The Northern Gateway site, which is earmarked as the logistics and employment hub for the airport, is a critical strategic asset. Yet the Guardian has confirmed the purchase will not require approval by the Foreign Investment Review Board because the two shareholders of the company are Australian citizens, and debt funding is not scrutinised by Firb.
A map showing the Northern Gateway of the new western Sydney airport in the NSW government’s draft Aerotropolis Precinct Plan. Photograph: NSW government
Pan, who spoke to the Guardian on behalf of the company, said: “Roberts Jones Funds Management and a consortium of major institutional financiers supported and assisted in debt funding the acquisition.
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Illawarra and South Coast residents are being asked to share details of encounters they have had with sharks, in an effort to better understand human-shark relations.
While sharks attract a great deal of interest from the public and the media, media coverage and public perception is dominated by encounters that involve shark bites, even though these are comparatively rare.
Researchers at the University of Wollongong, are investigating the full spectrum of human interactions with sharks – positive, negative or mixed – and calling on members of the public to contribute their own stories to a crowdsourced map of shark encounters on the South Coast.
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Male lyrebirds use clever mimicry to increase their chances of sexual success, according to a new study involving researchers from The Australian National University. Lyrebirds are famous for their ability to mimic complex sounds of other species, including “human” sounds like chainsaws. Now biologists think they’ve discovered what drives this skill.