A properly structured Australia private limited company is an excellent corporate vehicle to conduct business in Australia and internationally. The following information will help you determine whether Australia company formation is the optimum corporate structure to fulfill your international business objectives.

Australia company formation is simple and cost-effective (see our Australia Company Set Up page). It requires a minimum of one director and one shareholder, 100% foreign ownership is permitted and it has no minimum capital requirements. As evidence of this, in the World Bank's Doing Business 2009 Survey, Australia ranks the world's 9th-easiest place to do business.

Australia promotes free trade and has concluded trade agreements with New Zealand, Thailand, Singapore and the US. Australia ranks 3rd in the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom by The Heritage Foundation.

According to the 2009 Quality of Living Survey by Mercer Human Resources, Australia offers a high standard of living, with 3 cities in the top 5 within Asia Pacific. Following Australia company formation, Healy Consultants assists clients to obtain Australia employment and residence visas.

Healy Consultants can complete Australia company registration within 5 days, at no stage is the client required to travel to Australia to complete the process.

International investors starting a company in Australia can benefit from Australia's advanced economy and infrastructure.

Australia was placed 15th in the world, for the second year running, on the Network Readiness Index. This index measures the range of factors that affect a country's ability to harness information technologies for economic competitiveness and development. Furthermore, Australia is also ranked positively as the 15th most competitive country for business, in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010, taking into account factors such as infrastructure, macroeconomic stability, health and education, labour market efficiency, technological readiness and innovation.

Healy Consultants offers a range of Australia business start up services to support Australia company formation including accounting and taxation, IT support and obtaining corporate finance.

Entrepreneurs completing Australia company formation can benefit from Australia's numerous Intellectual Property laws. For further information on obtaining patented technologies, trademarks and copyrights view Healy Consultants set up a company in Australia webpage. Consequently, innovators and inventors find Australia an attractive location in which to do business.

In accordance with the Australia Corporations Act 2001, every Australian company must have at least one director who is ordinarily resident in Australia. Healy Consultants can act as the nominee Australia-resident director. Furthermore, when forming a company in Australia, the company secretary must reside in Australia.

A public register of shareholders and directors is available following Australia business set up. A public register enhances commercial transparency in Australia

Australia is the world's 15th most competitive economy, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.

For more information on Australia company formation, contact email@healyonsultants.com or call Healy Consultants at +61 280 147 568.