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Report of the Parliamentary Delegation to the Republic of Korea and Japan The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia Report of the Parliamentary Delegation to the Republic of Korea and Japan 11 to 21 April 2018 © Commonwealth of Australia 2018 978-1-74366-816-0 Printed version 978-1-74366-817-7 HTML version This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivs 3.0 Australia License. The details of this licence are available on the Creative Commons website: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/. Members of the Delegation Hon. Tony Smith MP Speaker of the House of Representatives Leader of the Delegation (Japan) Member for Casey, Victoria Liberal Party of Australia Ms Cate Clunies-Ross Senior Adviser, Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Senator Sue Lines Deputy President of the Senate Leader of the Delegation (Republic of Korea) & Deputy Leader of the Delegation (Japan) Senator for Western Australia Australian Labor Party Hon. Sharon Bird MP Member for Cunningham, New South Wales Australian Labor Party Ms Michelle Landry MP Member for Capricornia, Queensland The Nationals Ms Rebekah Sharkie MP Member for Mayo, South Australia Centre Alliance (resigned on 21 May 2018) Ms Stephanie Mikac Delegation Secretary Report of the Parliamentary Delegation to the Republic of Korea and Japan 10 to 21 April 2018 4 Report of the Parliamentary Delegation to the Republic of Korea and Japan 10 to 21 April 2018 Republic of Korea and Korea’s now strong economic and political relationship has been Visit Purpose enhanced by continuing growth in The delegation’s visit to the Republic of people-to-people links, trade and a Korea (Korea) formed part of the official shared strategic focus on regional program of bilateral parliamentary visits stability and defence. in 2018. The Deputy President of the Australia and Korea’s bilateral Senate, Senator Sue Lines led the economic exchange is formally delegation which consisted of three underpinned by the 2014 Korea- additional Members: the Honourable Australia Free Trade Agreement Sharon Bird MP, Ms Michelle Landry (KAFTA). Australia’s main exports to MP and Ms Rebekah Sharkie MP. The Korea are: minerals (coal, iron ores and delegation visited Seoul, Jincheon and concentrates), beef, sugar, energy and Sejong Cities and the Korean travel education, with Korea exporting demilitarized zone (DMZ). to Australia: petroleum, ships, boats, The purpose of the visit was to sustain passenger vehicles, and electrical goods and strengthen parliamentary and and components.1 social ties, and discuss issues of mutual In addition to the KAFTA, Australia and benefit and importance to Australia and Korea’s strong trade relationship is Korea. sustained through membership of the During its visit to Korea, the Delegation G20, Asia-Pacific Economic met with: Representatives of the Cooperation, the East Asia Summit and Korean National Assembly, local the Mexico, Indonesia, Korea, Turkey government Representatives and and Australia (MIKTA) grouping. officials, policy researchers and Importantly Australia and Korea have business representatives. common strategic interests and both Matters discussed during the visit are closely allied with the United States included: the challenges of doing of America (USA). Combined efforts to business in Korea for Australians and in strengthen regional security and Australia for Koreans, similarities and stability have been ongoing since differences in electoral systems and before the Korean War (1950-53), with balancing electoral and parliamentary a current strategic focus on responsibilities, using technology to denuclearisation of the Korean improve living standards, bilateral Peninsula. trade, security and defence issues. Issues relating to Australia and Korea’s The Delegation also received briefings bilateral relationship were prevalent in on: new and emerging technologies, discussions held with various groups primary social research, the Australia- and individuals. In particular, in relation Korea bilateral relationship in regard to to: conducting business, trade, trade and defence, and saw first-hand education services, security and Australian products and produce for defence, tourism and other avenues of sale in Korea supermarkets. exchange. Bilateral Relationship Since 1961 with the establishment of 1 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, formal diplomatic relations, Australia Republic of Korea Country Brief, December 2017. 