DEMYSTIFYING CHINESE INVESTMENT
Private companies dominate Aussie deals
DOUG FERGUSON and HELEN Zhi DENT
CHINESE investment in Australia dropped to AUD 8.2 billion in 2018 – down by 36.3 percent from 2017. Private companies dominated the investment landscape, accounting for 87 percent of deal value and over 92 percent of deal volume.
NORTH WEST METRO DUE TO OPEN
Final tests for Rouse Hill to Chatswood
AUSTRALIA’S biggest public transport project, the North West Metro, will open to customers on Sunday, May 26, delivering a turn up and go rail service from Rouse Hill to Chatswood.
EAT ST ON BOARD FOR GAME DAY
MEDICINAL CANNABIS TRIALS START
$7M UNIVERSITY SUPPORT PACKAGE
AUSTRALIAN Catholic University has welcomed the federal Labor Party’s pledge to dedicate $7M to support the establishment of ACU’s new Blacktown campus in the heart of Western Sydney.
FIRST IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
PRECISION Metal Group (PMG) has been propelled into the national and international spotlight, becoming the first company in the southern hemisphere to achieve a significant endorsement for its welding practices.
REVEALED: ECONOMICS OF BANKWEST STADIUM
GLOBAL DEMAND FOR PREMIUM PRODUCE
Initiative drives Aerotropolis food precinct
RED DWYER
A FLAGSHIP initiative to boost Western Sydney’s standing as a significant and influential food and beverage industry in NSW is underway.
THREE MINISTERS FOR THE WEST
WESTERN Sydney has scored a third NSW government minister following the March election, with Parramatta MP Geoff Lee announced as Skills and Tertiary Training Minister, his first portfolio.
BLUE SKIES, SOME CLOUDS
Client pulse check captures mid-market mood
BRENT MURPHY
JUST over half of small to medium sized businesses are optimistic about their future especially those based in NSW (66 percent) and Victoria (49 percent), with Queensland and South Australia close behind.
