Australia welcomes and encourages foreign investment and has a favourable investment environment. Investments that create exports, replace imports, introduce new technology or create employment are particularly welcome.
Australia offers significant benefits for foreign investors, including:
a resilient and diverse economy with low inflation
a transparent and liberal process for approval of foreign investment
low barriers to trade and investment, with business-oriented corporate regulation
a competitive company tax rate, and
a sizeable domestic market for more than 22 million people.
More generally, Australia has:
a highly educated, skilled, multi-lingual and computer-literate labour force
an emphasis on reform to maintain the best conditions for growth and investment
a business migration program, and
a strategic location in the Asia-Pacific region and an integration with global markets.1
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This guide provides a general, high level outline of the legal and tax issues relevant to doing business in Australia and has been updated in the first half of 2011. Intending investors should obtain specific and detailed professional advice about any proposed business activity in Australia. Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Mallesons) would be pleased to assist you and provide further information on any of the topics in this guide
1The following websites provide more information about Australia and doing business here: