AADCP News No.11 Sept06

  AADCP NEWS No.11, September 2006 Page 1: AADCP News In this Edition:

   ASEAN Regional Capital Markets Training Program Completed  New Standard Operating Procedures for Live Food Finfish  ASEAN Good Agricultural Practice Standard Endorsed  Regional Skills Recognition Arrangements Enhanced  ASEAN +6 Research Initiative  Integrated ASEAN Tourism Investment Zone Proposed  AADCP Events: October 06 – January 07

  

ASEAN-AUSTRALIA DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION PROGRAM

CONTRIBUTES TO VAP IMPLEMENTATION

  Australia was one of ASEAN’s first Dialogue Partners and ASEAN and Australia have developed a strong, mature and diverse relationship over 32 years of cooperation on mutually valuable initiatives. From the outset, ASEAN-Australian relations have been underpinned by practical support for ASEAN’s development. The ASEAN-Australia Development Cooperation Program (AADCP) is the latest phase of this tangible support. AADCP activities are guided by ASEAN’s development strategies, initially the Hanoi Plan of Action (HPA) and most recently the Vientiane Action Programme (VAP) 2004- 2010.

  The VAP is a comprehensive workplan for regional economic integration, security and socio-cultural community building and narrowing the development gap between ASEAN member states, with the aim of establishing an ASEAN Community by 2020. AADCP’s three streams play a complementary role in progressing VAP objectives. The Regional Economic Policy Support Facility (REPSF) focuses on policy research and analysis on issues of ASEAN regional economic priority.

  The Program Stream (PS) comprises medium-term activities aimed at advancing regional integration and strengthening ASEAN’s competitiveness in global markets. The Regional Partnerships Scheme (RPS) is a flexible funding mechanism that supports short to medium-term projects. These contribute to economic integration of ASEAN to support its participation in the global economy.

  AADCP activities give special attention to newer ASEAN Member Countries - Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam (CLMV). This edition of AADCP News describes how complementary AADCP activities are supporting ASEAN community building in several priority sectors (tourism, customs and animal health) and overall implementation of the VAP.

  See Page 5 for a Profile Article on AADCP’s contribution to VAP implementation in these three sectors.

NEW PUBLICATION ON ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

  Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Economic Analytical Unit recently issued a report on ASEAN: Building an Economic Community. In launching the report on 6 July 2006, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Honorable Alexander Downer MP, emphasised the potential benefits of ASEAN economic integration. Mr. Downer said the report examines challenges facing ASEAN in implementing its vision by 2020 and economic imperatives for forging ahead. He urged Australian business to pay close attention to developments in the region. This enhances the importance of the Australia-ASEAN-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement under negotiation.

  See www.dfat.gov.au/eau for report details.

  Page 2: Regional Partnerships Scheme News

ASEAN REGIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS TRAINING PROGRAM

COMPLETED

  In late April 2006, the ASEAN Regional Capital Markets Training Program, implemented by Australian Coordinating Partner, Finsia Education, in conjunction with the ASEAN Secretariat, held its final training course. In opening the course, Mr. Punsak Vejanurug, Chairman, Capital Market Education, Stock Exchange of Thailand, spoke of the size and potential of the ASEAN region as a hub for capital market activity and the need for ASEAN members to work collectively to make this vision a reality. Capital market development is included as one of the four key areas under ASEAN’s Roadmap for Financial and Monetary Integration, with the goal being to “develop deep financial markets and achieve cross-border collaboration amongst ASEAN capital markets”. Two courses were undertaken through the ASEAN Regional Capital Markets

  

Training Program – on capital markets legislation and supervision, and capital markets

  liquidity. These topics were identified as regional capacity building needs by the ASEAN Working Committee on Capital Market Development.

  Training courses were facilitated by Finsia Education and seven guest presenters, who shared insights and detailed case studies on the development of capital markets from the perspective of ASEAN Member Countries, Australia, the United States, Japan and Korea. Participants were encouraged to share insights concerning the development of capital markets in their countries, and time was allocated through class exercises to look at specific initiatives that would assist further capital market development throughout the region.

