alt.hn

3/23/2026 at 9:03:56 PM

Australia and European Union to sign free trade agreement

 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-24/eu-australia-free-trade-agreement-reached/106488438

by vrganj

3/23/2026 at 9:43:16 PM

More lovely Italian, Belgian and French food in Australia

Here is an idea though: What about the free flow of people???

by unixhero

3/24/2026 at 3:09:24 AM

Some sort of worker mobility has been decided, there's going to be quotas I imagine.

I do not see a free flow of people happening, it would be viewed very negatively in Australia.

by gnulinux996

3/24/2026 at 5:28:18 AM

Perhaps if you read the article you'd see the idea was included. Not free flow because that's silly, however there are rumored improved working rights.

by NoPicklez

3/24/2026 at 12:48:08 AM

I'm afraid the deal would be too one-sided. There's far more Europeans wanting to live and work in Australia than the opposite. That's unfortunate, I wouldn't mind a bit of sun.

by lbreakjai

3/23/2026 at 10:14:12 PM

You mean like visas, readily available from AUS to the EU?

by justonceokay

3/24/2026 at 8:21:45 AM

From EU and EEA to Australia.

So we can get out

Citizen track

by unixhero

3/24/2026 at 12:16:13 AM

it’s part of the agreement

by cybercatgurrl

3/24/2026 at 2:16:01 AM

How? Labour mobility sounds like easier visa applications. Free flow would mean you can go from one place to another without a passport (you can do this currently within the EU with a EU ID.)

by canyp

3/24/2026 at 5:29:50 AM

Well it makes sense to be able to do this within the EU with an EU ID, however Australia isn't in the EU and also doesn't have an EU ID.

by NoPicklez

3/23/2026 at 9:53:59 PM

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by dfhvneoieno

3/23/2026 at 10:49:59 PM

many of these so called free-trade agreements end up benefiting whoever has the biggest | nosiest lobby.

saw it happen in the UK with the so called fishermen.

then again saw it happen in the US | UK with regards to luxury cars.

the common man what does he benefit - no free movement of labor.

by dzonga

3/24/2026 at 2:36:19 AM

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by digitalPhonix

3/24/2026 at 5:00:05 AM

Reading the details, this is objectively a terrible deal for Australia. No wonder Australia previously just walked away from these negotiations.

Everyone is so upset about Trump that they're signing awful trade deals so they can pretend like the international order is alive and well and doing great.

by troad

3/24/2026 at 9:04:58 AM

Everyone's signing trade deals with the EU. Europe's been quietly rerouting the global economy to be at its center.

Trump is Making Europe Great Again.

by vrganj