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An experienced butcher, he d additional experience as a dock worker, bus conductor, decorator and gardener.
Australia, with a population of only eight million, needed people to fill its empty continent, so Frank enclosed an engaging picture of his four children, aged six to 12.
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Australian businesses in UK must embrace Asia, says new High Commissioner
Australian businesses in UK must embrace Asia, says new High Commissioner
19th Feb 2013 4:27pm | By Editor In his inaugural speech as Australia’s High Commissioner to Britain, Mike Rann has urged Aussie businesses in the UK to forge stronger links with Asia.
At an Australian Business lunch at Australia House in London last Friday, Rann said the “map of global consumption” is shifting east and so must the focus of firms based here.
“By 2025 it will have reached as far as central India,” he told about 150 delegates.
“Forty per cent of global economic activity is now occurring in Asia, and world growth is expected to continue being led by Asia over the next decade.”