist has welcomed the development in IVF that scientists hope will oneday eliminate the need for patients to undergo hormone injections. Scientists at the Universityof New South Wales and the University of Adelaide having been working on the research. PeterIllingworth, IVF Australia, says it is exciting research, but could take years to become clinicallyviable.

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Researchers at the University of Adelaide have been a part of a breakthrough that will ...24 Aug 2016 8:03 AMCruise, Adelaide, 08:00 News, Newsreader

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Researchers at the University of Adelaide have been a part of a breakthrough that will improvein vitro maturation.

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Rheinberger plays Sarina Locke's report about genetically-modified potato, which has ...24 Aug 2016 9:25 AMABC Illawarra, Wollongong, Mornings, Nick Rheinberger

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Rheinberger plays Sarina Locke's report about genetically-modified potato, which has beenassessed by Food Standards Australia New Zealand as safe. Steve McCutcheon, FSANZ, saysthe DNA that has been added is from the potato itself. Peter Langridge, plant scientist,University of Adelaide, explains that the RNA interference reduces messages between thegenes in the plant that produce the browning enzyme. Gary Kennedy, food technology andsafety expert, remarks that there has been some links that high levels of cancer in Western dietis linked to potentially high levels of food containing high levels of acrylamide, which is also

present in barbecuing, smoking, and toasting bread.

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Gary Kennedy, food technology and safety expert|Peter Langridge, Plant Scientist, University of Adelaide|SteveMcCutcheon, Food Standards Australia New Zealand

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NEWSRAPID HIVTESTING EXPANDSIN ADELAIDETwo new point of care Rapid HIVTesting sites are now operatingin Adelaide. Clinic 275 (on NorthTerrace, Adelaide) and the O'BrienStreet General Practice have joinedthe recently opened Rapido servicein providing the test. Dr AlisonWard, Head of Unit at Clinic 275,said eligible clients will receive pointof care testing using finger pricksampling, along with confirmatoryHIV testing and a full sexual healthscreen. "Formal confirmation ofa client's HIV status will then beprovided within 24 hours enablingtreatment to commence as soonas possible for those peopleinfected with HIV/' Ward said."The project will be evaluatedby the internationally renownedMacFarlane Burnet Institute toverify if this model of testing issuccessful in South Australia/'

The Point of Care HIV testing isavailable at:

SHine SA's Rapido Clinic, 57 HydeStreet (staffed by trained peertesters and a sexual health nurse).Ph: 7099 5300

Clinic 275, STD Services, RoyalAdelaide Hospital, 275 NorthTerrace. Ph: 8222 5075

O'Brien Street General Practice, 17O'Brien Street. Ph: 82314026

The three sites are operating as partof a 12-month Commonwealth-funded demonstration project.

REFORM INSTITUTE CALLS FORBETTER BALANCE IN SA LAWSSouth Australia's Law ReformInstitute has released a number ofrecommendations to balance LGBTIrights against religious exemptions inanti-discrimination law. The Institutehas undertaken extensive consultationon how best to end discriminationagainst LGBTI South Australians and itslatest release recommends changesto the Equal Opportunity Act to limitexemptions granted to religiousbodies, while still preserving the rightto freedom of religious belief andpractice. In all the Institute has made11 recommendations, one of whichis changing the language of the EOAct to reflect Commonwealth law byusing the terms "sexual orientation","gender identity" and "intersexstatus". The Law Reform Institute alsorecommends clarification that religiousexemptions do not extend to provisionof public services including health andeducation, to better protect studentsand patients. A third recommendationis that religious bodies be allowed todiscriminate on the grounds of religiousbelief, not solely on whether a personis LGBTI. Further recommendationsinclude discrimination in sportingactivities and provision of healthcare including access to AssistedReproductive Treatment (ART).