  Specific efforts were made to promote gender equity throughout the conduct of the program. Female representation on the training committee ensured that barriers would not be presented to women’s participation in the program. Female presenters were selected to act as role models and showcase women in senior roles in capital markets in ASEAN and non-ASEAN countries. The training committee responsible for development and administration of the program was comprised of: the ASEAN Secretariat; Finsia Education (formerly Securities Institute of Australia); the Securities Investment Development Corporation (SIDC) of Malaysia; and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) of the Philippines.

  Training provided through this project will assist Member Countries in: economic development and reform in the region and in ASEAN; regional cooperation across ASEAN; sharing of information amongst ASEAN nations; and development of a network of finance professionals in the region. The two training courses have supported cross- regional discussion about capital markets policy formulation.

NEW STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR LIVE FOOD FINFISH

  

Under the Operationalise Guidelines on Responsible Movement of Live Food Finfish

Project, aquatic animal health and quarantine staff from ASEAN nations are developing

draft Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for responsible movement of live food

finfish.

  

In mid-April 2006, the ASEAN Secretariat, Network of Aquaculture Centres for Asia and

the Pacific (NACA) and AusVet Animal Health Services organised the project’s first

policy review and development workshop in Bangkok, Thailand, followed by training on

NACA’s Aquatic Animal Pathogen Quarantine Information System.

  

In opening the workshop, Dr. Ibrahim Bin Saleh, Deputy Director-General of the

Malaysian Department of Fisheries, emphasised the importance of harmonising the

requirements for movement of aquatic animals in ASEAN.

The 19 workshop participants developed a framework for the SOPs, including chapters

on handling rejected or diseased consignments and on auditing and monitoring

compliance.

Four working groups took on the task of developing material for the various chapters of

the Standard Operating Procedures. The leaders of these groups participated in a working

  

meeting in Johor Bahru, Malaysia in mid-September 2006 to collate the groups’ efforts

and write the first draft of the SOPs. The Malaysian Department of Fisheries hosted the

meeting.

  Page 3: Program Stream News

ASEAN GOOD AGRICULTUREAL PRACTICE STANDARD ENDORSED

  The Quality Assurance Systems for ASEAN Fruit and Vegetables Project, managed by RMIT International Pty Ltd, in association with the Department of Primary Industries, Victoria and the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, will finish in February 2007.

  The key project output is the development of the ASEAN Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) Standard. The ASEAN GAP is a voluntary standard to prevent risks to food safety, produce quality, the environment, and workers' health and safety, associated with the production, harvesting and post-harvest handling of fresh fruit and vegetables in ASEAN.

  The ASEAN GAP Standard was presented to the 13th Meeting of the ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Crops (ASWGC) in Vientiane, Lao PDR, on 28 June 2006. The ASWGC endorsed the ASEAN GAP Standard and presented it to the Senior Officials Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry in August 2006 for formal adoption by ASEAN. The Standard will be published and promoted throughout the ASEAN region.

  The ASEAN GAP is not a certified system in its own right. It is a voluntary umbrella standard that individual member countries benchmark their national programs against to gain equivalence. Farmers are audited and certification is issued by their country GAP program. The ASEAN GAP was developed through workshops with representatives from each ASEAN Member Country. An ASEAN GAP Taskforce was developed, which drew on the experiences of national GAP programs in Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Future development of ASEAN GAP will involve seeking equivalence with international GAP programs.

  ASEAN GAP could harmonise National GAP Programs in the region. The development of an internationally recognised GAP standard will facilitate trade between ASEAN countries and export to global markets, improve viability for farmers, help sustain a safe food supply and protect the environment.

  Guidelines for implementing each ASEAN GAP module are being developed to enhance understanding of what is required to implement the practices. A training course is also being developed for master trainers from all ASEAN Member Countries. Copies of the ASEAN GAP standard and guidelines will be available at: www.aphnet.org

REGIONAL SKILLS RECOGNITION ARRANGEMENTS ENHANCED

  A new approach to regional integration of ASEAN Member Countries has been developed through the AADCP Program Stream Enhancing Skills Recognition

  Arrangements in ASEAN Project.

