http://australianpolitics.com Resources, News & Commentary from Malcolm Farnsworth Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:23:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Resources, News & Commentary from Malcolm Farnsworth AustralianPolitics.com no Resources, News & Commentary from Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://australianpolitics.com/category/foreign/trade-foreign http://australianpolitics.com/2010/12/10/future-of-trade-policy-emerson-speech.html http://australianpolitics.com/2010/12/10/future-of-trade-policy-emerson-speech.html#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:10:26 +0000 Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/?p=2326 http://australianpolitics.com/2010/12/10/future-of-trade-policy-emerson-speech.html/feed 1 APEC,Bob Hawke,Craig Emerson,Doha,free trade,Lowy Institute,tariffs,trade liberalisation The Minister for Trade, Craig Emerson, has delivered a speech on trade in which he reasserted the Labor Party's commitment to free trade, open markets and competition. - Addressing the Lowy Institute, Emerson said the Labor Party's guiding philoso... The Minister for Trade, Craig Emerson, has delivered a speech on trade in which he reasserted the Labor Party's commitment to free trade, open markets and competition. Addressing the Lowy Institute, Emerson said the Labor Party's guiding philoso... AustralianPolitics.com no http://australianpolitics.com/2008/10/13/rudd-meets-with-vietnamese-prime-minister.html http://australianpolitics.com/2008/10/13/rudd-meets-with-vietnamese-prime-minister.html#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:14:41 +0000 Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/?p=252 http://australianpolitics.com/2008/10/13/rudd-meets-with-vietnamese-prime-minister.html/feed 0 financial crisis,Kevin Rudd,Nguyen Tan Dung,Vietnam The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has met with his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung, in Canberra. - The two leaders held a joint press conference this morning. - Click the Play button to listen to the press conference: LISTEN The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has met with his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung, in Canberra. The two leaders held a joint press conference this morning. Click the Play button to listen to the press conference: LISTEN AustralianPolitics.com no http://australianpolitics.com/2007/02/14/us-ambassador-mccallum-speech-to-press-club.html http://australianpolitics.com/2007/02/14/us-ambassador-mccallum-speech-to-press-club.html#comments Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:40:21 +0000 Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/?p=3041 http://australianpolitics.com/2007/02/14/us-ambassador-mccallum-speech-to-press-club.html/feed 0 David Hicks,Iraq,Robert McCallum,terrorism The United States Ambassador to Australia, Robert McCallum, has admitted he has not read the ANZUS Treaty. - In a wide-ranging address to the National Press Club in Canberra, McCallum was asked about Article 4 of the treaty which states that "each Par... The United States Ambassador to Australia, Robert McCallum, has admitted he has not read the ANZUS Treaty. In a wide-ranging address to the National Press Club in Canberra, McCallum was asked about Article 4 of the treaty which states that "each Party recognizes that an armed attack in the Pacific Area on any of the Parties would be dangerous to its own peace and safety and declares that it would act to meet the common danger in accordance with its constitutional processes." Asked what the US constitutional process would be to invoke the ANZUS Treaty, particularly if there were a conflict between the President and the Congress, McCallum reminded his audience that he was a lawyer with 30 years experience and said: "The answer is I don't know. I have never read the Treaty. I have not done the Constitutional analysis and I would imagine that there would be a vast difference of opinions among academics and practising lawyers and politicians as to what might be required, so I'm not able to give you a good answer on that." Prime Minister John Howard invoked the ANZUS Treaty on September 14, 2001, following the September 11 terrorist attacks on the US. McCallum has been the US Ambassador since August 2006. The post was vacant for 18 months following the departure of Tom Scheiffer. Click the PLAY button to listen to Ambassador Robert McCallum's National Press Club Address. Listen to Robert McCallum's National Press Club Address Full Text of ANZUS Treaty This is the transcript of the Address to the National Press Club by the US Ambassador, Robert McCallum Jr. Ken Randall (Chair): Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to the National Press Club and today's National Australia Bank Address. It's a great pleasure to welcome the American Ambassador Robert McCallum and his wife, Mimi. As you've just heard, Ambassador McCallum was the third ranking officer in the Department of Justice before this appointment and was twenty-eight years in private sector legal practice and he's also been - he attended Yale at the same time as George Bush Jr and was a Rhodes Scholar with a Degree from Oxford as well and at both Oxford and Yale he was a very keen sportsman, although he insists now that he's retired to spectator status. This, this appearance today has been sometime in the making but it could hardly be more topical I suppose this week. Our relations with the United States have been on the forefront of our news for the last several days and it's a very appropriate time to welcome Ambassador Robert McCallum. McCallum: Thank you Ken. I'd like to acknowledge obviously the - Ken Randall for the warm hospitality, Members of the Board, Members of the Fourth Estate I will call it, Distinguished guests, and Australians around the country. It's my real pleasure to be here today and I very much appreciate the opportunity to continue to broaden my interaction with members of the Australian media and to communicate directly to Australians across the Commonwealth. As the British writer Anthony Sampson once said: "In America, journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history and in Britain, as an extension of a conversation." As a new arrival to Australia, it was suggested to me to consider journalism in Australia as an extension of Aussie Rules football. It's a contact sport without pads, there's no offside rule, you're likely to be poked in the nose during the course of a match, and a good story or a good scoop like a great mark is highly prized. With that in mind, I'd like to set the right tone for this discussion before we have the opening bounce if you will and put the ball in play by wishing all of the journalists here Happy Valentine's Day. It's not my intention though to spread love among the journalists and the media here. My real intention is to remind all of those blokes like me who have forgotten Valentine's Day. It's not too late to pretend that you remembered. AustralianPolitics.com no http://australianpolitics.com/2005/10/07/australian-trade-kevin-rudd-speech.html http://australianpolitics.com/2005/10/07/australian-trade-kevin-rudd-speech.html#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2005 04:56:26 +0000 Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/?p=4516 http://australianpolitics.com/2005/10/07/australian-trade-kevin-rudd-speech.html/feed 0 http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/29/howard-talks-of-trade-plays-down-chances-in-werriwa.html http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/29/howard-talks-of-trade-plays-down-chances-in-werriwa.html#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2005 07:22:34 +0000 Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/?p=3756 http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/29/howard-talks-of-trade-plays-down-chances-in-werriwa.html/feed 0 http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/28/howard-trade-talks-in-davos.html http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/28/howard-trade-talks-in-davos.html#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:04:54 +0000 Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/?p=3750 http://australianpolitics.com/2005/01/28/howard-trade-talks-in-davos.html/feed 0 http://australianpolitics.com/1999/12/06/world-trade-talks-collapse.html http://australianpolitics.com/1999/12/06/world-trade-talks-collapse.html#comments Mon, 06 Dec 1999 06:15:15 +0000 Malcolm Farnsworth http://australianpolitics.com/?p=3429 http://australianpolitics.com/1999/12/06/world-trade-talks-collapse.html/feed 0