Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement Business Group

The Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement Business Group (AUSTA) is an corporate lobby group which lobbied in favour of the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement. It was established and run by Alan Oxley, chairman of the Australian APEC Study Centre and Managing Director of International Trade Strategies.

Corporate Members

 * Alcoa
 * AMCHAM
 * Australian Food & Grocery Council
 * Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
 * Australian Industry Group
 * Australian Dairy Corporation
 * Australian Meat Council
 * BHP Steel
 * Bonlac Foods Ltd
 * Business Council of Australia
 * Cargill
 * Caterpillar
 * Commonwealth Bank of Australia
 * EDS Australia
 * Effem Foods
 * Esso Australia Pty Ltd
 * IBM
 * Internet Industry Association
 * Kelloggs
 * Minerals Council of Australia
 * Mobil Oil Australia Pty Ltd
 * News Limited
 * PBR International
 * Procter & Gamble
 * Southcorp Limited
 * Telstra
 * Visy (Pratt Industries)
 * Westfield Holdings
 * Western Mining Corporation (WMC)

Personnel

 * Alan Oxley (Director)
 * John Ballard (Chairman - also CEO of Southcorp Ltd)

Contact Details
C/O International Trade Strategies Ltd 2nd Floor, 60 Collins Street Melbourne Vic 3000, Australia Tel: 03 9654 8323 Fax: 03 9650 7622 Mobile: 0417 358 462 Email: its@vic.bigpond.net.au Web: http://www.austa.net

Other Sourcewatch Resources

 * Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement
 * American-Australian Free Trade Agreement Coalition
 * free trade