7 July 2014 Lucy Barbour ABC Rural The newly sworn-in Liberal Democrat Senator, David Leyonhjelm, says he doesn’t see any value in setting up a national register for foreign ownership of Australian […]
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Article – China to sign FTA by year’s end
25 June 2014 Scott Murdoch The Australian CHINA has flagged it intends to finalise a free-trade agreement with Australia before the end of the year after nine years of negotiation in a […]
Read moreArticle – Farm focus from China accord
25 June 2014 Angus Grigg The Land THE federal government will identify key agricultural projects in northern Australia suitable for Chinese investment as part of a broader agreement around infrastructure struck in […]
Read moreNorthern Development Summit
27 June 2014 Andrew Robb Minister for Trade and Investment It is a great pleasure to be back in Townsville to make a contribution to this most timely summit. A little over […]
Read moreArticle – Rules ‘discourage’ foreign buyers
27 June 2014 David Uren The Australian THE nation’s foreign-investment rules are among the most restrictive in the world, shielding local business from competition while choking off access to much-needed international capital. […]
Read moreArticle – North's 20-year investment 'window'
28 June 2014 Vernon Graham The Land AUSTRALIA has a 20-year “window” to grab a vast pool of foreign money to develop its Top End as a premium agricultural producer, says federal […]
Read moreArticle – New Aust-China investment deal on the cards
24 June 2014 Fergus Ryan Business Spectator BEIJING — Australia and China will create an investment cooperation framework to identify key areas and projects to improve the countries’ investment relationship, Treasurer Joe […]
Read moreArticle – Foreign investment needed, not outright ownership
24 June 2014 Virginia Tapp ABC Rural The Chief Executive Officer of an independent research institute says foreign investment is essential for developing northern Australia, but that Australian entities need to get […]
Read moreArticle – Figures show foreign ownership of farmland remains rare
23 June 2014 Lucy Barbour ABC Rural Figures published in a survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics suggest that foreign ownership of agricultural land is relatively rare in Australia. Of the […]
Read moreArticle – Australia still owns the farm
20 June 2014 The Land Figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in its 2013 Agricultural Land and Water Ownership survey (ALWOS)show just under 99 per cent of Australian farm […]
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