  The initial stage of the project identified the uneven development of national skills qualifications frameworks across the newer ASEAN Member Countries as a major barrier to achieving an ASEAN-wide skills recognition system. An extension to the original project established a sub-regional skills recognition framework specifically for the Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Viet Nam (CLMV) group of countries and Thailand. The framework was piloted across the countries and agreement was reached on common sets of competencies for five occupations: welder; air conditioning technician; poultry farm worker; tour guide; and concreter. The novel mechanism for these achievements was national Working Groups, chaired by a senior labour officer in each country. Working Groups established Technical Review Groups for each occupation. Specialist input from some of the older ASEAN Member Countries – Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines – ensured that the newer Member Countries could learn from their experience. The five countries finalised agreement on the regional qualifications framework and pilot regional competencies at a workshop in Bangkok, Thailand.

  The project held its final activity, a Project Coordinating Group meeting of representatives from all 10 ASEAN Member Countries, in Bangkok on 30 August 2006. This meeting provided an opportunity to review progress and consider options for further steps in establishing the skills recognition framework across the ASEAN region.

  

Page 4: Regional Economic Policy Support Facility

News

ASEAN +6 RESEARCH INITIATIVE TO BE UNDERTAKEN

  In the lead up to the first East Asia Summit in December 2005, Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Alexander Downer MP, announced a $A5 million ‘ASEAN +6’ research initiative to fund joint research examining economic interaction between ASEAN and the other six East Asia Summit nations. th

  In March 2006 at the Regional Economic Policy Support Facility (REPSF) 7 Research Priorities Committee (RPC) meeting, the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) and AusAID agreed that that this initiative should be implemented through the REPSF, which is currently due to conclude in early 2007.

  It was decided that a targeted design mission should be undertaken to identify the scope, focus and balance of the Initiative within the broad purpose announced by Minister Downer. AusAID initiated a design mission in July - August 2006 for the extension of REPSF that will be implemented by Melbourne Development Institute Pty Ltd (MDI International), the Australian Managing Contractor for the program, and AusAID’s Asia Economic desk in Canberra.

  ASEAN Secretariat representatives welcomed, “…Australia’s interest and support for research examining economic integration between ASEAN and the Plus Six Countries” whilst tapping into “…the synergies in both the current REPSF and the new initiative”. They reiterated that “REPSF has served the ASEAN Secretariat and AusAID well” and the extension “…should aim to build on its success”.

  It is anticipated that the outcomes of the design mission will form the basis of discussions at the next RPC meeting in December 2006. In the interim, work is underway on REPSF’s largest research study to date – a series of linked sub-studies on barriers to the integration of ASEAN’s 11 priority industry sectors.

  In addition to a conceptual framework, the study will include case studies of three priority sectors and a region-wide business survey of obstacles to trade in the 10 ASEAN Member Countries.

INTEGRATED ASEAN TOURISM INVESTMENT ZONE PROPOSED

  Australian company, William Angliss Institute (WAI), an industry specialist in tourism and hospitality, and RAM Consultancy Services Sdn Bhd (RAMCS) of Malaysia, a specialist firm in economic and investment research, recently completed the ASEAN

Tourism Investment Study. Mr. Wayne Crosbie and Ms. Catherine Ng from WAI, and Dr. Yeah Kim Leng and Ms. Julie Ng from RAMCS, undertook a comprehensive review of the ASEAN tourism investment environment and recommended strategies to develop an integrated ASEAN Tourism Investment Zone (ATIZ). A regional field survey undertaken as part of the project revealed that the key impediments faced by current tourism investors are the political and legal frameworks. Not withstanding these impediments and the competitive nature of the tourism industry, the majority of private investors interviewed expressed strong interest to continue investing in the industry. This is due to the high growth potential of the region. Key areas of interest for ASEAN investors include transportation, hotels and restaurants, travel services, recreational/cultural tourism and emerging tourism products such as eco- tourism, cruise ship and health tourism. The ATIZ, which will create trans-border tourism clusters, was proposed as an outcome of the program. Three high potential thematic cluster opportunities identified for the proposed ATIZ are: Heritage Tourism Cluster; Eco-tourism Cluster; and Cruise Cluster. The ATIZ, a pioneering initiative of ASEAN Member Countries, has significant potential for continued growth and development in translating tourism into job and enterprise creation. This will create an environment for greater tourism investment and increased economic benefits for ASEAN Member Countries. The survey findings and draft Policy Framework for the Establishment of an Integrated ATIZ were presented by the study team to the ASEAN Tourism Investment Taskforce in May 2006 in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.

