Business
Take MY(EFO) word for it
Total access and zero analysis, the MYEFO budget leaks gobbled up in Canberra media feeding frenzy 18 December 2021 | Michael West, MW Media They sure were feeding the chooks the night before the MYEFO […]
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Crikey! Crocodile tears for luxury
Australia’s “sophisticated” export model is based on growing stuff, or digging it out of the ground, and selling it to China. Spare a thought for the fashion houses using Aussie croc skins to flog off […]
Asia
Evergrande’s emergency landing
It’s never a good sign when the corporate jet is taken out in a fire sale. That’s $US50 million down another and just $US299.95 billion to go for the world’s most indebted developer. 23 November […]
Business
The real agents of influence
So much for Parliament House being the “house of the people”, the mainstream media and security agencies claim the Chinese are trying to infiltrate Australian politics; but the government uses Parliament to grab party political […]
Business
Guarded comments
High Court ruling on Facebook comments a high risk for publishers; high time for reform 16 September 2021 | Kim Wingerei, MW Media In its recent ruling the High Court decreed publishers have responsibility for […]
Business
Angus beef for families struggling through lockdowns
Hunter region beef producer, heavily impacted by China bans, delivers food to the tables of those doing it tough in western Sydney 11 August 2020 | (AGLive Release) For Macka’s Australian Black Angus Beef producer […]
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Big End of Town’s hands all over JobKeeper
A former spy heads up Australia’s foreign investment review board, there’s government inquiries into foreign interference, think tanks, ‘academics’ and a band of federal MP’s screaming our sovereignty is under siege… while the big of […]
Business
Grapes of wrath?
With little evidence that the Australian wine industry is dumping product on the Chinese market, it appears China’s Commerce Ministry may well have jumped the gun with its latest threat to slap tariffs on Australian […]
Business
Clawing back exports
Andrew Ferguson’s family-owned Ferguson Australia Group processes one quarter of Southern Rock Lobsters in South Australia Australia’s southern rock lobster is the most prized of lobsters and nowhere is it valued more than in China […]
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Cultivating the relationship
The story of Australia’s $1.1 billion wine exports to China is far from an overnight success, its bedrock is a deep cultural understanding and personal relationships cultivated over many years 17 May 2020 | Marcus […]
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Closed mind or open book?
In cross cultural communication words and their meanings can easily be lost 14 June 2020 Tas Walter | Image: Aaron Burden/chuttersnap) What’s in a word? Sometimes a lot, especially when it comes to global communications. […]
Business
Chinese take-away foreign investment
Despite government policy moves aimed at tightening access for Chinese foreign investment, the latest reports show Chinese investors are already shunning Australia 9 June 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein It’s been less than a week since […]
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Who will pick up the tools?
The COVID-19 pandemic reveals Australia’s vulnerability: a narrow, fragile manufacturing base akin to a developing nation 7 June 2020 | Peter Roberts, @AuManufacturing (Image: Justin Bautista) When the states and federal government woke up to […]
Business
China’s digital wolves
China’s tech giants are running in packs looking for employees willing to devour the competition 31 May 2020 | Tas Walter (Image: APAC Digital / Marc-Olivier Jodoin) Late last year a senior strategist at a […]
Business
Virgin bride stuck at the altar
The Queensland government’s bid for Virgin Airlines is the latest in a number of proposals but who will commit until “death does them part”. Michael West reports on the troubled airline’s future. 24 May 2020 […]