Message from Ambassadors

Invest in Australia
Bruce Miller
Australian Ambassador to Japan

Australia offers opportunities and growth
Australia’s robust and diverse economy is built on
22 years of uninterrupted annual growth, unequalled by any other developed economy １.
Average real GDP growth is projected to outperform every major advanced economy for the years
2012 to 2018. Australia is rated ‘triple A’ by all
three major global rating agencies and enjoys
some of the lowest levels of public debt in theOECD. Our regulatory environment is ranked
amongst the world’s best, and Australia is one of
the easiest places to set up a business.
Australians have one of the highest median
wealth levels in the world, driven in part by connections to Asia’s high growth economies.
Australia also offers an outstanding quality of lifethat is attractive to many Asian executives andskilled workers.
A highly educated multi-ethnic workforce isable to service Asian businesses in their own language and with an understanding of their culture.
All Asian nations are represented in Australia’sworking population.

Australia–Japan: A long standing
relationship of strength
Australia and Japan possess a strong two-way investment relationship spanning more than 50years. Japan remains important to Australia as our

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2013.11second largest trading partner, largest investor
from the region, and third largest source of overall
foreign investment.
Australia remains Japan’s largest source of primary energy, with large resources of all energy
products except oil. Australia is Japan’s largest
provider of coal２, and for the first time in 2012, ofLNG３. As new LNG supply comes online, it islikely to take an even greater share. Australia is also Japan’s largest supplier of uranium４ and ironore５.
The Australia-Japan investment relationship has
always been strong. 303 Japanese corporations
have established a business presence in Australia.
The amount of foreign direct investment by
Japanese companies in Australia almost doubled
from A$31 billion to A$61 billion in the six years
since 2007.

Opportunities for Japanese investors
Traditionally concentrated in minerals and energy,
Japanese companies also operate in the food, finance, insurance and retail sectors. RecentJapanese investments have occurred in beverage
manufacturing, dairy, sustainable housing andclothing retail.

Infrastructure
Australia’s infrastructure construction market hasexperienced unprecedented growth over the lastten years. Australia’s sophisticated world-leading
public-private partnerships (PPPs) have delivered
major infrastructure projects, ranging from tollroads to hospitals.
Continued demand for infrastructure projects
will be underpinned by the next phase of the resource cycle, sustained population growth, continued urbanisation, rapid growth in demand for
freight and passenger transport, and continued energy and food security needs. Opportunities exist
to apply state-of-the-art technologies and construction expertise across all stages of the asset life cy-cle, ranging from start-up to asset ownership, operation and maintenance.
This continued demand creates opportunities forcompanies in i) financing infrastructure projects,ii) increasing the level of competition in the construction sector, iii) the introduction of new technologies, skills and innovations and iv) addressing
emerging skill shortages.

Financial services
The strength of the Australian financial services
sector is evidenced by the resilience of theAustralian economy. This can be partially attributed to the strength of Australia’s banking system;
all four of Australia’s major banks rank in the top
20 of the world’s safest banks, each with AA credit
ratings; but also to Australia’s global best practiceregulatory regime.
Also underpinning Australia’s financial services
strength is the growth of its investment funds sector. Valued at US$1.7 trillion, Australia has thethird largest pools of consolidated assets undermanagement globally and the largest in Asia, valued at about A$1.8 trillion６. This asset pool isforecast to reach almost US$2 trillion by 2015.

ICT (Information and communications
technologies)
Australia’s fast growing and advanced digital
economy, backed by a skilled workforce andworld-class R&D, offers compelling investment
opportunities for information and communications
technology (ICT) companies. Australia’s ICT
spending for 2013 is estimated at US$64.2 billion
and is projected to reach US$83.9 billion by 2018,

positioning Australia as the 4th largest in the Asia
Pacific.
Growth opportunities for investors exist in cloudcomputing and digital infrastructure, ICT innovation, advanced R&D, and in automation, simulation and visualization technologies.

Biotechnology
Excellent research facilities, world-class scientists
and a strong but flexible regulatory regime havemade Australia a powerhouse of biotechnology
and pharmaceutical innovation.
In 2012 - 13, the industry is expected to generate A$6.4 billion in revenue７. The industry’s 470
companies operate predominantly in human therapeutics, but also have a strong focus in agribiotech and diagnostics. Biotech R&D expenditurefor 2012 was US$636 million. The industry has astrong drug development pipeline, with around6,100 clinical trials registered in Australia between
July 2005 and January 2012８. The clinical trials
sector is worth around A$1 billion per annum,with direct foreign investment of over A$450 million per annum９.
Investment opportunities range from licensing
agreements with research entities to setting up
Australian operations and establishing R&D collaborations and centres.
Overall, Australia’s track record, research credentials and commitment to innovation provide excellent opportunities for collaboration with innovative
Australian companies and research institutions.
Invest in Australia.
※１：IMF World Economic Outlook Database2012

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※２：Providing around 60% of the total shareinto Japan※３：Providing around 18% of the total shareinto Japan※４：Providing around 27% of the total shareinto Japan※５：Providing around 61% of the total shareinto Japan※６：Austrade Benchmark Report Update, June

2013, p46.
※７：IBIS World Industry Report, Biotechnol-

ogy in Australia, May 2013
※８：Australian New Zealand Clinical TrialsRegistry※９：Australian Government Clinically Com-

petitive: Clinical Trials Action Group
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