  Page 5: AADCP Profile

AADCP SUPPORTS VAP IMPLEMENTATION IN TOURISM, CUSTOMS AND

ANIMAL HEALTH SECTORS

  This article profiles AADCP’s contribution to the implementation of the Vientiane Action Programme (VAP) in the tourism, customs and animal health sectors. AADCP also contributes to monitoring progress in VAP implementation.

  Tourism Tourism is one of 11 priority sectors designated for ‘fast-track’ integration by 2010.

  These were selected on the basis of ASEAN’s comparative advantage in natural resources, labour skills and cost competitiveness, and potential to add value to ASEAN’s economy. AADCP’s Regional Economic Policy Support Facility (REPSF) has sponsored an

  

ASEAN Tourism Investment Study (see article page 4), the findings of which will assist in

  marketing investment opportunities within an ASEAN Integrated Tourism Investment Zone. Another study will be undertaken to assess the impact of the Visit ASEAN Campaign, which aims to position ASEAN as a single tourism destination.

  The AADCP Regional Partnerships Scheme (RPS) contributes to the tourism sector through three projects. The ASEAN Common Competency Standards for Tourism Professionals Project has developed a regional benchmark for qualifications and certification in the hospitality and tourism sectors. The Developing Common ASEAN Tourism Curriculum Project is developing a common tourism course curriculum and regional qualifications framework. The ASEAN Capacity Building for a Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) in Tourism

  

Project will progress the adoption f the ASEAN Common Competency Standards for

  Tourism Professionals framework through Member Country Technical Reference Groups, revise the ASEAN Tourism Strategic Plan, and, with the ASEAN Secretariat, design systems and mechanisms to support realisation of the MRA in Tourism.

  Customs Services

  The VAP calls for upgrading and harmonisation of ASEAN’s customs services in line with World Trade Organisation (WTO) standards and the 2005-2010 ASEAN Strategic Plan of Customs Development. REPSF has commissioned two relevant research activities. Harmonisation and

  

Integration of Customs Valuation Policies and Practices in the ASEAN Region explored

  ASEAN’s progress in implementing the WTO Valuation Agreement and analysed relevant provisions, policies and practices in ASEAN. Harmonisation and Integration of

  

Customs Cargo Processing Policies and Practices in the ASEAN Region assessed

  ASEAN countries’ progress in adopting world-class ‘single window’ cargo processing and proposed strategies to overcome constraints. The AADCP Program Stream (PS) has drawn on these studies for an Enhanced Customs

  

Capacity Building in ASEAN Project, which is working to establish an ASEAN

regulatory framework for cargo processing and customs valuation.

  Animal Health

  Australia and ASEAN have a keenly shared interest in livestock disease control and a strong history of cooperation in this field. The PS Strengthening Animal Health Management and Biosecurity in ASEAN Project (SAHMBA) focused on disease risk analysis, capacity building in animal disease surveillance, and established a regional web-based information system. The RPS Establishment of a Reference Laboratory for the Southeast Asian Foot and

  

Mouth Disease Control Program is supporting accreditation of a Thailand laboratory as a

  regional reference laboratory for the control of livestock Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and providing associated training in FMD diagnostic techniques. Two other RPS projects are contributing in this area. The Strengthening Aquatic Animal

  

Health Capacity and Biosecurity in ASEAN Project is assisting ASEAN countries with

  training and development of guidelines for promoting aquatic animal health. The

  

Operationalise Guidelines on Responsible Movement of Live Food Finfish Project is also

providing support (see article page 2).

  Support for VAP Institutional Arrangements

  AADCP is assisting the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) in implementation and monitoring of the VAP.

