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Newsletter #19, March 2016
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Oxford Street, 5 March 2016
The Consulate-General participated with its very own Dutch float, the “Flaming Dutchman”. Over 60 enthusiastic Dutch & Australian volunteers joined this Dutch float, wearing bright orange shirts, representing the national colour of the Netherlands and marched with pride.
The Flying Dutchman float not only symbolised the Dutch support to advocate LGBTQI rights in Australia, it also has a significant link to the historic Dutch-Australian ties – namely the first recorded European land fall on Western Australian soil by the Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog in 1616, this year exactly 400 years ago. To underline this year’s special significance in a Mardi Gras fashion, the slogan of the float was ‘The Dutch: 400 Years of Cruising the World’.
This is the first time that the Consulate-General participated in the LGBTQI Mardi Gras parade in Sydney – and it was a fantastic evening!
Find all the photos of the evening by clicking here.
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Customs House, 17 March 2016
The Consulate-General in Sydney, together with Customs House, opened the exhibition of renowned Dutch photographers Erwin Olaf and Hendrik Kerstens. The artworks have been on display in New Zealand and are now on show in Sydney.
The exhibition will be at Customs House at Circular Quay until the end of May and everybody is welcome to view these wonderful photographs during opening hours. Both photographers link the old with the new which is appropriate during our 400-year commemoration and celebration of links between the Netherlands and Australia during Dirk Hartog Year 2016. For more information on both photographers, follow these links:
www.erwinolaf.com
www.rademakersgallery.com
Click here to read more about the opening night.
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1 March 2016
During the first half of 2016, the Netherlands has the presidency of the European Union. That includes a role amidst the EU embassies and consulates abroad, including Australia.
On the 1st of March, a meeting on consular issues at the EU Delegation in Canberra was chaired by the Deputy Consul-General, Evert Brongers. The main topics were crisis management and cross border family problems, such as child abduction.
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28th April 2016
It's that time of the year again - so get ready to celebrate with us for our King's Day party in Sydney!
Please join us on Thursday 28th April in the Sydney Masonic Centre, from 6pm-9.30pm! And make sure you wear your best orange outfit!
We will have amazing Dutch food (bitterballen!), a lucky door prize (from Rituals!), a DJ playing the best Dutch party hits - and your ticket includes a free welcome drink.
Tickets are available online now:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/koningsdag-2016-tickets-23333007654
Make sure you get your tickets before they run out!
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Short news
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'Brainstorm' Dinner with Jo Ritzen
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15 March 2016
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After attending the Universities’ Australia Higher Education Conference 2016 as a key note speaker, Jo Ritzen was invited by the Consulate-General for an informal “brainstorm dinner”.
At the dinner, together with Dutch academics working in Australia, discussions were held how to increase the academic cooperation between Australia and the Netherlands in addition to the one-off scholarship programme, the New Holland Scholarship Australia, that will be launched later this year by the Consulate-General. We would like to thank Jo Ritzen and the other academics for the interesting evening, where we learned a lot about academic international collaboration!
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"Welcome to my Consulate" Event
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11 March 2016
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A “Welcome to my Consulate” event was hosted on Wednesday at the Consulate-General of the Netherlands in Sydney, in partnership with the Consulate-General of Switzerland and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Over 70 guests from different international missions attended to meet and greet, and they were presented with a variety of Dutch and Swiss culinary delicacies.
It was a well visited and lively event and we would like to thank all the guests who attended!
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Hans-Peter Voorhoeve invited by Consulate-General to visit Sydney and Melbourne
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14 March 2016
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Hans-Peter presented to the Australian Ports Mission to the Netherlands, the CG organised in October last year. During this mission it became clear that Australia and the Netherlands share many similarities with regards to challenges surrounding ports logistics and freight transport.
ProRail has experience in increasing freight capacity on the dense Dutch rail network, and Hans-Peter was therefore invited to present these best practices at the Australian Logistics Forum in Sydney last week. He also elaborated on the way the Dutch use freight transport by rail to reach large multimodal terminals within and outside of the Netherlands, which led to a lot of interest amongst the Australian audience.
Furthermore, Hans-Peter had many meetings both in Sydney and in Melbourne, to discuss the Dutch approach to logistics and transport, to see what both countries can learn from one another and how we can work together in the future.
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Join the 'Doing Business in Australia' event in The Hague!
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Deadline: 7 April 2016
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On the 7th of April the event ‘Doing Business in Australia’ will take place in The Hague. This event will precede the Dutch economic mission to Australia and New Zealand from 31 October until 9 November this year. ‘Doing Business in Australia’ is organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO).
The event provides Dutch SMEs the opportunity to gain valuable insights on economic opportunities in Australia and how to do business effectively there. Experts from the Dutch economic network and Austrade will discuss opportunities in various sectors such as Agri & Food, Logistics and Water.
You can register for this free event (deadline 1st of April) here:
http://www.rvo.nl/actueel/evenementen/informatiedag-doing-business-australia
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