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From hardware giant Bunnings and retailer Kmart, to the emerging lithium business and health unit, Mr Scott says Wesfarmers is well-placed amid a slower economic environment.
The country’s largest wine producer says it could split the business to focus exclusively on luxury labels like Penfolds, where demand is rising rapidly.
Around $120 million was due on Thursday, but the New Zealand-headquartered group has won three more months to find the money for its lenders.
Bejing is removing the crippling tariffs on Australian wine exports from March 29, but it will be a hard road back for wine groups other than Penfolds owner Treasury Wine Estates.
Lance Corporal Jamie Webb from Handforth was killed in Helmand Province on 26 March 2013, aged 24