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Australia in Brief publication

This is the 52nd edition of Australia in Brief, revised and updated in February 2021

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Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement resources on the negotiation and implementation

Government response to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties Report 130

Government response to JSCOT 130 tabled on 17 July 2014

Joint Standing Committee on Treaties Report 130

JSCOT Report 130 tabled on 31 October 2012

MAFTA National Interest Analysis

National Interest Analysis and Consultation on the Malaysia Free Trade Agreement

Negotiating updates

Australian Scoping Study: An Australia-Malaysia FTA

In July 2004, Australia and Malaysia agreed to conduct parallel scoping studies of a free trade agreement (FTA). These studies were to provide a basis for the two governments to decide whether to proceed to negotiations.

The study below was Australia's contribution to the parallel scoping studies. Its main focus was the impact of a free trade agreement on Australia. The study found solid and worthwhile economic benefits for Australia from entering into a free trade agreement with Malaysia.

Submissions

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade invited submissions from individuals or groups on issues relevant to the negotiation of an FTA with Malaysia.

All submissions have been made publicly available on the DFAT website unless the author specified that all or part of the submission should not be made available to the public.

Confidentiality

Where organisations have not provided permission for their submissions to be publicly released, these submissions have been omitted from the list below and are not available to the public.

Copyright and content

Copyright in submissions resides with the author(s), not with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

The views expressed in these submissions are the views of the author(s) and should not be understood as reflecting the views of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

File format

Submissions were provided to us in a range of formats but submissions have been published as PDF files. Free programs are available to read PDFs.

Public submissions to the Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement Negotiations

Public submissions to the Australian Scoping Study (as received by sector):

General business
Agriculture, fishing and processed food
Manufacturing and mining
Services
Unions, NGOs and others
States and territory governments

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Malaysia (MAFTA)

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