As reported in The Australian.
Investment decisions should be made by investors on a purely stand alone commercial basis and that Australian businesses, however they are owned, should be run on a purely commercial basis and not as an extension of the policy, political or economic agenda of a
foreigngovernment,” said Brian Wilson, chairman of the Foreign Investment Review Board, or FIRB.
lol, good call. Although sadly the many supporters of the LNP don’t that way.
Cory Olsen
6 Aug 12 at 4:29 pm
+ see it
Cory Olsen
6 Aug 12 at 4:35 pm
Do we trust overseas regimes to feed us?
stackja
6 Aug 12 at 4:59 pm
More the point, stackja, do overseas regimes trust us to feed them given we currently export 60% of what is grown here.
Gab
6 Aug 12 at 5:20 pm
Spare a thought for those that have trusted Labor to feed them and fund lavish lifestyles at taxpayers expense, stackja.
JamesK
6 Aug 12 at 5:26 pm
Okay, okay Sinkers, we get it:
“Australian government security legislation: bad.
Chinese totalitarian state control of our NBN: good.”
Abu Chowdah
6 Aug 12 at 6:08 pm
Abu – I’m not opposed to law and order. The NBN is another thing.
Sinclair Davidson
6 Aug 12 at 6:40 pm
I expect the market to feed me.
Sinclair Davidson
6 Aug 12 at 6:40 pm
Just pointing out some contradictions in your positions…
See the bombers fly down!
Abu Chowdah
6 Aug 12 at 6:42 pm
Ha! It’ll be marshmallows at ten paces.
Sinclair Davidson
6 Aug 12 at 6:44 pm
Do overseas regimes trust us to feed them ?
(fair question since we are a net exporter of food)
Cory Olsen
6 Aug 12 at 8:37 pm
What a crock. There are many farms (including my own) that are not run on commercial terms. Moreover, I have a political motive for owning it – to avoid some of the constraints of NSW gun laws.
What difference would it make if I sold it to a filthy foreigner with a political motive?
DavidLeyonhjelm
7 Aug 12 at 9:44 am
Do we trust overseas regimes to feed us?
“I expect the market to feed me.”
SD you trusting soul!
stackja
7 Aug 12 at 11:35 am