Rupert Murdoch started it with his takeovers of the Sun and the Times. Once word got back to the boardrooms of Australia of the gold to be mined in the City of London, the rush began in earnest.
Heather Payton has been to
Australia to discover how and why corporate raiders from Down Under, such as Alan Bond , Robert Holmes a Court and the Fosters lager baron
John Elliot , managed to out-wit and out-bid the British bulldogs ... and where they'll strike next.
Producer RICHARD QUEST (R)