  The PS ASEAN Technical Assistance Linkages and Training (TALT) Facility will, following its inception in September 2006, support ASEC to coordinate VAP initiatives. PS is also providing assistance to ASEC in monitoring and evaluation of VAP implementation.

  REPSF has commissioned two studies into cross-cutting aspects of VAP implementation:

  

Resource Mobilisation for the Implementation of the VAP: A Background Paper and

Monitoring and Impact Mechanism for the VAP: A Background Paper.

  RPS has supported VAP implementation through its Project Design Support Program, which helped strengthen project design capacity in key economic sectors. A current RPS project is aimed at Statistical Capacity Building for Harmonisation of ASEAN International Trade in Goods and Services Indicators.

  Page 6: AADCP Events October 2006

  • September - October: Training of Farmer Groups by Local Trainers, for the PS Project

  Quality Assurance Systems for ASEAN Fruit and Vegetables, Cambodia

  • September - October: Training of Farmer Groups by Local Trainers, for the PS Project

  Quality Assurance Systems for ASEAN Fruit and Vegetables, Lao PDR

  • September - October: Training of Farmer Groups by Local Trainers, for the PS Project

  Quality Assurance Systems for ASEAN Fruit and Vegetables, Myanmar

  • September - October: Training of Farmer Groups by Local Trainers, for the PS Project

  Quality Assurance Systems for ASEAN Fruit and Vegetables, Viet Nam

  • September - October: Validation and revision of 2nd Draft Common ASEAN Tourism Curriculum (CATC) and Regional Qualifications Framework and Skills Recognition System (RQFSRS), for the RPS Project Developing Common ASEAN Tourism

  Curriculum, Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Viet Nam

  • 22nd October - 3rd November: Laboratory Information Management Training, for the RPS Project Establishment of a Reference Laboratory for the Southeast Asian Foot and

  Mouth Disease Control Program, Australia

  • 22nd October - 3rd November: Laboratory Quality Systems/Molecular Diagnosis

  Training, for the RPS Project Establishment of a Reference Laboratory for the Southeast

  Asian Foot and Mouth Disease Control Program, Australia

  • 30th – 31st: Project Completion Workshop, for the PS Project Quality Assurance of

  ASEAN Fish and Fishery Products, Handling, Processing and Packaging, Thailand

  • Dates to be confirmed: Mentoring Visit, for the PS Project Strengthening ASEAN Plant

  Health Capacity, Cambodia

  • Dates to be confirmed: Mentoring Visit, for the PS Project Strengthening ASEAN Plant

  Health Capacity, Viet Nam

  • Dates to be confirmed: Project Coordination Group Meeting, for the PS Project

  Strengthening ASEAN Plant Health Capacity, Viet Nam November 2006

  • 6th - 10th: ASEAN-Australia Advanced Training Workshop on Industrial Designs

  Examination, for the RPS Project Advanced Training in Intellectual Property Search and

  Examination Procedures for IP Offices in the ASEAN Region, Malaysia

  • 12th - 18th: In-Country Assistance, for the RPS Project Strengthening Aquatic Animal

  Health Capacity and Biosecurity in ASEAN, Viet Nam

  • 16th - 17th: Trainers Workshop, for the PS Project Strengthening ASEAN Standards

  and Conformity Assessment Systems, Brunei Darussalam

  • 20th - 22nd: Chemical and Microbiological Recall Workshops, for the PS Project

  Strengthening Risk Assessment Capability to Support Food Safety Measures, Myanmar

  • 21st - 22nd: ASEAN Heads of Statistical Offices Meeting (AHSOM 7), for the RPS Project Capacity Building For Harmonisation of ASEAN International Trade in Goods

  and Services Indicators, Brunei Darussalam

  • 22nd: Project Coordination Group Meeting, for the PS Project Strengthening Risk

  Assessment Capability to Support Food Safety Measures, Myanmar

  • 27th - 29th: Workshop, for the PS Project Legal Infrastructure for E-Commerce in

  ASEAN, Brunei Darussalam

  • 26th November - 2nd December: Microbiological Containment Engineering Maintenance, for the RPS Project Establishment of a Reference Laboratory for the

