Articles for Advance

DIPLOMATIC ANNOUNCEMENT – HIGH COMMISSIONER TO UNITED KINGDOM The Government will recommend to the Governor-General the appointment of Mr John Dauth LVO to be Australia’s new High Commissioner to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Mr Dauth is expected to take up his appointment in September 2008. Mr Dauth is one of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s most senior diplomats. He has held a range of posts crucial to Australia’s political and ...

August, 2008  ...

Advance’s newly-opened Hong Kong office will service Australians working and living throughout Asia, many of whom have been Advance members since our global organisation began in 2002. Over the next few months, we aim to add thousands of new members to our growing network of Australians abroad. Advance will seek to complement activities run by the existing Australian support organisations operating in Asia by providing professional networking opportunities on a global scale. In line with ...

Vital Regeneration, a leading social and economic development charity working in some of West London's most disadvantaged neighbourhoods, is seeking two motivated individuals to join its Board of Trustees. They are particularly keen to find enthusiastic individuals who can help safeguard the future well-being and effectiveness of the charity as they drive forward their ambitious plans. As an ambassador for the organisation you will champion integrity and performance. They are seeking ...

VIP restaurant reservation service exclusively for Advance members. All members will receive a complimentary glass of champagne and preferred seating where possible. Contact Sarah McKenna on advance@saucecommunications.com or 020 8600 3638. Service is available Monday to Friday 9:30 - 18:00. Restaurants available are: Galvin at Windows, The London Hilton on Park Lane, 22 Park Lane, W1 Galvin at Windows is located on the 28th floor of Park Lane Hilton and launched in May 2006 ...

Three young Australians who launced a web company six months ago have now sold their creation to Google for a reported $15 million. Ryan Junee, Julian Frumar and Simon Ratner founded Omnisio – described as "the world's first video rich application" on the company’s website – and have now hit the big time. [More...]

Three to a Room returns to Edinburgh Three to a Room would like to offer Advance members a special 2 for 1 on tickets to I Love You, Bro at the Pleasance Dome (Jack Dome) at 14:25 and Mommie & the Minister at Smirnoff Underbelly (Big Belly) at 10pm on August 8. Tickets must be booked through 0131 556 6550 for I love You, Bro and 0131 226 0000 for Mommie & the Minister. Anyone purchasing tickets must mention the password "Advance" to claim this offer. I Love You, Bro Sex, spies, ...

The Department of Homeland Security is debuting, on a voluntary basis, the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA), an online pre-approval system for travelers under the Visa Waiver Program. The program does not become mandatory until January 12, 2009, at which point Visa Waiver travelers will be required to use the online system to obtain advance approval to travel at least 72 hours before departing for the United States. Nonimmigrant visa holders will not use the system.

Victorians Abroad in Shanghai was launched on 10 July, drawing together a broad cross section of global Victorians and friends of Advance. The Hon Joe Helper, Minister for Agriculture & Small Business hosted the event with Commissioner for Greater China, Charles Brent, who praised the entrepreneurial spirit of Victorians doing business in China.

Once considered a cultural and style backwater, the land down under is now home to designers and labels celebrities love. One sleepy Sunday night in London, a throng of terrifyingly trendy twentysomethings are partying like they’re in another time zone. Australia’s most influential DJ crew, the Bang Gang Deejays, arrived in London and Paris this summer, and with them came a party culture neither capital has seen the like of for a while. “Australians treat parties like festivals,” says ...

Sydney University Graduates Union of North America (SUGUNA): 2008 SUGUNA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Financial Services, July 2008  ...

July 16, 2008 – A large contingency of twelve Options Group recruiters from around the world met with Advance financial services network members in New York to discuss the state of the markets in Australia and the employment prospects for Australians returning to Australia. Adam Gillibrand, Executive Director, Options Group Australia discussed the rapid growth of the Australian economy. In a climate of high interest rates, low unemployment rates and surging living costs, the Australian ...

The weather gods shone, the sand on Paris Plage felt good under foot - and a random, wet-suited surfer even dropped in on proceedings at the inaugural Advance/MeetUp Summer Beach Party.

Arts Network, July 2008  ...

aRt to aRt, Advance's quarterly gathering amongst the arts community, returned and found a new home at a great watering hole in the East Village. This quarter we celebrated NAIDOC week and were priveleged to be joined by guest speaker David Bosun. A Torres Strait Islander, David is part of an artisitc community that is gathering in momentum and sophistication. He is one of four artists who were featured in an exhibition held at the United Nations in New York during NAIDOC week. The display, ...

When Jeremy Edmiston’s firm designed a house in Australia without ever setting foot on site, he never imagined it would take New York by storm. The expat architect talks to Amanda Hooton. It is a spring morning in New York, and the flowering cherry trees are sending showers of petals, pale as seashells and fragile as rice paper, onto the roads and under the wheels of the traffic. Jeremy Edmiston is standing amid the swirling flakes on a vacant lot between West 53rd and 54th ...

Corrie Perkin July 12, 2008 WHEN Kevin Rudd included Creative Australia as one of the 10 topics at April's 2020 Summit, he sent a strong message: artists had as much to contribute to the national debate as economists, farmers, climate change experts, industrialists, doctors and welfare workers. How quickly the mood changed. Seven weeks ago, photographs by Bill Henson were confiscated from a Sydney gallery by NSW police. Although the images were later returned - after a three-week ...

Artkrush is a bimonthly email magazine covering the key figures, exhibitions, and trends in international art and design. In their July 2008 issue they survey the Australian contemporary art scene with guidance from the 2008 Biennale of Sydney, a multi-venue event that balances 20th-century masters with present-day Australian practitioners. From the wide range of talent found Down Under, they spotlight Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro, whose collaborative installations bind together and ...

Peter Jolly, Managing Director and Head of Research, Markets, for nabCapital, has just returned from a tour of the United States where he met with clients and investors. He shares some of his insights with Matthew Smith in this week’s View From the Top. So, what do you tell potential American investors about Australia? Or do they already know everything? The Australia story is pretty well understood by those who participate in our markets, but I talk a lot about Australia’s bifurcated ...