20 Jan 2010
Doing Business in Australia - 2010
The 2010 edition of the Doing Business in Australia Guide is now available. This comprehensive Guide, produced by DLA Phillips Fox and supported by the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade), provides an overview of Australia and Australian laws and regulations. It is designed to help new market entrants and those considering a move to Australia to navigate their way through the maze of legislation and identify and maximise the many opportunities available.
- Australia's make-up - from its geography and people to the state of its economy.
- Investment in Australia - our foreign policy, government assistance and regulatory framework for foreign investment.
- Business structures and practices.
- The structure and regulation of the securities markets and the banking, finance and insurance industries.
- Taxation.
- Real and intellectual property.
- Transport and customs law.
- Employment and immigration.
- Industry sectors - energy, mining and resources, information technology and e-business, and biotechnology.
- Environment and climate change policy.
- Dispute resolution.
For information on Section Two of the Guide which looks more specifically at the construction and infrastructure industries, see the box to the left of this screen.
Click on the link below to view Section One of the Guide - Australian laws and regulation. This publication is an interactive PDF. To view a particular chapter simply click on the chapter of interest on the contents page. Click on 'HOME' on the top right hand corner to return you to the contents page.