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Day 4: LA Bound

By Brierley Penn Boarding the bus to Andrew’s Air Base at 7am this morning was a notably jaded delegation. After three days of networking, conferencing, 6am starts and a little bit of sightseeing, the group was understandably looking forward to the relative luxury of a five hour sleep on the plane trip to LA. However, in Washington D.C. a trip …

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Day 3: Visiting Olympus

After both an interesting and thought provoking first day of the Partnership Forum, the second and final session of the program began with an address from our Trade Minister Tim Groser. He set the stage for a day of discussion focused more towards the public sector with trade, security and foreign policy atop the agenda. Two plenary sessions which incited …

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Huka lodge owner Alex van Heeren ‘misrepresented’ former partner Michael Kidd over an indemnity agreement – South African High Court judgment

The South African High Court has issued a damning judgment saying Huka Lodge owner Alex van Heeren made deliberate misrepresentations to his former business partner Michael Kidd inducing him to sign away his rights to a share in worldwide assets claimed to be worth $US25million – $US30 million. Judge Kathy Satchwell has declared void the January 18, 1991 indemnity agreement …

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