  Southeast Asian Foot and Mouth Disease Control Program, Australia

  • 26th November - 2nd December: Laboratory Quality Systems, Microbiological Containment Practices, for the RPS Project Establishment of a Reference Laboratory for

  the Southeast Asian Foot and Mouth Disease Control Program, Australia

  • 26th November - 9th December: Biosecurity Laboratory Practices and Cell Culture Training, for the RPS Project Establishment of a Reference Laboratory for the Southeast

  Asian Foot and Mouth Disease Control Program, Australia

  • 26th November - 9th December: Biosecurity Laboratory and Microbiological Containment Practices and Laboratory Training, for the RPS Project Establishment of a

  

Reference Laboratory for the Southeast Asian Foot and Mouth Disease Control Program,

  Australia

  • 27th November - 8th December: Technical Reference Group Training Workshop, for the RPS Project ASEAN Capacity Building for a Mutual Recognition Arrangement

  (MRA) in Tourism, Thailand

  • October - November: Validation and revision of 2nd Draft Common ASEAN Tourism Curriculum (CATC) and Regional Qualifications Framework and Skills Recognition System (RQFSRS), for the RPS Project Developing Common ASEAN Tourism

  Curriculum, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Indonesia

  • 30th November – 1st December: 8th Joint Selection and Review Panel Meeting, for the AADCP Regional Partnerships Scheme, Indonesia • Dates to be confirmed: Project Coordination Group Meeting, for the PS Project Quality

  Assurance Systems for ASEAN Fruit and Vegetables, Thailand

  • Dates to be confirmed: ASEAN GAP Taskforce Meeting, for the PS Project Quality

  Assurance Systems for ASEAN Fruit and Vegetables, Thailand

  • Dates to be confirmed: Training Workshop, for the PS Project Quality Assurance

  Systems for ASEAN Fruit and Vegetables, Thailand

  • Dates to be confirmed: Taxonomy Workshop No. 2, for the PS Project Strengthening

  ASEAN Plant Health Capacity, location to be confirmed

  • Dates to be confirmed: Pest List Consolidation Workshop, for the PS Project

  Strengthening ASEAN Plant Health Capacity, location to be confirmed December 2006

  • 19th: 8th Research Priorities Committee (RPC) Meeting, for the AADCP Regional

  Economic Policy Support Facility, Indonesia January 2007

  • No activities currently scheduled Event details are subject to change.

  

For further information go to www.aadcp.org

  CONTACTS Regional Partnerships Scheme (RPS) Maria Eloida Cruz Balamiento Project Coordinator The ASEAN Secretariat, Second Floor

  70A Jl. Sisingamangaraja Jakarta 12110 INDONESIA Tel +62 21 724 3372, 726 2991 (ext 150) Fax +62 21 7278 7252 Email: m.balamiento@aseansec.org

  Program Stream (PS) Dr Iwan Gunawan Program Coordinator The ASEAN Secretariat, Second Floor

  70A Jl. Sisingamangaraja Jakarta 12110 INDONESIA Tel +62 21 724 3372, 726 2991 (ext. 152) Fax +62 21 7278 7252 Email: iwan@aseansec.org

  Regional Economic Policy Support Facility (REPSF) John Cunningham Facility Coordinator The ASEAN Secretariat, Ground Floor

  70A Jl. Sisingamangaraja Jakarta 12110 INDONESIA Tel +62 21 724 3372, 726 2991 (ext. 411) Fax +62 21 722 9028 Email: john@aseansec.org

  Charlotte Bisley Project Manager Cardno Acil Pty Ltd 854 Glenferrie Road Hawthorn Vic 3122 AUSTRALIA Tel +61 3 9819 2877 Fax+61 3 9819 4216 Email: charlotte.bisley@cardno.com

  Heather Graham Program Manager Cardno Acil Pty Ltd 854 Glenferrie Road Hawthorn Vic 3122 AUSTRALIA Tel +61 3 9819 2877 Fax +61 3 9819 4216 Email: heather.graham@cardno.com

  Sarah Black Project Manager MDI International Level 27, 150 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Vic 3000 AUSTRALIA Tel +61 3 8676 6811 Fax +61 3 8676 6888 Email: sarahb@mdi-international.com.au