Entries by Suzanne Heim

Ambassadors’ Dinner, Frankfurt, July 2022

On Monday, 4th July 2022 the Ambassadors’ Dinner took place as the Silver Jubilee Signature Event of the German Australian Business Council (GABC) celebrating 25 years of connecting Germany and Australia. GABC was very pleased to have both the Australian Ambassador to Germany, H.E. Philip Green, and the European Ambassador to Australia, H.E. Dr. Michael […]

Invest and Trade Western Australia Dinner, Frankfurt, June 2022

The German Australian Business Council was pleased to host a dinner with long-standing corporate member Invest and Trade Western Australia in honour of the Hon. Roger Cook, MLA, Deputy Premier of Western Australia and Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade, Tourism, Commerce, Science in Frankfurt on 21 June 2022. The Deputy Premier announced a […]

LÄNDERBERICHT #1, 2022

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Australien und Pazifik “Thunder in Down Under”: Ein “Wirbelsturm” fegt durch die australische Parteienlandschaft und sorgt für eine erwartbare Niederlage von PM Morrison und der Liberal Party Die am Samstag, 21. Mai 2022, abgehaltenen nationalen Parlaments- und (Teil-) Senatswahlen in Australien haben zur Niederlage der seit 2013 an der Macht befindlichen liberal-nationalen […]

State of Victoria Business Luncheons, Frankfurt & Munich, May 2022

The German Australian Business Council was honoured to co-host luncheons with one of our oldest corporate members the State of Victoria in Munich and in Frankfurt. Agent-General Tim Dillon outlined European-Victorian collaborations in #sustainable #mobility, #renewableenergy , amongst others. Victoria – 3% the area of #Australia but 25% the population and 30% the GDP – […]

AFL Germany Crowdfunding for Euro Cup 2022

Crowdfunding link: https://www.fairplaid.org/germaneagles AFL Germany was founded in 1999 by two clubs the Frankfurt Redbacks and Munich Kangaroos. Over the upcoming years 5 more teams in five other german cities (Dresden, Hamburg, Berlin, Stuttgart and Cologne) joined the competition. In 2021 two more teams joined the competition from Heidelberg and Kiel. Until today the AFL […]

University of Technology Sydney (UTS) meets the Business Council, Berlin 2022

We are happy to announce that UTS is a member of the German Australian Business Council. From left to right: Simone Wienhausen (Business Council Board Member), Ian Watt (DVCI), Innes Ireland (Deputy Director), Professor Andrew Parfitt (Vice-Chancellor & President) and Professor Iwone Miliszewska (Associate Dean Global Networks). We had a fruitful discussion about opportunities in […]

Adina Munich Official Opening, May 2022

Since September 2021 the new hotel of our Corporate Member Adina in Munich is up and running. On May 5 the official opening reception took place. Located in the ‚Werksviertel‘ it’s close to the hostel Wombat’s and the Heaven’s Gate. GABC Board Members Eberhard Goihl, Robert Harrison and Dalibor Vukadin enjoyed a nice evening with […]

AGM 2022, Frankfurt & Online, April 2022

The German Australian Business Council held its AGM on 27th April 2022 in a hybrid format, attended by 15 members in-person in Frankfurt and 9 members online. Reports were given by Sabine Pittrof (Chair) and Eberhard Goihl (Treasurer). The highlights of 2021 were 15 events including three in-person events: the Ambassador Dinner in Frankfurt, the […]

Bavarian-American Friendship Day at the Frühlingsfest, April 2022

German Australian Business Council members and friends were invited on behalf of the Munich International Networking Groups (MING) to the Bavarian-American Friendship Day at the Frühlingsfest in Munich. Together with approx. 400 international guests, they could celebrate for the first time after two years of Covid related resistance at the Hippodrom tent. It was a […]