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The following is a list of the top 20 exports of Australia in 2017-18, as reported by its Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. [1] # Commodity Value (A$ million)
Zinc – Australia was third to China and Peru in zinc production in 2019, producing 1.3 million tonnes, 10% of world production. [42] Coal – Australia is the world's largest exporter of coal and fourth largest producer of coal behind China, USA and India. [43] Oil shale – Australia has the sixth largest defined oil shale resources. [44]
Australia's economy is strongly intertwined with the countries of East and Southeast Asia, also known as ASEAN Plus Three (APT), accounting for about 64% of exports in 2016. [46] China in particular is Australia's main export and import partner by a wide margin. [47] Australia is a member of the APEC, G20, OECD and WTO.
Organization Survey Rank Measurement(s)/Notes Year U.S. News & World Report: Most Transparent Countries [1]: 12 Measures government open practices, its trustworthiness and low levels of perceived political corruption in the 80 most developed countries
The Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, also known as APP, was an international, voluntary, public-private partnership among Australia, Canada, India, Japan, the People's Republic of China, South Korea, and the United States announced July 28, 2005 at an Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum meeting and launched on January 12, 2006, at the ...
The Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand (CASANZ) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization formed in the 1960s to bring together people with an interest in clean air and the study of air pollution. Its focus has since grown to include broader environmental management affairs, but with special emphasis on air quality and related ...
In 2005 John Howard committed Australia to double Australian aid to about $4 billion a year by 2010. At the time of the 2007–08 budget, the Government announced total aid of $3.2 billion and an expectation "to continue increasing development assistance, to $3.5 billion in 2008-09, $3.8 billion in 2009–10 and $4.3 billion in 2010–11".
Airservices Australia has 29 air traffic control towers and two air traffic control centres based in Brisbane and Melbourne. Australia has two Flight Information Regions which are managed by these centres. All airspace to the north of the dividing boundary (YBBB) is controlled by Brisbane Centre and all airspace to the south of the boundary ...