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News.com.au
13 hours ago
- Business
- News.com.au
Geelong trophy home Raith on track to break record at circa $9m
A potential buyer setting up an off-market inspection of Newtown's Raith scoffed when McGrath, Geelong director David Cortous boasted it was the city's best home. After visiting the home overlooking the Fyansford Deviation, he later told him 'you were right', Mr Cortous said. The five-bedroom trophy home at 2A Raith Terrace originally built in 1864 and more recently sympathetically renovated and extended by renowned builder David McDonald has been listed for sale with price hopes between $8.5m and $9.3m. At that price guide, the 6434sq m property stands to break its own record $6.3m as Geelong's most expensive home. Heritage documents show the home was erected in stages from 1864 and 1881 when the iron veranda encircled the original polychromatic brick building. While the major works were completed for solicitor J H Grey, the nine times mayor of Newtown and Chilwell, it's most famous resident was Geelong Cats legend Bob Davis. Geelong businessman Simon Middleton was the last owner to sell. Mr Cortous said the property returns to the market after the present owners put their own spin to the home. 'They've just put their own touches on the property. They changed the kitchen around a bit, they've changed the office. It was a living room, it's now an office.' The property is 'just perfect' from the gardens to the interiors, Mr Cortous said. 'There is not one single dollar to be spent on that property, just walk in and place your furniture because every single thing has been done, from external to internal, gardens to bathrooms to kitchen and even the three-bedroom cottage is fully renovated and is finished in marble as well. 'It's got the beautiful views out the back and you're not affected by the Deviation because you're too elevated. It's just a serene property.' Expressions of interest for Raith close on July 21.
Associated Press
17-03-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
The Wire China Publishes Broken Engagement, an E-Book Featuring Exclusive Interviews with Top U.S. Policymakers on China
NEW YORK, March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wire China today announced the publication of Broken Engagement: Interviews with those who have made — and remade — the U.S.'s policy towards China, a new e-book featuring a collection of in-depth Q&A interviews conducted by Bob Davis, a distinguished former journalist at The Wall Street Journal. Between 2022 and 2024, Davis interviewed some of America's most influential policymakers, diplomats, and experts to examine how the U.S.-China relationship has evolved over the past six presidential administrations. Through candid conversations with figures such as Robert Lighthizer, Kurt Campbell, Charlene Barshefsky, Matt Pottinger, Nancy Pelosi, Robert Rubin, Ash Carter and Robert Gates, Broken Engagement explores the key decisions that shaped U.S. policy on trade, security, human rights, and diplomacy—and how perspectives on engagement with China have shifted over time. Davis, who covered China and international trade for The Wall Street Journal for decades, brings deep historical context to these discussions. Having reported on the Asian financial crisis, China's WTO accession, and the U.S.-China trade war, he revisits these events through the eyes of the officials who lived through them—providing invaluable insight into the successes, missteps, and ongoing challenges of U.S. policy toward China. 'Broken Engagement is a genuine marvel — sober, sharp, a joy to read, and rich with revelations on how the United States has wrestled with China for forty years,' says Evan Osnos, author of Age of Ambition and a National Book Award winner. 'With a reporter's eye, and a deep grounding in economics, Bob Davis poses the essential questions: do we isolate or engage, push for change or settle for stability, root for China's success or hedge against it?' 'The result is an indispensable guide to the real-world choices that have shaped the world's most important relationship — and the ones still ahead.' The interviews in Broken Engagement: Interviews with those who have made — and remade — the U.S.'s policy towards China, were edited by Andrew Peaple, a former Wall Street Journal reporter and now news editor at The Wire China, ensuring a sharp and engaging narrative that provides readers with a comprehensive view of the shifting dynamics between the U.S. and China. Published by The Wire China, a division of the New York-based firm, The Wire Digital Inc., 'Broken Engagement' is available for digital download starting March 14, 2025. About The Wire Digital Inc. The New York-based startup was co-founded by David Barboza, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter who was based in China for The New York Times, and Lynn Zhang, an expert in corporate records. The Wire Digital publishes the online magazine, The Wire China, and owns WireScreen, the leading China-focused business intelligence platform.
