New laws can shine light on foreign influence, but agents will remain in the shadows
- Written by John Garrick, Senior Lecturer, Business Law, Charles Darwin University
Australia's Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act obliges individuals to register if they act on behalf of "foreign principals".ShutterstockFormer federal trade minister Andrew Robb says he has quit his A$880,000-a-year consultancy job with Chinese-owned Landbridge Group because it didn’t have anything for him do.
Former Victorian premier...
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