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1. Australian Studies Program: 2008 Book Prizes

Australian Studies Book Prizes are awarded biennially. Two prizes will be awarded for the best books published in Chinese on Australian themes over the previous two years (2006 and 2007). One prize is for an original work and one for a translation.

2. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has released the tender for the Communications and Public Affairs and tender for Construction, Exhibition and Technical Operations components of Australia's presence at Shanghai Expo 2010. The media releases announcing the tenders are on http://www.expo2010.com.au/news/index.html.

The tenders are available on AusTender (https://www.tenders.gov.au/) 
and the full tender documentations are on the procurement page of the DFAT website (http://www.dfat.gov.au/tenders).

3. From 31 March 2007, the Australian Government will introduce enhanced security measures to limit the amount of liquids, aerosols and gels that can be taken through the screening point for people who are flying to and from Australia. 
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Australia and China recently held the tenth round of negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in October 2007.

   
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