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Scentre Group, owner of the local Westfield mall empire, has drawn fire from two major proxy houses that have recommended against its remuneration report at its ­annual general meeting to be held on Thursday.

Solomon Lew’s Premier Investments has hit back at criticism of its hardline tactic of not paying rent when it closed stores during the coronavirus pandemic and for receiving the JobKeeper subsidy, and will close a store in a Melbourne mall co-owned by Salta Properties, which had called out the retail chain.