Chapter 471: Shallow Contact with the Government of Western Australia

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Before acquiring the shares of Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, Fan Wuxian considered the possibility and necessity of establishing a base area, although he said that he now has a part of the shares of Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, becoming the third largest shareholder, it is obvious that the British will not easily give up the monopoly interests they have held for many years, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not come up with any crooked tricks, such as diluting their shares, or forcing themselves to give up most of their shares through some other means, these things are uncertain.

Therefore, Fan Wuxian believes that it is necessary to take advantage of Australia's busy introduction of foreign capital to establish its own sphere of influence in Western Australia, so that it is possible to completely reverse the unfavorable position in the international iron ore market and grasp the pricing power and the right to speak.

When Fan Wuxian was in the car, the radio in the car was playing an Australian radio program, which was broadcasting the debates of the Australian Parliament live.

At the beginning, Fan Wuxian didn't understand, and thought that the hundreds of people inside were scolding, but later he heard that there were titles such as Speaker and Minister, so he asked Carter, "What is this, mess?" ”

"The debates in the Australian Parliament are live-streamed as is customary," Carter has been here for a long time, and when he heard this, he explained to Fan Wuxian. (All overdrive updates:\. SOSO999\.COM〕

Australia has adopted the Westminster parliamentary system, which is adversarial in nature. Politicians attacking each other are Australian, with many similarities to the UK, Canada, India and New Zealand Parliaments.

Therefore, despite the rudeness of the Australian Parliament's rhetoric~ words and deeds, advocating the political methods of the big man, and using the colloquial language of the hundreds, rather than the language of the visionary or thoughtful, these are very much in line with the Westminster parliamentary system.

It is very interesting to note that the work of the Australian Parliament is broadcast on an independent parliamentary radio network, and at times the level of debate is very low, and the words and actions of personal attacks are eye-popping. Some of the deliberate obstruction of the passage of the bill can even reach the point of unbridled proportion, and the audience will be fed up with it and call the ABC to protest. (〕

These complaints are forwarded directly to the responsible officials in the halls of Congress, other than the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate. They would say to the parliamentarians, look, the audience has already put forward their opinions, they have had enough of the debate in Congress, and I think the parliamentarians should quickly raise the level of their speeches.

"It's hard to understand what they're doing, but it's a bit difficult to select some people to rule a country of this size with a population of less than 20 million people." Fan Wuxian said to Maximus.

"Countries under the Commonwealth system have always been like this, in fact, your Taiwan side is not as good as here, it is said that they often use their hands and feet when they hold meetings, and last time they took off the clothes of a parliamentarian." Maximos said unceremoniously.

Fan Wuxi touched his nose, thinking that there was such a thing, but it was not easy to push it out, otherwise it would be to create a separatist mentality between the two countries and China, which would be unacceptable. (Mobile AP Browsing Search/Search/999〕

Everyone soon entered the villa area, and the employees of Fan's Investment Group had already prepared a banquet in the villa area to welcome the arrival of the boss.

Fan Wuxian invited Maximus to have a banquet together, looking at Wang's villa area, as well as the employees who have been moisturized, and there are some emotions in his heart.

Since 996, when a coalition of parties formed by the Liberal and National parties of Australia, under the leadership of Howard, defeated the ruling Labor Party, Australia began to pursue more active economic policies.

For a long time, Australia has implemented a system of fiscal equalization, which means that for the past 100 years, the Chinese government has adhered to the principle of fairness and equality, so as to ensure that all citizens of the country, whether they live in remote rural areas, the northern territory or Perth, can enjoy the same level of government services at the same or as close to the same price as possible.

Collecting money from wealthy areas and redistributing it to less affluent areas ensures that citizens across the country have access to health care, education, and other government services. (〕

In fact, Sydney's tax dollars can even be redistributed to Tasmania to ensure that people there can enjoy these benefits as well.

The Liberal coalition government headed by Howard came to power in 1996 and began to advocate a free-market economic management style. He actively advocated reforms, vigorously readjusted economic policies, emphasized more work and more rewards, safeguarded the interests of the petty bourgeoisie, and paid attention to unemployment related to people's vital interests.

Howard's immediate goal for this administration is to have everyone work and live a relaxed and comfortable family life. To this end, he has taken effective measures to improve the competitiveness of Australian business, eliminate bureaucracy, sell large state-owned companies, reform the tax system, improve the labour market, and promote microeconomic reforms.

