Opening Australia to the World: Celebrating 50 editions of the Trade and Assistance Review
Documentary
16 December 2024
Since 1974 the Trade and Assistance Review (TAR) has been shining a spotlight on government actions that have impacted the international flow of goods and services.
To mark the 50th edition of this significant document, we have produced Opening Australia to the World: Celebrating 50 editions of the Trade and Assistance Review.
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Featuring interviews with Michael Brennan, Peter Harris, Bill Scales and Danielle Wood.
Directed by Ari Sharp and produced and edited by Julie Silec.
Production support by Dallas Bland, Liz Callaghan, Cameron Eren, Kath Hagan, Patrick Jomini, Kate Judd, Sal McCarthy, Jasna Rogic, Anuraag Roy and Kerri Thomas.
Thanks to former Chair Gary Banks and the many staff from the Industries Assistance Commission, the Industry Commission and the Productivity Commission who worked on TAR over the years.
Archival images and footage sourced via Wikipedia, Wikipedia Commons, Internet Archive, the National Archive of Australia, Envato and Trove.
Photos courtesy of Melbourne University Press, Australian National University, Fairfax Media, Connor Court and Oxford University Press.
Image of Sir John McEwen courtesy of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website, CC BY 4.0.
Image of RAAF practice bombs and Bob Hawke (1980) courtesy of State Library of South Australia, CC BY 2.0.
Image of Commonwealth Bank Sydney courtesy of Sardaka, CC BY 3.0.
Newspaper headlines courtesy of the Canberra Times, The Australian, the Australian Financial Review and The Bulletin.
Cartoons courtesy of Geoff Pryor and Rod Clement.
The 2024 Tariff Abolition mural by Ben and Liev Mitra-Kahn.
Music courtesy of Envato.
Thanks to the researchers, writers and editors of From industry assistance to productivity: 30 years of ‘the Commission’ (2003).