Tagged with Tony Abbott

PM pitch-perfect on Asia

Griffith Asia Institute
Published AuthorBelle Hammond
In an article published today for The Australian, Rowan Callick mused on the apparent success of talks held this month by Prime Minister Tony Abbott during his recent Asian tour. Returning with two signed Free Trade Agreements and another in discussion, the success of the tour is at odds with the common attitude that Australia’s Liberal governments are poor […]

Pro-business policy only good if it is pro-market

Griffith Asia Institute
Published AuthorNatasha Vary
THE election of the Abbott government provides a great opportunity to change economic policy settings and steer the economy to a higher growth path according to Professor Tony Makin in an opinion piece in The Australian.  Click here to go to the article. THE election of the Abbott government provides a great opportunity to change […]

Abbott’s personal touch key to Indonesia ties

Head and shoulders image of Colin Brown, Griffith Asia Institute
Department of Business Strategy and Innovation
Published AuthorNatasha Vary
Visiting Indonesia so soon after his election could be the big positive from Tony Abbott’s first overseas trip as Prime Minister. This is the view of Colin Brown, adjunct professor at the Griffith Asia Institute in Brisbane. He believes lastweek’s face-to-face, personal exchange between Mr Abbott and Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, was an appropriate […]