Foreign investment in Australia ‘is a sovereign matter’

Liberal Senator James Paterson says it will be very disappointing if the Chinese government chooses to take retaliatory action against Australia over the scrapping of the Belt and Road Initiative in Victoria. "It is a sovereign matter for Australia to decide how we engage with the world and I think it is an entirely reasonable proposition that the federal government should be the starting point, the entry point for anyone who wants to do business with Australia,” he told Sky News. “We welcome international engagement but we just don’t want people going around behind our backs to state governments, local councils.” Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au