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...also has Australia, specifically a vast sheep farm near Canberra owned by Harry and Liz Barton. Liz's mother BB (short for Betty Beauchamp) lives on the place, growing more gaga and malevolent by the day. Worse, Younger Sister Josie arrives from New York City for a Christmas visit, along with her son Alex and her still smoldering passion for Liz's husband. Naturally, family feuds overshadow all those exotic wallabies, kangaroos and kookaburras. But not before Murdoch turns a few deft landscapes and some surprisingly sympathetic portraits of the men trapped in a female fantasy...
...Canberra's newish national museum has an eclectic permanent collection, mixing exhibits that tell bits of the story so far. There are galleries devoted to indigenous peoples, British settlement, immigration, and 1960s suburbia - where you will find a display recreating the kitchen-and-backyard idyll that nurtured the baby boomers. Looming large in this time capsule is a petrol-powered, rotary-engine Victa lawnmower and, tucked inside a cupboard, a Sunbeam Mixmaster. The two products speak of a time of rising prosperity in which Australians aspired to a house on a quarter-acre block, children played in the backyard after...
...sure, but most heavyweight manufacturers have decamped for China, leaving the country's industrial and engineering heartland as a distribution hub and home to small, parochial players. If you want to get the friendly Campbell really riled, ask him about bilateral trade deals. "I just want one of those Canberra politicians or bureaucrats to explain the value of free trade agreements," he says. "What is the actual net tangible benefit to Australia...
...export markets. There's no doubt that the net impact on our economy would be very positive." And politically? "An FTA is a way of building a very strong bond with a country," Downer says. He believes the Chinese view Australia as more important to them than before, while Canberra's friendship with Washington gives it "gravitas" in the region. "As China's economic power has grown," Downer says, "it has looked around to see who matters around here, and Australia has been one of the countries it has particularly focused on." Ambassador Fu not only agrees with Downer that...
...well, "our economies are quite complementary, like gears meshing with each other," says Fu, whose mix of charm, steeliness and intensity has made a big impression on locals during her year in Canberra. "China has what Australia needs: a market for its resources and technology. Australia has what China needs. Both sides can see the opportunities and want to seize them." Two-way trade has tripled in value since 1998. Despite Australia's growing dependence on China, its share of all the goods going into the People's Republic is a mere 2%. Downer sees no reason...