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Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... a weakening South Korea are blowing ill winds into Australia. No surprises here. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade data (though dated) showed that these countries are our country's top two-way trading partners. In 2010, China accounted ...

MAFTA provides new Asian opportunities

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... previous 30% ownership cap was negotiated. "I congratulate Trade Minister Craig Emerson and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for successfully negotiating this important agreement," said Insurance Australia Group's managing director and CEO ...

KRudd comeback biting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... KRudd Nah, not these words exactly. Maybe in an unguarded moment, but you wouldn't expect Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs (now former Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs) Kevin Rudd to speak those precise words in front of the American Press ...

QIC eyes Asian mandates through new ambassador

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... Geoff Raby, to help win more mandates from Asian institutional investors. Raby retired from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade earlier this month after five years as Ambassador to China, during which time he had helped QIC gain access to high ...

Riots turn fund managers to risk review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... managers to reassess their portfolios in the region, particularly their investments in mining stocks. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade secretary Dennis Richardson told the Paydirt Africa Down Under mining conference last year that over 170 Australian ...

Speaker chaos could derail super reforms

... numbers currently 76 to 74, if a Labor member is made speaker and say a division (vote) were called while Kevin Rudd foreign affairs minister was out of the country at the same time as say the Treasurer was away at a G20 meeting or the defence minister ...

Kill chicken, scare monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... Minister Stephen Smith could say in response to the verdict was that it seemed "very harsh". And even Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Julie Bishop managed only a little stronger, "This would be an issue of great concern to many companies from ...

Eslake joins Wingate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... advisory panels including the World Trade Organisation Advisory Group, the Trade Policy Advisory Council and the Foreign Affairs Council. The investment advisory committee also includes Chad Padowitz, chief investment officer at Wingate Asset Management ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... detained in China on suspicion of espionage and stealing state secrets faces the possibility of being charged, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith says.

China acts on climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... more than A$3.3 billion of which will be injected into the new CDM fund," Xie said. Zhang Yesui, vice minister of foreign affairs for the Chinese Government, said the CDM fund would be a win-win situation as China would meet its emission targets and ...