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Comment: Post-Brexit trade appointment puts Australia's foreign-transparency rules to the test

By James Panichi ( September 24, 2020, 00:46 GMT | Comment) -- The decision by a controversial former Australian prime minister to accept an appointment to a UK government panel advising London on post-Brexit trade agreements could prove controversial in Australia — and not because of concerns Tony Abbott will give away state secrets ahead of negotiations. Abbott’s reluctance to sign up to a foreign-influence register could suggest that Australia’s new web of foreign-investment regulation is targeting China — a suggestion Canberra would be keen to avoid.  It should come as no surprise that the appointment of Tony Abbott, a former Australian prime minister, to a UK government trade-advisory body has sparked controversy. Abbott, a former student boxer and capital-C conservative, has made plenty of enemies in his 25-year parliamentary career....

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