NEW POLL REVEALS AUSSIES DON'TWANT A PLEBISCITEA Galaxy poll has found support for aplebiscite has dropped below 50 percent with the majority of Australiansbacking away from a national voteon marriage equality. The poll of1,000 people also found support forthe plebiscite has dropped to 35 percent when voters are informed of thenon-binding nature of result of theplebiscite and to 25 per cent whenthey are told of the $160 million pricetag. The poll was commissioned byPFLAG, who last month launched theirown survey asking LGBTI people tohave their say on how they would liketo have marriage equality decided.PFLAG national spokesperson ShelleyArgent said the Galaxy poll resultsprovided further reasons to drop thecostly damaging plebiscite and adopt afree vote in Parliament instead, saying:"The Australian public just voted for anew Parliament in which a majority ofmembers support marriage equality."

BRISBANE GETS RAINBOWFOOTPATHBrisbane City Council has unveiledthe city's newest public artwork- a rainbow footpath outside theSportsman Hotel in Spring Hill.Brisbane LGBTIQ Action Group(BLAG) approached Council last year

about the artwork, but Council'sinvestigations revealed Queenslandroad regulations do not allow rainbowcolours to be painted on a roadway.BCC has mounted a brass plaque onthe footpath adjacent to the rainbowfootpath with the following wording:"Brisbane is a place where ourdifferences are celebrated and oursimilarities unite us, where we valueour lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgenderand intersex (LGBTI) community.This rainbow artwork is a symbol ofinclusion and diversity, and a call to endprejudice and discrimination."

PASSPORT NIGHTMARE FOR GAYDADSAussie gay couple Kyle and KentStewart are in the midst of a battle withthe Australian Passport Office as theytry to obtain a passport for their son,Kaden, who was born in Canada viaa surrogate mother. The couple, whowere legally wed in Canada, becameparents last October. While one ofthem is Kaden's biological father, bothKyle and Kent are recognised as hisparents on Kaden's birth certificate.In preparation for returning hometo Australia, the couple applied forKaden's citizenship through descent,but can't obtain a passport for theirson. "The process of getting himAustralian citizenship was quitea smooth process," Kent told theSydney Morning Herald. "We thoughteverything was going to plan and allthe indications were showing therewouldn't be any issues in getting hima passport." What the couple didn'trealise was that while a surrogatehas no parental rights in Canada, inAustralia, it's a different matter. TheFamily Law Act considers the surrogatemother as a parent and requires herconsent to issue a passport, despiteKaden's mother being neither aresident nor a citizen of Australia. Thecouple have been unable to return toAustralia while the situation remainsunresolved.

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Spotlight on power securityTORY SHEPHERDPOLITICAL EDITORSOUTH Australia’s electricitynetwork security should be re-viewed because part of it isowned by the enormous Chi-nese-owned State Grid, a topdefence expert says.

Foreign ownership of Aus-tralian assets is under the spot-light after Treasurer ScottMorrison cited national secur-ity fears as the reason forblocking the sale of the Kid-man cattle empire and the

NSW electricity network toState Grid. The government-owned State Grid is reportedlyplanning a $65 trillion globalenergy network and alreadyowns 46.5 per cent of SA’stransmitter ElectraNet.

Australia needs foreign in-vestment and China needssomewhere to invest its moneybut experts say there is a con-flict between China’s commer-cial interests and its militaryand strategic ones. Defenceadviser Peter Jennings, theexecutive director of the Aus-

tralian Strategic Policy Insti-tute, said a review of foreign-owned and internet-enabledassets, including those in SA,was needed to find any weak

points in case of a “potentialconflict situation”.

“The South China Sea hasgiven us a flavour of what canhappen — you see China be-come more militarily aggress-ive,” he said. “It does give riseto some grounds for concern(in SA) … the only thing theycan really do at this point forSA and Victoria is to test and

see how well they’re handlingthe risk of cyber-attack.”

A Chinese bid for the S. Kid-man and Co cattle empire isstill in limbo after Mr Morrisonrejected it last year because theland borders the Woomeramilitary zone. He blocked asecond bid because the prop-erty was “too large”.

