The Coalition government has yet to develop an economic strategy in the face of major industries terminating their operations in Australia. Air Vice-Marshal (Retd) John Blackburn AO. Ford, Holden and Toyota have announced that they will be shutting down car manufacturing in Australia. Soon, Alcoa will have closed two of its six aluminium-refining plants, and…
Calls for an Australian reconstruction and development bank to take the risk out of $7 billion in bad farm debt has been supported by federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce. Further, Senators Nick Xenophon (Independent, South Australia) and John Madigan (DLP, Victoria) have introduced a bill prepared to establish an Australian reconstruction and development bank (ARDB),…
The Voice4Indi campaign that saw Cathy McGowan defeat Liberal shadow industry minister, Sophie Mirabella, at last year’s federal election is now eyeing the forthcoming November 2014 Victorian state election.[1] Speculation is that they could target the seat of Benambra, which covers the north-eastern Victorian town of Wodonga and the surrounding region. Liberal Party member Bill…
The day after News Weekly went to press, the federal Treasurer Joe Hockey announced that he would block ADM’s intended purchase of GrainCorp. We nevertheless reproduce the following article online as it raises many important issues concerning foreign investment and the national interest. Treasurer Joe Hockey would be seriously neglecting his responsibilities to the nation…
