Media releases

The Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum (ANZLF) warmly welcomed today’s launch of the Kalinda Tiaki Foundation to address barriers to entry for Indigenous people into the Information Technology sector in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. 

The Foundation was launched with a signing ceremony in Sydney attended by industry and partner representatives and the New South Wales Minister for  Skills and Training, the Hon. Alister Andrew Henskens SC MP, who is also the State’s Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology.

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The Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum (ANZLF) welcomed yesterday’s announcement that fully vaccinated New Zealanders and other eligible travelers in Australia will be able to return to New Zealand from 1st March 2022 without entering the Managed Isolation and Quarantine system.

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Pip Marlow, Chief Executive of Salesforce Australia and New Zealand, has been appointed Australian Co-Chair of the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum, as successor to Ann Sherry AO.

The ANZLF brings business and government together to help Australia and New Zealand prosper. Along with the Aotearoa New Zealand co-chair Greg Lowe ONZM, Ms Marlow will oversee the ANZLF’s programme of work to further strengthen the bilateral economic relationship. The leadership announcement was made today during the ANZLF’s online meeting between business leaders from both countries with the Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Hon Dan Tehan MP, and the New Zealand Minister for Trade and Economic Growth, Hon Damien O’Connor. The meeting was held to discuss how to maximise economic opportunities when Australia and New Zealand are re-connected post-COVID19, in areas such as travel, trade, investment, digital systems and regional engagement.

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The Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum (ANZLF) welcomed the announcement that two way quarantine free trans-Tasman travel can commence from midnight (NZST) on Sunday 18^th April 2021. 

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