The Australian Services Roundtable is the peak business body for the services industries in Australia. Sectors represented include financial services (banking, insurance, securities, fund management), professional services (accounting, legal, engineering, architecture), health services, education services, environmental services, energy services, logistics, tourism, information technology, telecommunications, transport, distribution, standards and conformance, audio-visual, media, entertainment, cultural and other business services.
The Australian Services Roundtable is oriented to stimulating informed policy oriented networking by industry participants both within and across the various services sectors, with Federal and State government, with the research community and with international industry and government counterparts.
Our key objective is to secure Australia’s place in the global services economy.
Objectives
- To provide for all the services industries in Australia a peak business body
- To represent the broadest possible range of services sectors;
including financial services (banking, insurance, securities), professional services (accountants, lawyers, engineers, architects, consultants), health service providers, export education services, environmental services, energy services, logistics, tourism, information technology, telecommunications, transport, standards and conformance, audio-visual, media, entertainment, cultural and other business services.
- To promote research in the services sector
- To stimulate informed policy oriented networking by industry participants
- To identify the domestic regulatory obstacles to international competitiveness.
- To promote the need for domestic policy reform to enhance international competitiveness.
- To advocate and represent the interests of services industries to government.
- To build a strong recognisable public profile for the services sector in Australia.
- To focus on the international dimension to government policy affecting the services industry issues, including trade policy, industry development policy, competition policy, investment policy, immigration policy and taxation policy.
- To contribute to strategies for negotiating services trade and investment issues in the World Trade Organisation, in APEC, and in the negotiation of Free Trade Agreements and other bilateral and regional arrangements in progress or under consideration.
Constitution & Governance
The Australian Services Roundtable is constituted Australia-wide as a Company Limited by Guarantee. The Roundtable is governed by a Board of Directors.
