Chinese companies investing in Australia cannot assume that all they need is federal government approval for an investment to succeed. They also need to “obtain…
A few weeks ago Oxford Dictionaries announced that its word of the year for 2016 was “post-truth”. This got me thinking about the implications for…
Considerable ink is currently being spilled on whether Donald Trump will reverse his position on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement after he assumes the…
A panel of senior executives from the Washington office of Weber Shandwick – Powell Tate recently discussed the communications implications and lessons of the US…
China policy experts David Kelly, Philippa Jones and Erlend Ek spoke today on China and the world in the wake of the surprise US…
The “everyone does it” claim by foreign companies operating in China is a poor excuse for flaunting the country’s laws and regulations, according to an…
The current debate on political donations misses a key point on whether companies, foreign and domestic, get a return on their “investments” in our political…
Businessmen and women looking at Australian politics might feel they are living in a Dickensian novel with the return of Federal Parliament this week: “It…
Although time seems to be standing still for us in Australia as vote counting from the Federal Election at the weekend continues, Powell Tate’s offices…
The Lowy Institute’s “Australia in the World” Poll 2016 published last month showed that 87% of Australians were against “the Australian government allowing foreign companies…