Why Trade Policy Should Matter In The Election – Australian Outlook
18 May, 2022: AFTINET Convenor, Dr Patricia Ranald, has written a critical analysis in the Australian Outlook of the party policies on trade during the 2022 federal election.
Trade Transparency
Trade justice election forum: Can trade support the COVID recovery and help reduce carbon emissions?
May 17, 2022: In our election forum on trade justice, we introduced our scorecard on the track record of political parties on trade justice. Speakers examined how trade deals can help or hinder the next government in recovering from the COVID19 pandemic and decarbonising the economy.
Tell your candidates to end trade secrecy!
As a voter, you deserve to know about the impacts of Australia’s secretive trade deals on your community. But previous governments have tried to hide the true cost of trade agreements from you and the parliament.
Trade justice election online forum: Can trade deals support the COVID recovery and help reduce carbon emissions?
Inform your vote with our Trade Justice Policy Election Scorecard
April 26, 2022: As voters, we deserve to know where Australia’s parties and politicians stand on issues of trade justice – because how our parliamentary representatives vote on trade can have major impacts on human rights, workers’ rights, and environmental sustainability.
JSCOT Inquiry into the trade agreement process recommends small changes, Labor and Greens support more
August 26, 2021: The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) has finally released its Report 193 on the trade agreement process in Australia, 12 months after public hearings were completed. There has been no official explanation of this long delay.
AFTINET calls for more transparent trade process– Conversation article ahead of public hearing
August 17, 2020: Dr Patricia Ranald’s Conversation article today argues for an end to secrecy and a more open and democratically accountable trade process. AFTINET will give evidence on August 24 to a Joint Standing Committee on Treaties hearing into the trade agreement process.
AFTINET submission to the parliamentary committee review of the trade agreement process seeks change
August 3, 2020: The AFTINET submission to the Joint standing Committee on Treaties review is here, with a summary below.
Parliamentary inquiry into the trade agreement process
July 8, 2020: This inquiry by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties is the result of negotiations between the ALP and the government about passing the enabling legislation for the Indonesia FTA.
The terms of reference are broad enough for a public debate about the secrecy of trade negotiations, the lack of independent assessment of trade deals and the need for change.
Unique t-towels with Tandberg and Wilcox cartoons for AFTINET 20th Anniversary $10 each!
These collectors' items with brilliant cartoons by well-known artists Ron Tandberg and Cathy Wilcox can be displayed as posters or used as t-towels..