Australia and ASEAN - Challenges and Opportunities

Tabled 1980

ISBN 0 644 03568 4

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PREFACE - (PDF format)
Terms of Reference
Membership of the Committee
Abbreviations
Foreword
Conclusions and Recommendations

CHAPTER 1 - AUSTRALIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN REGIONAL COOPERATION: THE EMERGENCE OF ASEAN - (PDF format)
Imperatives for regional co-operation in Southeast Asia
The formation and development of ASEAN
Evolution of Australia's involvement in the Southeast Asian region
Australia and ASEAN since 1967

CHAPTER 2 - AUSTRALIA AND THE ASEAN REGION: POLITICAL AND SECURITY ISSUES - Part A (PDF format) - Part B (PDF format)

PART A - Recent Developments in ASEAN Co-operation
Introduction
The ASEAN Region and t h e Major Powers
Intra-ASEAN Political and Security Issues
Internal stability and the ASEAN states
ASEAN and intra-regional cooperation
ASEAN and defence co-operation
Conclusions
ASEAN and the Indochina Conflicts

PART B - Political and Security issues in Australia-ASEAN Relations
Australia, ASEAN and conflicts in Indochina
Australian policies towaras Indochina: 1975-1982
Australian policies since March 1983
Australia, ASEAN and perceptions of the Southeast Asian region
Implications of recent Australian policies for Australia-ASEAN relations
Australia, ASEAN and policies towards regional security: constraints and prospects
Australian Defence Interests and the ASEAN Region
Long-term significance of the Southeast Asian region for Australian security
Australian defence co-operation with ASEAN states
Australia's military association with the Five Power Defence Arrangements
Migration and Refugees
Trends in migration from ASEAN countries
The refugee situation in Southeast Asia
Australian refugee policies
The Indochina refugee issue: future prospects
Australia's immigration and refugee policy and relations with ASEAN
Conclusions
Bilateral and Multilateral Relationships

CHAPTER 3 - AUSTRALIA AND THE ASEAN REGION: ECONOMIC ISSUES - Parts A&B (PDF format) - Parts C&D (PDF format)

PART A - Overview

PART B - Economic Developments in the ASEAN Region
The National Economies
Regional overview
Individual country economies
Summary outlook
ASEAN Economic Co-operation
Machinery and objectives
Assessment or ASEAN economic co-operation
ASEAN in the World Economy
ASEAN trade relations with third countries
ASEAN involvement in international trade issues
ASEAN and 'Pacific Community' proposals

PART C - Australia and the ASEAN Economies
Aggregate Regional Trade Flows
Bilateral Trade Flows and Prospects
Brunei
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Trade in Services
Existing tradeflows
Prospects for trade in Australian services
Financial services including banking
Australian Direct Investment in ASEAN
Australia-ASEAN Shipping Services
Australia's shipping interests
Shipping costs and export competitiveness
ASEAN shipping policies
Market Access and Trade Barriers
Australian market access: an issue for ASEAN
Lower Australian trade barriers?
ASEAN trade barriers
Trade Performances and Prospects
Australian export performance
Current export promotion efforts - including "mixed credit" schemes
Prospects for Australia's ASEAN trade - opportunities and challenges
Recommendations on Australian Exports

PART D Australian Development Assistance
Aid and Trade

CHAPTER 4 - PROMOTION OF MUTUAL AWARENESS AND COMMON INTERESTS - (PDF format)
The Importance of Promoting Mutual Awareness
Asian Studies in Australia
Overview
Asian studies: the 1984 ASAA report
Asian studies and the business sector
The Asian Studies Council proposal
Information Exchanges
Human Rights Issues
Media Relations
Consultation, Coordination and Planning in Australia's ASEAN relations
Australian Assistance to ASEAN Education especially ASEAN students in Australia
Benefits of education in Australia
ASEAN education needs
Foreiqn affairs implications for Australia
Domestic implications for Australia
The Jackson and Goldring Reports
Factors for consideration in reviewing overseas student policy
Conclusions: the Committee's own approach to overseas student policy
Other forms or education assistance
Assistance to education in ASEAN countries

CHAPTER 5 (With Appendices) - AUSTRALIA'S PRESENT AND FUTURE ROLE I N THE ASEAN REGION - (PDF format)
ASEAN: trends and prospects
ASEAN and Australia: the present relationship
ASEAN and Australia: future prospects
Appendix 1 - Conduct of the Inquiry
Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared at Public Hearings
Appendix 3 - Submissions Presented to the Inquiry
Appendix 4 - List of Exhibits