PTE Academic writing summarize written text sample passages
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PTE Academic writing summarize written text | Australia & New Zealand relations samples
1.New Zealand and Australia’s economic and trading relationship is recognised as one of the closest, broadest and most mutually compatible in the world. We have had a free trade agreement in place since 1982 and both countries are committed to a process of working towards becoming a single economic market.
The trans-Tasman economic relationship is worth more than NZ$25 billion per year. Australia is New Zealand’s largest trading partner overall (goods and services). Our goods exports to Australia in 2014 were worth NZ$8.8 billion, making up 17.5% of our total exports. Our services exports in 2014 were worth NZ$3.8 billion and represented 23% of our total services exports.
2.Since fighting side by side as ‘ANZACs’ in the Gallipoli campaign of World War I, New Zealand and Australian defence forces have forged a close relationship, and Australia is our only formal defence ally. The Defence Ministers meet annually and there’s significant operational collaboration between our two forces. In recent times there have been joint operations in Timor-Leste, Bourgainville, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Iraq.
Our two countries had an alliance with the US that began after World War II and continued until the mid-1980s when our nuclear free stance prompted the US to suspend its obligations to New Zealand under the treaty. The end of this alliance saw Australia and New Zealand embark on the Closer Defence Relations (CDR) in 1991.
3.New Zealand and Australia enjoy very close people-to-people relations, based on close historical ties, enduring family connections and our similar worldview.New Zealanders and Australians can travel, live and work in either country.The Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement and the Australia New Zealand Social Security Agreement set out the terms for travel between the countries, what social security benefits are available and any restrictions.
4.Investing in science innovation is important to increase our productivity. Australia is a valuable partner for science and technology and is a major market for innovative businesses. More than 30% of New Zealand’s research community already have links with Australian counterparts, in areas such as agriculture, biotechnology and environmental research. This relationship is growing, with collaborative arrangements between governments, crown research agencies, and tertiary institutions, as well for individual researchers.
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