Worried about agents of foreign influence? Just look at who owns Australia’s biggest companies - Michael West

Worried about agents of foreign influence? Just look at who owns Australia’s biggest companies

The attention being given to possible covert influence being exercised by China in Australia shouldn’t distract us from recognising that very overt foreign influence now occurs through investment. Clinton Fernandes reports.

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