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AUSTRAC to face scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... commitments, failed to keep up with our international peers and failed to protect Australia from this significant national security risk."

Challenger welcomes board director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... Australian Government and Prime Ministers on economic reform, innovation and technological change, foreign policy, national security and intelligence matters," Polson sad. "She brings significant expertise and experience to the board." Smith will offer ...

Super industry to fill China investment gap

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... infrastructure investment after the Treasurer rejected a deal with a Chinese-owned entity on the grounds of national security. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg put an end to the $300 million bid from China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) ...

Government increases fees for foreign investment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... package which was announced on June 5 and are the most significant reforms since 1975. The reforms include a new national security test, strengthened compliance and integrity framework and a streamlined approval process for passive investments. Treasury ...

Chief economist update: Prime Minister Suga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... leadership at a time when Japan (and the world) is in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, an economic slump, national security and trade issues involving the United States and China. Prime Minister Suga has very big shoes to fill in Shinzo Abe who unexpectedly ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... Hong Kong -- prohibiting acts of secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces to endanger national security -- on July 1 and Trump' sanction reaction. Both China's Shanghai composite index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index ...

Government announces fresh crackdowns on foreign investments

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... used for strategic objectives not purely commercial ones." The reforms cover three key areas; including a new national security test, strengthened compliance and integrity framework and a streamlined approval process for passive investments. The first ...

Hong Kong financial hub status at risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... Pompeo said in a statement to US Congress. The statement comes after Beijing announced its move to impost Chinese national security laws in Hong Kong, which aim to stifle secessionist activity. There are concerns the laws could be used to supress any ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... the National People's Congress (NPC) held on May 22, Premier Li Keqiang announced its intent to improve national security in Hong Kong (if it sounds familiar, it is, for this is the same "excuse" US President Trump used when he raised tariffs on ...

Chief economist update: Are capital markets the next Sino-US battleground?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... markets will not be simple, and could be challenged" but what's stopping Trump from invoking the interest of "national security" as he did with the lifting of tariffs. The bottomline, a de-escalation of the trade war between Washington and Beijing ...