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Appendix A

Media releases and policy statements

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Media releases and policy statements

1.Speech by the Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan MP — The Global Foundation, Brisbane — 10December 2009.

2.Speech by the Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan MP — Foreign Investment and the Long Road to Recovery — Thomson Reuters Newsmaker Series, Sydney — 4August 2009.

3.Speech by the Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan MP — Australia, China and This Asian Century, Speech to the AustraliaChina Business Council, Melbourne — 4July 2008.

4.Statement by the Assistant Treasurer, Senator the Hon Nick Sherry - Foreign Investment Proposal – Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited acquisition of Felix Resources Limited – 23 October 2009

5.Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan MP — Foreign Investment Proposal — James Hardie Industries N.V. Corporate Restructure — 18September 2009.

6.Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan MP — Reforming Australia's Foreign Investment Framework — 4 August 2009.

7.Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan MP — Foreign Investment Proposal — Anshan Iron and Steel Group Corporation (Ansteel) to acquire an additional shareholding in Gindalbie Metals Ltd — 8 May 2009.

8.Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan MP — Foreign Investment Proposal — China Minmetals Nonferrous Metals Co Ltd to acquire certain mining assets of OZ Minerals Ltd, but not including the Prominent Hill mine — 23 April 2009.

9.Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan MP — Foreign Investment Proposal — Hunan Valin Iron and Steel Group for up to a 17.55per cent shareholding in Fortescue Metals Group — 31 March 2009.

10.Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan MP — Foreign Investment Proposal — China Minmetals NonFerrous Metals Co Ltd for 100 per cent of OzMinerals Ltd — 27 March 2009.

11.Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan MP — Amendments to Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act — 12 February 2009.

12.Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan MP — Foreign Investment Proposal — Sinosteel Corporation to acquire up to 49.9per cent of Murchison Metals Ltd — 21 September 2008.

13.Statement by the Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan MP — Foreign InvestmentProposal — Aluminium Corporation of China Limited (Chinalco) to acquire up to 14.99per cent of the shares in Rio Tinto Plc, the London Stock Exchange listed arm of Rio Tinto Group — 24 August 2008.

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