Get the inside word from the Annual General Meeting of the Australia China Business Council Victoria branch, featuring the CEO Virginia Birrell, with anecdotal reference to insights from the National President the Hon. John Brumby, and president of the ACBC Vic, the Hon. Ken Smith.

Learn about the year ahead, the #Challenges and #Opportunity!

Big thanks to the rest of the ACBC team that I see regularly including Madison Cahill, Isabel Stewart and Hugh Congleton, plus the leads of all the working groups and generally everyone involved.

The folks involved in the re-elected committee speak to the depth of experience in the ACBC - it's quite the impressive list!

Charles Curwen, Liming Huang, Bruce Sheng, On Kit Tam, Tom Parker, Barry White, Ying Hou, Robin H Chambers AO, Dr Mona Chung, Ben Foskett, Lyall Howard, Xinyu (Grace) Ji, David Olsson, Frank Paton, Professor Charles Qin OAM, Theo Sakell, Susan Su, Celina Ping Yu, PhD GAICD - plus those joining this year;

Laura Mattiazzi GAICD, Andrew Deszcz, Lucia La Bella, Vera Ou-Young 李玉凤, Matthew Schofield and George Yeung.

All the best for the end of 2018 and the 2019 journey!

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Does this sound like every business you've ever met? Maybe you're also in a group of ordinary people doing extraordinary things? Are you waiting to be an expert before you dive-in?

I had a chat with with Ursula Alquier from The Willowend Round House, during last weekends Sustainable House Day - #SHD2018 #Business #Life #Reality #BravoCharlie

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Meet Kajal Pala, CEO of https://www.dreamcity.com.au, Australia's first Edutainment theme park for children, being built at the Southbank DFO in Melbourne.

Comprising a Science Lab, Tech Park, a Maths Arcade, Engineering and Entertainment Zones, each area has activity pods designed to challenge and inspire kids to develop skills and abilities, through career role play.

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The concerns and insights from Australian's SME's on Free Trade, legislating and soft skills, the place of Australians in world markets, the latent potential of our country, the progress and challenge to all of us to rebuild Civil Society and a closing message to business owners everywhere! 

An interview with Ted O'Brien MP on behalf of the Australia China Business Council.  Enjoyed the video?  Please give it a like, leave a comment and hit share!

Mr O'Brien is the Chair of the Trade Sub-Committee from Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, who are undertaking a federal parliamentary inquiry into the access to free trade agreements by small and medium enterprises.

The committee included Mr Graham Perrett MP as the Deputy-Chair, The Hon MacDonald, Mr Andrew Dawson, and Ms Maria Vamvakinou.

It was a pleasure to be joined on the day from many of the ACBC members including Ken Smith, Alan Oppenheim, Simon Woolmer, Marlene Hargreaves and Paul Molenaar, members of the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and several other exporters and Australian companies shaping our nation!

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The difficulty in conceiving of how Australians do things in Agriculture, documenting quality and scale, trust, China and the results you might get with a flyer.  Join me for a chat with Andrew Bomm about the Moulamein Grain Co-Operative and their Chinese focused oats product at the #AgriAustralia investor forum.

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Global investment macro trends including millennial wealth transfer, the changing of leadership, management and investment values from these family offices, as well as aligning technology and systems innovation to drive the productivity increases required by a growing population, plus our national and collective responsibility to differentiate ourselves in a commodity market.

A discussion with Andrew Cosh, CEO of http://www.kilaracapital.com

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David Sackett, Managing Director of Growth Farms Australia  (http://growthfarms.com.au), takes you through the simple things you can do to lower investment risk related to climate change, your potential to increase risk through diversification, the range of Australian crops and livestock, mixed farming opportunities, how you can access Australian agricultural investments plus an innovative leasing model for lowering risk and expanding the opportunity for family farm businesses.

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Discussing Agriculture, Education, Employment and Infrastructure Investment with David Goodfellow, CEO of AustOn Corporation on behalf of Virginia Birrell, the Australia China Business Council and https://www.agriinvestor.com/

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The coming water crisis, the water wars, the destruction of Western borders, the complexity of response required to meet the challenge, the contrast of Australia to Senegal, Jordan, Iran and Mexico, the work we have already done to be the envy of the world in setting up a cap and trade system from the 2004 National Water Initiative and the stress testing our system has already undergone - a discussion with Chris Olszak, Director of Aither (https://www.aither.com.au/)

How will you get water for your business and for your investments in the context of extreme Australian climactic variability? Find out here.

Plus, a takeaway message for all Australians regarding the reality of our water challenges.

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A detailed insight into the experience of and keynote presentation at the Australia China Business Council's Future Leader Forum by Mr Ben Dingle, Original founder of https://www.synlait.com and now http://nuchev.com.au and their premium https://www.oli6.com.au product.

With a focus on the infant formula market, though I suggest the learnings being applicable to any company with a focus on scaling in China, Ben discusses with us tangible and credible value in the consumers mind, the steps for engaging consumers in a global market, value chain alignment, channel partner relationships, market research methodologies and key take aways, the reality of being a brand without a credible home market and what it takes for you to have your finger on the pulse.

The Future Leaders Forum was MC'd by Lawrence Lam and the panel moderated by William Taing 陈财喜, where Ben joined Karen Sinclair of https://watermark.com.au, Catherine Cervasio of http://aromababy.com and Wai Kit Lew from https://www.cleargo.com, the event put on by the great team at the ACBC Victoria, including Isabel Stewart, Madison Cahill and Virginia Birrell.

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