4 March 2015 Tim Binsted The Australian Financial Review Geoff Raby, Australia’s former ambassador to Beijing, says Chinese interest in Australian farms and processing assets is surging, despite the Abbott government’s crackdown […]
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Article – Cows v sugar in WA grazing lease talks
9 February 2015 Matthew Cranston Queensland Country Life CHINESE real estate giant Shanghai Zhongfu is in discussions with one of Australia’s largest cattle producers Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC) to take over a […]
Read moreArticle – Foreign investment and thirst for capital drives growth in 'sale and leaseback' property deals
3 February 2015 Clint Jasper ABC Rural As foreign money chases prime agricultural assets in Australia, and local agribusinesses seek out capital, ‘sale and leaseback’ agreements are increasingly becoming a tool to […]
Read moreArticle – Australia under pressure to offer incentives to Chinese investors
6 January 2015 Qin Dexing ECNS Federal and State governments in Australia are coming under increasing pressure to offer incentives for Chinese companies to invest throughout the country, particularly in northern Australia. […]
Read moreArticle – Winning Over the Xi Dynasty
21 November 2014 Laura Tingle Australian Financial Review In the midst of a budget crisis and after several years of tense relations, a transition in the Chinese leadership was the catalyst for […]
Read moreArticle – Chinese investors look to tame Outback
14 November 2014 Rob Taylor The Australian BUILT 40 years ago amid rugged ochre cliffs in the Australian Outback, the Ord Dam was meant to turn swathes of harsh scrub into a […]
Read moreArticle – Australian producers can spread brand across Asia
15 November 2015 David Hornery The Australian THIS week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit in Beijing has covered a range of critical topics including regional economic integration and the creation of an Asia-Pacific […]
Read moreArticle – Queensland can be vital partner in India's development: says Modi
17 November 2014 Business Standard Prime Minister Narendra Modi met business leaders over breakfast here Monday and said that the Australian state of Queensland can be a vital partner in India’s development. Speaking at the breakfast […]
Read moreArticle – Lack of scale crushing the Ord Irrigation Scheme's sugar dream
13 November 2014 Matt Brann ABC Rural The Chinese company willing to invest $700 million in Australia’s far north is still waiting to access land in the Northern Territory so it can […]
Read moreArticle – Chinese free-trade deal opens door to exports
17 November 2014 The Australian TONY Abbott has won a dramatic increase in market access for Australian farmers, services and manufacturers in a trade deal worth at least $18 billion over a […]
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