Welcome Welcome to the President’s Report to the Finland Australia Chamber of Commerce (FACC) Annual General Meeting 2016! Our guest of honour is Finland’s new Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency Mr Lars Backström, who joined in September 2016. The Chamber wishes him a successful start to his new mandate and we look forward to a […]
The traditional Finnish baby box is coming to Australia with the introduction of Tuutu Baby Box created by two Finnish-Australian mothers who believe every baby is entitled to the right start in life. Tuutu Baby Box founders Susanna Heiskanen and Laura Lohiniva-Hart say that since the introduction of the baby box in Finland, the infant […]
After a wild week in Sydney, we were blessed with sunshine and light winds. A perfect winter’s day. Peter Vainio, from the Finland Australia Chamber of Commerce welcomed players at around 8:00am and introduced Moore Park Golf’s Barry Bradford who outlined the golfing arrangements. An Audi was on offer for each player who got a […]
Foreign Minister Timo Soini to Australia and New Zealand with Business Delegation Mr Timo Soini, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Finland, will make an official visit to Australia and New Zealand from February 28 until March 5. He will be joined by a group of innovative Finnish companies. The delegation will visit […]
Pekka Kuusisto appointed Artistic Director of ACO Collective Finnish violinist, Pekka Kuusisto, has been appointed as Artistic Director of ACO Collective (formerly known as ACO2). The appointment is for three years and Kuusisto takes up the position from the beginning of 2016. When Kuusisto first toured with the ACO in 2001, we fell in love […]
FACC PRESIDENT’S REPORT TO THE AGM Welcome Welcome to the President’s Report to the Finland Australia Chamber of Commerce (FACC) Annual General Meeting 2015! Membership Status and Sponsors The Chamber Membership has decreased slightly since the last AGM in 2014. We are currently counting 41 members, compared to 47 in the previous period. The number […]
The 2015 Annual General Meeting of the Finland Australia Chamber of Commerce, Inc. is being held on Thursday, 22 October 2015. The meeting will be held at TressCox Lawyers, Level 16, MLC Centre, 19 Martin Place, Sydney NSW 2000. The meeting will commence at 5:30pm sharp, and run for approximately 30 minutes. Member drinks will follow. The Notice of […]
Works by one of our Melbourne based members, ONERVA UTRIAINEN, are featured in a ‘mini art fair’ style exhibition at the ANITA TRAVERSO GALLERY, 7 Albert Street, Richmond VIC 3121. The exhibition, AT_SALON2 : SEASON 2 runs until 19 July 2015 and all of our members and friends in Melbourne are encouraged to get along to it. The ANITA TRAVERSO […]
Finland performs well on international rankings and its success reflects the value placed on teaching, the commitment to egalitarian public schools and infrastructure investment. Finland’s remarkable education success is now reasonably well-known, and the reasons behind it sound surprisingly simple. These include: valuing of – and rigorous entry requirements for – the teaching profession; comprehensive […]
Following hard on the heels of substantial orders in Melbourne and Sydney, Finland’s Kone has announced it will supply 18 elevators and escalators to a luxury hotel development in Perth, western Australia. The six-star Crown Towers Perth, set for completion in 2016, will be a 22-floor hotel offering 500 guest rooms. It will include a […]