Earlier this month, heblocked the sale of NSW’selectricity grid Ausgrid to StateGrid over national securityconcerns. He also blocked abid from a Hong-Kong based

consortium. Chinese studieslecturer Dr Gerry Groot, thehead of the University of Adel-aide’s Asian Studies depart-ment, said while there wassome “bluster” around pur-chasing decisions, China had“a grander plan for interna-tional influence”. The powers-that-be took a “longer view”,

he said, adding that commer-cial and strategic factors wereintertwined for the Chinese.

“They’re looking for an out-let for all the money they’vegenerated (and) the Commu-

nist Party is in a better positionto come up with a long-termplan than the Australian Gov-ernment,” he said.

SA Senator Nick Xenophonsaid Australia was being “out-smarted” by other countriesbuying our assets.

The Chinese embassy haswarned that the rejection ofbids showed “clear protection-ist tendencies” that woulddampen firms’ desire to investhere. Yesterday Mr Morrisonsaid the government “remainsopen to foreign investment”.

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Trade deal ‘benefits’ are mythical: economistsSARAH MARTIN

A group of leading economists hascriticised the government’s hall-mark free-trade agreements, say-ing the deals fail to lock in keyproductivity gains and will give alimited boost to Australia’sprosperity.

Arguing the benefits of recentFTAs — with China, Japan, Koreaand the US — have been over-stated, the economists from Aus-tralian National University andAdelaide University accuse thegovernment and the Department

of Foreign Affairs and Trade ofperpetuating the “myth” of dealsbringing “enormous benefits”.

“In each case, the informationmade available by DFAT aboutwhat we have gained has beenhighly positive, but without anybasis in fact,” they write in today’sThe Australian.

The economists, including for-mer Industries Assistance Com-mission chairman Bill Carmichael,and ANU’s Martin Richardsonand Glenn Withers, say the gov-ernment has misled the publicwith feasibility studies projectingpotential or possible gains for Aus-

tralia, rather than what wasachieved by the negotiations.

“In each case those projections

were subsequently used to createan unreal public perception aboutthe outcome of negotiations,” the

group writes. “As a result of thismisleading process, each agree-ment has received public support,because we have had no basis forquestioning the myth that eachhas brought enormous benefits tothe economy.”

Pointing to research using ananalytical framework developedby the Productivity Commissionto assess the economy-wide affectsof bilateral trade deals, the groupsays the US-Australia FTA result-ed in a $53.1 billion reduction intrade with the rest of the world.

The economists say the modelthat should guide trade policy and

future negotiations is the positionAustralia took in the UruguayRound of negotiations during theHawke government, whichadvanced market-opening contri-butions to global trade reforms.

“As a consequence, we securedall the gains available from tradenegotiations — the major gains inefficiency from reducing the barri-ers protecting our less competitiveindustries, as well as those avail-able from access to external mar-kets. That produced the win-winoutcome ... It made a substantialcontribution to the prosperity wehave since enjoyed.”

That was not the approach ofrecent trade deals, where Australiainstead pushed a “market-accesswishlist” negotiated in secret.

As Australia negotiated newtrade deals with the EU and India,the economists say, there shouldbe a different approach to futureagreements, including that no dealshould be signed without a cost-benefit analysis, a report fromthe Productivity Commission tounderpin negotiations, and apublic inquiry and a report to thegovernment.

INQUIRER P11

‘We have hadno basis for questioning the myth that each (deal) has broughtenormous benefits’

ECONOMISTS GROUPANU, ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY

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Half-decade hiatusCeleste Villani

FOLLOWING a five-yearbreak to have children it wasa tough decision for NicolaEastaff-Leung to return towork, but it is one she doesnot regret.

Dr Eastaff-Leung, ofBlackwood, started workingat Adelaide University inMay after leaving her job asa molecular immunologistat the Women’s and Child-ren’s Hospital to raise Eli,four, and Lukas, two.

She is setting up researchcentres at the new AdelaideHealth and Medical Sciencesbuilding in the city’s westend and helping scientistsmove into their new work-place.

