Original article by Angela Macdonald-Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 13 & 18 : 20-Nov-15

Manufacturing Australia chairman Mark Chellew hopes the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) will consider whether Royal Dutch Shell’s $US70bn ($A98bn) takeover of BG Group is in the national interest. The deal requires FIRB approval following the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s decision to approve it without any conditions. Domestic gas users are concerned that the merger will result in offshore buyers gaining priority in Queensland LNG supply deals.

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ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC, BG GROUP PLC, MANUFACTURING AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. FOREIGN INVESTMENT REVIEW BOARD, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, ARROW ENERGY LIMITED, PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED, WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED – ASX WPL