The union has always been a worker

The main disagreement between the parties is that the Labour Party advocates the protection of workers' treatment through trade unions, while the Liberal Party advocates the implementation of a reward system that allows more work to be rewarded. Trade unions play a very important role in Australian society, and the successive Prime Ministers of the Labor Party have all been from trade unions, and the role of trade unions in the 13 years of Labor Party has been unusual. (〕

Howard stressed the need to limit the monopoly power of trade unions in wage negotiations, explicitly outlawed solidarity strikes, and sought to create a method of protecting workers' interests while implementing pay-for-work, and Howard also attacked the welfare policies of the former Labour government.

The Labor government's social security and welfare policies are known as lazy policies, and one of the reasons why the policy of excessive protection has made Australia's personal income tax as high as 49/100, and immigrants can apply for various welfare benefits as soon as they enter Australia.

The Howard administration reformed this costly and over-benevolent system by requiring immigrants to live for two years before they could apply for assistance from the Department of Social Welfare. At the same time, Howard advocated financial reform and deregulation.

In order to open up the Chinese market, he elevated the development of Australia-China relations to the most important diplomatic strategy of his government. At present, Australia attaches great importance to its economic interests in China, and in April this year, Howard led a delegation including 18 leading figures in the Australian business community to visit China, and was hailed by Australia's most influential newspaper as the prime minister's China Revolution. (Download the latest and most complete e-book S/O/S/O/9/9/9/.COM〕

In this case, all foreign investors are welcomed by the Australian government, so when Fan Wuji's employees began to enter Western Australia in batches, and even alarmed the governor and others, everyone saw the Fan Investment Group behind them, since such a large and influential consortium began to enter Western Australia, it also shows that the Jie Capital Group began to look at the development of Western Australia, and it also shows that the economic policies of the Liberal Party have indeed worked.

Therefore, at the welcome meeting of the WA branch of Fan's Investment Group, there was also a government representative, a key official of the state government in Western Australia, called Heids, who acted as an economic adviser in the state government.

"On behalf of the Governor Skye, I would like to greet Mr. Fan to Perth, and I hope that he will be able to visit the State Government in due course, which the Governor Skye and his colleagues look forward to.

Hydes said, holding Fan Wuxian's hand.

Fan Wuxian smiled and thanked him, and then said, "I thought, I didn't ask." ”

The area of Australia's state is relatively large, but the population is very small, according to the area of the state, or can top several provinces in the country, from the perspective of population, it may only be equivalent to a large and medium-sized city, so Fan Wuxi feels that a governor is just a city leader, it is really not a big deal, if it is in the country, how can it be to wait for his own visit, and he has already run over to greet him.

A financial giant with international influence like himself, and the son of a member of China's Politburo, where is it not a sought-after role? Looking at the reaction here in Western Australia, although it is also more important, the gap is still very large, so Fan Wuxian muttered in his heart, Australia's bureaucratic style is still relatively strong.

However, their bureaucratic style is stronger, and it is more suitable for them to develop here, otherwise once the atmosphere is open and efficient, it will be even more difficult for them to eat alone.

Therefore, Fan Wuxian greeted Hydes very high and invited him to eat the meals prepared by the employees according to Chinese flavors.

Hydes is still very satisfied with Fan Wuxi's generosity and hospitality, after all, they also know Fan Wuxi's status, needless to say, it is only the identity of the third largest shareholder of Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, and the annual dividend is a very powerful number.

The conversation between the guests and the host was very pleasant, and Fan Wuxian intentionally or unintentionally led the topic to the exploration and mining of iron ore.

"It is very easy to obtain exploration rights, and now the undeveloped area of the whole Western Australia is very large, and the rich minerals are monopolized by large companies such as Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, which I believe you are very clear about, Mr. Fan, if you want to continue to explore in other areas, it is very difficult, the investment and time consumed will be very long, and there may not be a corresponding return." Heids heard Fan Wuxian mention this question, but he didn't think much about it, so he answered him directly.

The reason why Heids and others have such a negative attitude probably has a lot to do with the progress of mineral development in Western Australia over the years, in fact, the two have indeed monopolized the iron ore business in Western Australia, and it is very difficult for others to get involved, and it is very easy to get through the relationship with the government.

Without official permits, it is impossible to explore and mine.

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