Dr Eastaff-Leung, 40, re-

alised she did not want towork in research because ofthe long hours, but stillwanted to be involved in Ad-elaide’s booming health andsciences industry.

“I had the kids and I wasnot really sure if I wanted toget back into research,” DrEastaff-Leung says.

“It was pretty tricky get-ting back to work after five

years because I was jugglingthe kids and work and it tooka lot to get used to.

“But I am really gratefulto be going to work becauseit is nice to have a break, usemy brain … and do someproductive work.

“Now is a great time forscience in Adelaide, there isa lot of growth.”

She enjoys working withuniversity staff and re-searchers, who support herdecision to return to thefield, because she is learningabout the latest thinking inhealth and science.

“This has been a fascinat-

ing and enlightening experi-ence for me,” Dr Eastaff-Leung says. “Although it isdifferent to being a scientist,it is perfect for me.”

– Nicola Eastaff-Leung

‘‘It was prettytricky getting

back to work after five years because I was juggling the kids and work and it took a lot toget used to.

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Scientists’ solution that may rival IVFLIZ WALSHPARENTING WRITERADELAIDE scientists havedeveloped a unique proteinthat mimics the growth factorsin a woman’s eggs, which couldrevolutionise fertility treat-ments worldwide.

The protein, cumulin, im-proves an existing, but under-used, fertility treatment in-vitro maturation (IVM), whichis simpler, cheaper and less in-vasive than IVF.

The breakthrough, whichcould become available inthree to five years, will be re-vealed today at a Gold Coastconference.

“In IVM, the eggs are col-lected at a less-advanced stageand are placed in salt culture inthe laboratory where they arematured,” Associate ProfessorRobert Gilchrist, from the Uni-versity of NSW, said.

“But the reason it is notwidely used is because its suc-cess rates are lower than IVF.

“Approximately 5 millionbabies have been born globallyusing IVF, but only 5000 usingIVM, despite the two techno-logies being around for rough-ly the same time.”

Prof Gilchrist said the pro-ject – which also involved Ad-elaide University, where hepreviously worked, and a uni-versity in Belgium – aimed tobridge that success gap.

He said adding a combin-ation of cumulin with smallsignalling molecules to the im-mature egg cells improved eggquality, leading to a 50 per centimprovement in viable em-bryos on current IVM rates.

Associate Professor JeremyThompson, from the Universi-ty of Adelaide’s Robinson Re-search Institute, said the newtechnique used fewer drugsthan IVF but could give thesame chance of pregnancy.

Mum Anita Dias Whitting-ham, 37, spent $20,000 on fiverounds of IVF, but fell preg-nant with daughter Isabella, 1,after abandoning treatmentand taking up meditation. “Aless invasive option wouldhave been nice, it would makea huge difference,” she said.

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NEW OPTIONS: Anita Whittingham with her daughter Isabella, 1. Picture: CRAIG GREENHILL

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Famous quartet calls inCity musoswill performwith prosCharlotte [email protected]

TOOWOOMBA’S finestyoung musicians will get thechance to play with one ofAustralia’s leading chamberensembles The AustralianString Quartet this weekend.With a rich historyspanning over 30 years, theAustralian String Quartet(ASQ) has a strong nationalprofile as an Australianchamber music group ofexcellence and performs atthe highest internationallevel.The ASQ quartet will visitToowoomba as part of itsregional Australia touringprogram.This Friday and Saturday,they will host workshopswith string ensembles fromSt Ursula’s College, TheGlennie School, CentenaryHeights State High School,Toowoomba GrammarSchool and Downlands

College.In addition to theworkshop, there will berehearsals for a specialcombined string orchestra,made up with some ofToowoomba’s most

advanced players.Together with the quartetthe students will perform afree public concert thisSunday at DownlandsCollege from 4pm.Then that night the ASQwill perform live in concertfrom 6.30pm.This show will featuremusic by Schubert,Chindamo and Mendelssohn.Tickets for the night

concert are available onlineat downlands.qld.edu.au/orat the door.Based at the University ofAdelaide’s ElderConservatorium of Music,ASQ delivers a vibrantannual artistic programencompassingperformances, workshops,commissions and educationprojects across Australiaand abroad.

