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Families (left), groups of friends (right), and even complete strangers loaded into cars, vans, and charter buses (inset) for the 3,400km trek from Perth to Melbourne this week, baulking at inflated flight costs of well over $1,000 one way. Most began the 36-hour drive on Wednesday or Thursday, crossing the desolate Nullabor plain (right) where water is scarce and kangaroos a constant hazard.
Australia: owned and operated by the USA and ChinaThe DrumBy Martin Feil
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This is not about the USAFTA or about any of the other Bilateral FTAs that Australia has signed in the past 10 years or is keen to sign as soon as possible.
The USAFTA is a symptom of a much larger penetration of American influence and ownership in our country. The trade and investment imbalance between Australia and America has grown and grown over the past 20 years. That relationship imbalance is a threat to the independence of our economy.
It is frightening to think just how much dominance of the Australian market and acquisition of Australian assets there has been in the past 20 years. My concern is that Australia will eventually be substantially owned and operated by the USA and China. We don't have a clue how many of our businesses and how much of our property they already own and operate.
Please read the full article in the addie above.
Asha, a five-year-old retriever (pictured) was found with a baby koala snuggled on its back in Strathdownie, Victoria
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6214467/Golden-retriever-named-Asha-hailed-hero-saving-abandoned-joey-koala.html?ito=email_share_article-image-share