TO: THE SENATOR WHO TABLES THIS PETITION, AUSTRALIAN SENATE Dear Senator, Your petitioners ask that the Senate will work with the Government to: • Ensure that foreign investors are not permitted to purchase any Australian agricultural land, agribusiness, or any public asset such as seaports, airports, railways, electricity grids and water, or any government department…
Doors open for Japan to import beef to Australia
The green light has been given to import fresh beef from Japan. Dr Allen Sheridan, from the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, says: “The Japanese have undertaken a biosecurity review and it has met requirements.” As soon as commercial relationships are nutted out and import permits granted, Japanese beef can hit our shelves. The government…
Doors open for Japan to import beef to Australia
The green light has been given to import fresh beef from Japan. Dr Allen Sheridan, from the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, says: “The Japanese have undertaken a biosecurity review and it has met requirements.” As soon as commercial relationships are nutted out and import permits granted, Japanese beef can hit our shelves. The government…
Top-secret report uncovers high-level Chinese interference in Australian politics
A top-secret Government report has uncovered a decade-long attempt by the Chinese Communist Party to compromise Australia’s major political parties. 9NEWS has confirmed the report says the CCP’s operations are aimed at all levels of government and designed to gain access and influence over policy making. Malcolm Turnbull commissioned the joint investigation in August 2016,…
Chinese developers plan huge townhouse complex on former Ferntree Gully quarry site
A giant 197-dwelling complex will be built on a former quarry site in Ferntree Gully if a $50 million plan by Chinese developers goes ahead. The huge housing estate is being planned for the old quarry at the end of McMahons Rd, off Burwood Highway, opposite McDonald’s. The 9.2ha site was bought by Hong Se…
China buys stake in WA water supply
China has a stake in WA’s water supply after buying a quarter of a water treatment plant that feeds the pipeline to Kalgoorlie. About 100,000 people in the Perth Hills, Kalgoorlie and agricultural areas rely on the water. Beijing Enterprises Water Group International last week finalised its purchase of Australian water company TRILITY, which is…
Coles frozen imported pomegranate linked to NSW hepatitis A outbreak
Seven people have been diagnosed with hepatitis A after eating frozen imported pomegranate purchased at Coles supermarkets, prompting NSW Health to warn anyone who bought the product to throw it out immediately. Australian-grown pomegranate – both fresh and frozen – has not been implicated. Dr Vicky Sheppeard, director of communicable diseases at NSW Health, said…
Chinese-backed property developer Boyuan plans to develop new town near west Sydney planned airport Badgerys Creek
ASX-listed Chinese-backed property developer Boyuan Holdings has teamed with Westfield shopping centre owner Scentre Group and the Western Sydney University to create a major new town in western Sydney near the planned airport at Badgerys Creek. Boyuan’s other projects include a resort in Pokolbin in the NSW Hunter Valley and residential and commercial projects in…
China push to buy 45 year old Liddell coal plant
The Chinese conglomerate that controls Australia’s largest cotton farm has approached Malcolm Turnbull’s office to express interest in buying the Liddell coal-power plant in the NSW Hunter Valley. UPDATED: Tony Abbott and Barnaby Joyce have both used the Coalition partyroom meeting to urge Malcolm Turnbull to do more to keep the Liddell coal power station…
Chinese lining up for Australian agriculture businesses: HSBC
HSBC says asset hungry Chinese businesses are lining up to invest in Australian agriculture because of food production quality and tariff reductions under the free trade agreement between the two countries. The global banking giant is expanding its operations in Australia to play a much bigger role in the sector and to strengthen its connection to…
Country Vic businesses left high and dry by contractor on state government project
SIXTY-ONE small Victorian rural and regional businesses have accused the State Government of turning its back on them as they seek to recover almost $1 million from a contractor on the GMW Connections project. Businesses in Cohuna, Swan Hill, Shepparton and Geelong are owed tens of thousands of dollars each from contractor Aqua Infrastructure, which…
Strategic issues at play in Chinese Port of Newcastle deal
China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative has attracted global suspicion as a potential means by which the country may gain strategic control of trade links. It is in that context that last week’s report by Andrew White in The Australian, noting the transfer of ownership of 50 per cent of the Port of Newcastle from…
China’s pilot training school ‘takeover’ sparks air rage on the ground over noise, security
China is pushing to train thousands more pilots in Australia each year as part of plans for at least three multi-million-dollar ventures in NSW and Queensland, sparking anger among residents over increased noise, a perceived security risk and the “takeover” of regional airports. Amid mounting concerns about a looming shortage in Australia of commercial pilots,…
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