The quartet’s performancecalendar for 2016 featuresthree unique concertprograms presented in

Adelaide, Brisbane,Canberra, Melbourne, Perthand Sydney.The quartet’s commitment

to secondary and tertiaryeducation programs willexpand as regionalresidencies become aregular event for the ASQ.

CATCH THE

JOINT SHOW

� What: The AustralianString Quartet withToowoomba musicians� When: This Sunday,4pm� Where: Graham Centre,Downlands College� Cost: Free

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Author: Charlotte Lam • Section: General News • Article type : News ItemClassification : Regional • Audience : 15,365 • Page: 9 • Printed Size: 390.00cm²Market: QLD • Country: Australia • ASR: AUD 2,391 • Words: 309 • Item ID: 646506509


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STAR SHOW: The Australian String Quartet (from left) Dale Barltrop, Francesca Hiew, Sharon Draper and Stephen King willperform and host workshops in Toowoomba this weekend. PHOTO: JACQUI WAY

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24 Aug 2016Toowoomba Chronicle, Toowoomba QLD

Author: Charlotte Lam • Section: General News • Article type : News ItemClassification : Regional • Audience : 15,365 • Page: 9 • Printed Size: 390.00cm²Market: QLD • Country: Australia • ASR: AUD 2,391 • Words: 309 • Item ID: 646506509


FREE TRADE MYTHOLOGYAs the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership teeters, seemingly opposed by both US presidential nominees, the economists below write to question the government’s conduct of bilateral FTAs, which Malcolm Turnbull has described as part of his plan to promote prosperity

Paul KerinHEAD, SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE

Richard PomfretPROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS,UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE

Bill CarmichaelFORMER CHAIRMAN, INDUSTRIES ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

Glenn WithersPROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, ANU

Greg CutbushVISITING FELLOW, ARNDT-CORDEN DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, ANU

Malcolm BosworthVISITING FELLOW, ARNDT-CORDEN DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, ANU

Martin RichardsonPROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, ANU

Richard BlandyEMERITUS PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE

A debate has raged for a decadeabout what we have gained fromfree trade agreements. We are nowable to assess their contribution tofuture prosperity.

In each case, the informationmade available by the Departmentof Foreign Affairs and Trade aboutwhat we have gained has beenhighly positive, but without anybasis in fact.

In each FTA completed to datethe feasibility study released inpreparation for negotiations pro-jected the potential or possiblegains for Australia. They did not,and could not, project what wasactually achieved from the ensu-ing negotiations.

In each case, those projectionswere subsequently used to createan unreal public perception aboutthe outcome of negotiations. The

projections assumed that all ormost of our trade barriers, andthose of the negotiating partner,would be removed. This meant thegains projected at the outset con-veyed nothing about what weachieved from the negotiations.Yet they were still quoted to sup-port the agreements after theywere signed, as though they re-flected the actual outcomes forAustralia.

As a result of this misleadingprocess, each agreement has re-ceived public support, because we

have had no basis for questioningthe myth that each has broughtenormous benefits to the econ-omy. But that has now changed.

The Productivity Commissiondeveloped an analytical frame-work to assess the economy-wideeffects of the bilateral agreementwith the US (AUSFTA) in 2010,but at that stage not enough timehad passed to enable a reliable, evi-dence-based assessment of theagreement’s impact.

Australian National Universityeconomist Shiro Armstrong hasnow used the analytical frame-work developed by the Pro-ductivity Commission, and thedecade of performance data sinceAUSFTA came into force, to con-clude that “the data shows that ...Australia and the United States ...are worse off than they would havebeen without the agreement”.

