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Newsletter #18, February 2016
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Primus Hotel, 25 February 2016
The Dutch Design reception was a well visited event!
Guests were welcomed to view various Dutch design brands with product displays on the roof top of the Primus Hotel in downtown Sydney. Design and fashion brands such as Scotch & Soda, POM Amsterdam Australia, 4everwitheveryone, Rituals Cosmetics, KE-ZU, Envoy Furniture, Claesen's Australia, Space Furniture, Spence & Lyda, House of Orange, PROOFF and Lekker Bikes were all present and exchanged ideas during the highly engaging evening.
We would like to thank everyone for the great turnout, and a big thank you to the Dutch brands and the newly renovated Primus Hotel Sydney for hosting such a fabulous event in a beautiful location.
Check out our full album of the event by clicking here - by Elin Bandmann Photography.
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23 Februry 2016
In their own words, ‘ELLE Australia is obsessed with all things Dutch’.
After the Consulate General’s two-page ‘Go Dutch’ feature in the February issue, ELLE Australia has now published an online ‘Cool girls’ guide for Amsterdam! It lists the best hotspots, lifestyle and culinary tips for our capital city.
Check out the list, and the best day bites and night spots that we suggested to them, by clicking on the following link:
http://www.elle.com.au/culture/travel/2016/2/the-cool-girls-guide-to-amsterdam/
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Short news
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Brisbane River 2036 Flood Hypothetical
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8 February 2016
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Consul-General Willem Cosijn delivered an opening address at the Brisbane River 2036 Flood Hypothetical at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) last week.
His take was that the Australian-Dutch water collaboration has contributed greatly to flood mitigation in Queensland over the past five years, but more needs to be done to limit the impact of a potential major flood in 2036. The Consul-General underlined the importance of joint investment to further stimulate innovation and knowledge sharing in the future.
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Consul-General Willem Cosijn met with University of New South Wales (UNSW)
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01 February 2016
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The Consul-General Willem Cosijn met with Fiona Docherty, the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of New South Wales (UNSW). They spoke about strengthening the academic cooperation between the Netherlands and Australia and about the possibilities of the New Holland Scholarship Australia.
The New Holland Scholarship Australia is a one-off scholarship programme that will be launched by the Consulate-General this year.We are very excited to have the opportunity to add UNSW to this list!
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The Hague: "Judicial Capital of the World"
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16 February 2016
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Consul-General Willem Cosijn gave a speech at the 10th anniversary of Peter Nygh Hague Conference Internship.
The Consulate-General of the Netherlands in Sydney deeply recognises the importance that this internship represents: the Dutch – Australian cooperation on academic education, and in this case, in the field of private international law.
Willem Cosijn elaborated on the position of The Hague, as judicial capital of the world, holding many prominent international institutions, like The Permanent Court of Arbitration, the oldest global institution. But one can also find the highest judicial organ of the UN there: the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) amongst many other international Tribunals.
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Australian – Dutch academic initiative: “The Sydney Exoneration Project”
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15 February 2016
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Consul-General Willem Cosijn gave a speech at the University of Sydney where Dr. Celine van Golde, from the University of Sydney presented a new Australian – Dutch academic initiative: “The Sydney Exoneration Project” for the School of Psychology and Faculty of Law. She will lead a group of students to assess Australian cases of suspected wrongful convictions through the lens of forensic psychology.
As Dr. Celine van Golde has studied at Maastricht University and is presenting this new project, Consul-General Willem Cosijn highlights the academic cooperation between the Netherlands and Australia. The Consulate-General of the Netherlands in Sydney consistently seeks to find new opportunities in academic ties, such as the upcoming New Holland Scholarship Australia.
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The Netherlands counts 17.000.000 people!
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On 21 March 2016 the population of the Netherlands surpassed the number of 17 million. That is an enormous number for the small country which we are. Because Australia, which is a whole continent, has only six million more people!
Unfortunately it cannot be said who exactly the lucky number 17.000.000 was - Some speculate it is possibly an immigrant rather than a baby.
Population growth is strongest in the Randstad, which is the central and western part of the country. The capital city Amsterdam has around 820,000 inhabitants but there are even more bicycles.
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Applying for a Dutch passport
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As was mentioned in previous editions, the Consulate-General in Sydney is the only office in Australia where you can apply for a Dutch passport. Unfortunately we are so busy that at the moment you have to wait four weeks for an appointment.
So please book on time. This is very important for those who also have Australian citizenship. Because in that case it is very important to renew your passport within ten years after your previous passport was issued.
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