5 Report of the Parliamentary Delegation to the Republic of Korea and Japan 10 to 21 April 2018 Strengthening Parliamentary Links population, Korea indicated that in addition to recently implemented During its visit to Korea, the Delegation strategies, it could do more to entice met with a range of national and retain women into representative representatives which included: the roles. Republic of Korea-Australia Parliamentary Friendship Group, the At present Korea has 51 national female Chair of the Trade, Industry, Energy, members of parliament, which is 18 per Small to Medium Enterprises and Start- cent of the total number of national Ups Committee, the Vice Chair of the representatives. Korea currently has a Foreign Affairs and Unification 30 per cent female representation Committee, and female representatives quota in place and certain mechanisms of the Korean National Assembly, within the electoral system to support Representatives Ms Sun Mee Jin, this quota such as specific candidacy Ms Choun Sook Jung, and rules. Ms Seung Hee You. In the latest OECD2 findings, Korea was Discussions centred on: the link found to have the lowest proportion of between encouraging women to stand female representatives, however, over for parliament and increasing female time, this would likely change with representation in parliaments and Korean citizens now preferring to vote legislatures, improving opportunities for female candidates. and participation for women elected to In meetings with Korean parliament, electorate representation representatives, there were a few and the challenges of changing electoral issues of concern discussed on this boundaries, the bilateral trade matter. These were that while female relationship, ongoing political stability representation is steadily increasing in on the Korean Peninsula, renewable Korea, there are not many women energy and uses for new and emerging involved in negotiations or discussions technologies. on ‘hard-hitting’ political and economic Women in Parliament issues, but that women tended to be over represented on social issues The delegation to Korea was uniquely relating to health and education. As an all female which spurred much interest issue of importance, Korean in taking the opportunity to discuss representatives indicated they were female representation in parliaments pleased that for the first time, female and legislatures in corresponding representatives were advising on countries. In particular, the value and women’s issues. rich diversity of views, experiences, and cultural perspectives that women bring to parliamentary representation was acknowledged. The delegation was interested to learn about Korea’s recent step forward in increasing and maintaining women in parliaments at all levels. Taking into consideration that women comprise just over 50 per cent of Korea’s 2 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development 6 Report of the Parliamentary Delegation to the Republic of Korea and Japan 10 to 21 April 2018 undertook a tour of a popular Korean supermarket (Hyundai Department Store) which sells Australian produce including fresh fruit, vegetables, and wine. In doing so, delegation members acknowledge the effort and cost involved in making ready for the international market Australian produce, taking into consideration the short shelf-life of some goods. It was Delegation Members with RoK Representatives Jin, You, Jung and HE Mr James Choi, Australian Ambassador to the evident from the products and produce RoK available that Australia has a noticeable Growing Bilateral Trade & Business presence in Korea, and there was much The delegation met with business discussion around consumer attraction representatives from both Australia and to the clean and green production Korea who are doing business in image of Australian produce. The corresponding countries, and gained a Delegation was also impressed with the greater perspective on the challenges Australian Food and Beverage Directory for Korean’s doing business in Australia published by the Australian Trade and and vice versa. In particular the Investment Commission which lists all delegation met with: members of the the Australian products for sale in Korea Australian Chamber of Commerce in under the KAFTA. The guide is produced Korea, representatives of the Hanhwa Q in a combined format in both Korean 4 Cell Korea, and also conducted an and English. inspection of the Hyundai Department Further to the supermarket tour, the Store and Samsung D’Light. Delegation met with Representative Byung-wan Chang, Chair of the Trade, The challenges of doing business cross- 5 countries included: cultural and Industry, Energy, SMEs and Start-ups language differences which impact on Committee. the marketing and end user rate of Matters discussed included: the current consumption, economic and monetary state of the international market for factors such as the exchange rate and steel, progressing trade through KAFTA GDP3 rate of growth, how the KAFTA for particular products such as meat has assisted to increase and normalise (beef), seafood, fresh produce (fruit), trade between the
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