He says: “The agreement wasresponsible for reducing — ordiverting — $53.1 billion of tradewith the rest of the world.”

Armstrong’s ANU colleaguePeter Drysdale has measured thatcost in terms we can all under-stand: “Australia alone has suf-

fered trade losses the annualequivalent of the current price ofaround 18 Japanese, German,Swedish or French submarinesthrough this deal.”

This does not mean a strong

trading relationship with the US isnot in Australia’s interests. But itdoes mean such a relationship,offering the substantial benefitspromised, has not emerged fromthe agreement negotiated.

While we cannot now changehow we negotiated the agree-ments with the US, Japan, SouthKorea and China, we can ensurethat it does not reflect how we ap-proach future negotiations.

The governance model thatshould guide trade policy is basedon Australia’s conduct in the Uru-guay Round of trade negotiations.It confirmed that the domestic de-cisions needed to secure the gainsfrom liberalising unilaterally andin preparing for trade negotiationsare the same.

The negotiations in the Urugu-ay Round took place at a timewhen Bob Hawke and Paul Keat-ing were liberalising our own bar-riers unilaterally, to secure theefficiency gains involved. Thesereductions were subsequentlyoffered, and accepted, in Uruguaynegotiations as our market-open-ing contribution to global trade re-form. As a consequence, wesecured all the gains availablefrom trade negotiations — themajor gains in efficiency from re-ducing the barriers protecting ourless competitive industries, as wellas those available from access to

external markets. That producedthe win-win outcome we should be

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seeking from all trade agreements.It made a substantial contributionto the prosperity we have sinceenjoyed.

The opportunity to improvethe performance of the economyin this way was missed in all FTAsconcluded last year. In those nego-tiations, our agenda was simply amarket access wish list; negotia-tions were conducted in secret; theoutcome for domestic efficiencywas determined solely by the mar-ket access arrangements negotiat-ors happened to agree on, ratherthan a central objective in decidingwhich domestic barriers to reduce;and success was measured bywhether the outcomes improvedaccess to external markets.

When we fail to structure ourmarket-opening offers to improveallocative efficiency, by reducingthe barriers protecting our lesscompetitive industries, we forgothe major gains available fromnegotiations. These efficiencygains strengthen the economy notby enabling us to “produce more”(that is, not by doing more of whatwe are already doing) but by mov-ing from things we do less well tothose we do better.

The consequences for domesticefficiency were demonstrated bythe agreement with the US. Wegained no worthwhile access forbeef (in which we are world com-petitive) for the next 18 years, butsecured immediate and unrestric-ted access to the US market for ourmotor vehicle industry (one of ourleast competitive industries).

If we are to close the gap be-tween trade diplomacy and econ-omic reality, we need to respectthree lessons from experience:first, a major part of our gains fromtrade agreements depends onwhat we take to the negotiatingtable, not what we hope to takeaway from it; second, liberalisingthrough trade negotiations cannotbe pursued simply as an extensionof foreign policy; and third, as theHarper report on competition

policy has recommended, futurebilateral agreements should besubject to cost-benefit analysis be-fore ratification.

DFAT defends its approach,

limited to negotiating access toexternal markets, on the groundsthat the scope for reducing ourown trade barriers has beenexhausted. This is not supportedby the facts. Although our borderprotection, in the form of tariffs, isnow quite low, the ProductivityCommission has reported that as-sistance to industry (that is, our re-maining barriers to trade) wasmore than $17 billion in 2013-14.That does not include an un-known amount of hidden assist-ance in non-border forms. And weneed only reflect on the presentapproach to dumping to recognisethat the scope for removing dom-estic impediments to trade is farfrom exhausted.

Australia already has form ondumping. Austrade has for manyyears encouraged Australian pro-ducers to export at prices that re-cover marginal costs. When ourAsian trading partners do that, wecall it dumping. When we do it, wecall it marginal pricing.

The effect of this double stan-dard on relations with our Asiantrading partners hardly needs tobe spelled out. This year, 70 percent of notices registered on ourdumping authority’s website in-volve competition from our Asiantrading partners. And more than80 per cent of these involve China.

