This paper outlines the historical evolution of Australia's foreign direct investment (FDI) regulation generally, under …). This sets the stage for closer analysis of the policy and politics in Australia over treaty-based investor-state dispute …

As in some developing countries and more recently some developed countries worldwide and in the Asian region, Australia … Australia regarding its tobacco plain packaging legislation, in 2011 by Philip Morris Asia under an old BIT with Hong Kong …. However, Australia signed bilateral FTAs with Korea in 2014 and with China in 2015, including ISDS protections, prompting …

coverage in Australia (Part 1). The policy shift leaves a strong sense of déjà vu, namely the Gillard Government Trade Policy … Statement of 2011 that eschewed ISDS for Australia until its general election of 2013, and New Zealand's stance complicates … been little reported (Part 3). There has also been very little reporting about ISDS case developments related to Australia …

. The topic has become particularly controversial for Australia, given its ongoing Free Trade Agreement negotiations with … Japan – which is also considering joining negotiations underway among Australia and 10 other states (including the US) for … an expanded Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. Both Japan and Australia have almost always included ISA protections in …

investors, but only from 2013.Nonetheless, Thailand joins other countries in the region (like Vietnam, Korea and Australia) that …

Australia has successfully defended its first investment treaty claim, brought by Philip Morris Asia Ltd under the … bilateral investment treaty between Australia and Hong Kong. As researchers investigate the impact of such claims on treaty … design, Australia provides an interesting case study. While causation between the Philip Morris claim and the drafting of …

” initiative, India, Japan and Korea, Australia and New Zealand …