More than 120 prospective overseas business migrants, from countries including China, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, are taking part in a South Australian Government-led exploratory visit this week. As part of the visit, a regional trade expo at the Adelaide Town Hall today will showcase more than 35 South Australian regional businesses, hosted by Immigration SA,…
A high level delegation from South Australian businesses and government will visit Japan this week for a series of business and trade meetings. It follows a recent visit of 20 business delegates from the Okayama Prefecture in Japan to Adelaide and is part of a delegation to North Asia led by Minister for Investment and…
A business and government trade delegation of up to 30 people will visit key northern Asiancountries Japan, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan this week. Minister for Investment and Trade Martin Hamilton-Smith is leading the North Asia Missionwhich will be the first government-led trade mission to Taiwan and the Republic of Korea. It will showcase…
A Who’s Who of the Australian space sector, including astronauts, rocket scientists and engineers, will be in Adelaide tomorrow for the Defence SA and the Space Industry Association of South Australia Space Forum. A lead into the 68th International Astronautical Congress set down for Adelaide in September 2017, the event will also see the official…
The 2015-16 Defence SA Annual Report tabled in Parliament this week, details big year for South Australia’s defence industry, particularly in naval shipbuilding, with more exciting opportunities on the horizon for South Australia. Defence Industries Minister Martin Hamilton-Smith said the report highlights the importance of the defence industry for South Australia’s economic prosperity as it…
Two of the State’s leading steel fabricators are the first to receive Capability Development grants designed to help them win new work, create jobs and boost the local economy. The two firms, Samaras Structural Engineers and Bowhill Engineering have received $42,000 and $10,000 respectively under the State Government’s Steel Certification Initiative. The initiative is part…
A high-level delegation from The Netherlands is in South Australia this week and gets underway this morning. The delegation, led by Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ms Lilianne Ploumen, includes 95 Dutch businesses from the agriculture, food, horticulture, water, logistics and smart cities sectors. After morning talks with Investment and Trade Minister Hamilton-Smith…
South Australia welcomes 30 delegates from its sister-state West Java today for a two day visit. The group is in Adelaide to attend the second meeting of the joint working group, established under the South Australia–West Java Sister State Agreement, and will attend a business and government community dinner. The meeting will set the tone…
Attracting new investment to South Australia, growing the more than $1 billion annual exports to the region and creating local jobs will be a key focus of the State Government’s European trade, investment and defence delegation underway now. Premier Jay Weatherill and Martin Hamilton-Smith, the Minister for Investment and Minister for Defence Industries, will lead…
South Australia’s overseas goods exports in the year to August 2016 totalled $11.3 billion, down 1.2 %, or $134 million, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The latest figures show that while South Australia saw a fall, it again performed substantially better than the national average which latest results show…