If we wish to develop a “trans-formational” trading relationshipwith China and other countries inthe region, we will need to removethe double standard that pervadesour present approach.

There is no conflict betweenthe need for secrecy during negoti-ations and a process that providestransparency and a negotiatingagenda that secures the efficiencygains available. Both requirementscan be met by following the modelestablished in the Uruguay Round.

That would involve theProductivity Commission provid-

ing a basis for Australia’s market-opening offers by conducting apublic inquiry and reporting togovernment before future negoti-ations get under way. Its reportwould be released only when ne-gotiations are complete. Thiswould preserve secrecy duringnegotiations while providing for

parliamentary and public scrutinyof the outcome before ratification.It would reflect the transparencyarrangements that prepared theway for the reforms of the 1980sand 90s.

This change respects the logicunderpinning market-based pol-icy and our system of government.The logic providing the basis formarket economics assumes theexistence of well-informed con-sumers. The logic behind democ-racy assumes a well-informedcommunity. Those responsible forarticulating the theoretical basisfor both — people such as JohnStuart Mill, David Hume andAdam Smith — placed a conditionon the relevance of each in en-hancing the quality of governanceand community welfare in coun-tries practising them. The condi-tion was, and remains, theexistence of a well-informed com-munity in the case of democracyand well-informed consumers asthe basis for market economics.

That is the rationale for thedomestic transparency arrange-ments established in Australia inthe early 70s, structured to operateoutside government and indepen-dent of private interest groups.Those arrangements were put inplace to make our democratic sys-tem and market economics rel-evant in decision-making onprotection issues, by providing theinformation governments, com-munities and consumers need topromote decisions that enhancecommunity welfare.

The contribution of thosetransparency arrangements is toinform, not to manage, commun-ity understanding of what is atissue in opening domestic marketsto international competition.

DFAT, and now government,has rebranded FTAs as “exportagreements”, further obscuringthe clarity of what is at issue —securing the gains in nationalwealth from engaging in trade onthe basis of what we do best. Thissimple logic has been corruptedinto the language of trade nego-tiators, lawyers and consultants,unintelligible to ordinary folk.

It is evident in the languageused to communicate trade policy

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developments. It is reflected, forinstance, in the often stated prop-osition that Australia “fights aboveits weight” in trade forums. That ismeant to convey that we cast along shadow in trade circles andthat we usually get more than wegive in trade negotiations. Likepronouncements about “historicmeetings” and “negotiating break-throughs”, it is part of the theatrethat surrounds trade negotiations.It makes no contribution to com-munity understanding of what isat issue in trade liberalisation, andit is this understanding that deter-mines how much domestic liberal-isation actually takes place.

DFAT’s grip on trade policy hasproved impervious to public chal-lenge and will be removed only bystrong political direction. Respon-sibility for introducing and ex-plaining the need for change restssquarely with political leadership.It will require a preparedness toembrace (and explain to the rest ofus) what is at issue for the econ-omy and community, in languagewe can all understand.

A consequence of the modestchange we suggest is to allow thecommunity into the debate abouttrade policy. It would also removethe general disquiet about secrecyduring negotiations, by providinga basis for public participation inagenda-setting before negotia-tions begin and for parliamentaryscrutiny of negotiated outcomes.

It deserves a place in any policyframework to promote prosperityin the long transition from the re-sources boom to an uncertainfuture.

‘Australia alone hassuffered trade losses the annual equivalent of the current price of around 18 Japanese, German,Swedish or Frenchsubmarines through this (AUSFTA) deal’

PETER DRYSDALEANU ECONOMIST

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AUSTRALIA-US FREE TRADE AGREEMENT

WHAT THE ECONOMISTS SAY

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AUSTRALIA-JAPAN ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP

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AUSTRALIA-CHINA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT

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Australia’s bilateral trade with the US, Japan and China since 2000$m350030002500200015001000500

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