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...becoming more of a requirement as part of a complete program for distributors and major importers." Lehrman began as a wine connoisseur and marketer, tasting about 3,000 wines a year, before starting Vine Connections with wine partner Nick Ramkowsky and importing what has become a 12-brand sake portfolio, which accounts for about 30% of the company's sales. Lehrman says that sake's lack of tannin structure and its low acidity compared with wine make it a drink that's hard not to like. "Our role is part evangelist and part educator," he says. He educates restaurants...
...Australians don't actually vote on indigenous affairs." Experience: Family, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Minister since 2006 Brough is the face of the government's boldest campaign this year - the Northern Territory Emergency Response to child abuse in Aboriginal communities. He has won praise in a sensitive portfolio but brickbats, too - critics say the straight-talking former Army officer has undermined indigenous autonomy...
...energy being zero-emission." Experience: Environment and Water Minister since Jan. '07 Charismatic republican and investment banker on the political rise - if he retains his marginal Sydney seat. Said after the 1999 republic referendum that monarchist Howard had "broken this nation's heart." Has swiftly mastered a key portfolio but drawn criticism for approving a new pulp mill in Tasmania. Believed to support ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, in contrast to government position...
...Hockey "I'll put my personal integrity on the line on this." Experience: Employment and Workplace Relations Minister since 2007 The son of an Armenian immigrant, Hockey has been salesman for the contentious Work Choices legislation since rising to the portfolio this year. The jolliest of Howard's ministers, who once parodied himself publicly as the cartoon ogre Shrek, Hockey has promised to resign if Labor predictions of further changes to industrial relations laws under a Howard government prove correct...
...would use its power as a shareholder in companies that operate in the country to pressure Myanmar’s military junta to restore democracy. The state employee retirement fund owns stocks in Chevron Corporation, the only known corporation with ties to Myanmar in the state’s portfolio, according to Rushing, formerly of the Class of 1964. The bill would require the State Treasurer to investigate and divulge the state’s other investments in Myanmar. “When you have socially responsible investor resolutions, it’s very rare that they...