Productivity Commission to examine regulation of Australian agriculture...
(Source: Australian Government) Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, the Hon. Barnaby Joyce MP Treasurer, the Hon. Scott Morrison MP 20 November Today the Turnbull Government has released the...
View ArticleMinister for Defence – Transcript – ABC Radio National Drive with Patricia...
(Source: Department of Defence - Australian Government) Thursday 19 November 2015 Subjects: Iraq and Syria, Port of Darwin, Kidman property O&OE PATRICIA KARVELAS: It's six past six on RN Drive. As...
View ArticleMinister for Defence – Transcript – ABC Radio National Drive with Patricia...
(Source: Australian Government) Thursday 19 November 2015 Subjects: Iraq and Syria, Port of Darwin, Kidman property O&OE PATRICIA KARVELAS: It's six past six on RN Drive. As French police raided...
View ArticleChinese buyer forced to sell illegally-bought Australian mansion
A Chinese buyer has been ordered to sell his A$5 million ($3.7 million) Melbourne mansion after he was found to be holding it illegally. Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison said on Wednesday that seven...
View ArticleMorrison knocks back Kidman land sale
TREASURER Scott Morrison has blocked the sale of rural landowning company S. Kidman and Co Ltd, saying it would be contrary to the national interest. ......
View ArticleMalcolm Turnbull defends Northern Territory’s sale of port to Chinese firm
Barack Obama raised 99-year lease of Port of Darwin to firm with alleged links to People’s Liberation Army during meeting with prime minister at Apec summit...
View ArticleAustralian agriculture needs foreign cash, says Costa Group
Australia's food bowl is undercapitalised and needs foreign investment to grow, the nation's biggest fruit and vegetable company, Costa Group, says. The comments from Costa chief executive, Harry...
View ArticleAustralia PM seeks standard foreign investment laws as government faces...
Australia must standardise its foreign investment laws, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Friday, as his government faces criticism from opposition politicians about asset sales to Chinese...
View ArticleAustralia Reviewing Asset Sales After Obama Discusses China Buy
Australia is reviewing rules for selling state-owned infrastructure to foreigners after the Obama administration raised concerns that Chinese investors had bought a port in the northern city of Darwin...
View ArticleNFF Statement: S. Kidman and Co. Limited (National Farmers' Federation of...
(Source: National Farmers' Federation of Australia) 0Shares 0Tweets 0Shares 19 November 2015 The National Farmers' Federation (NFF) notes the Federal Government's decision that the acquisition by...
View ArticleLive animal export rules to be reviewed by Productivity Commission inquiry
Focus of inquiry will be ‘unnecessarily burdensome, complex or redundant’ regulations in the agricultural sector, including environmental regulations...
View ArticleBlocked sale of Australian cattle company could scare away Chinese...
CANBERRA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Australian farmers believe the decision from Treasurer Scott Morrison to block the sale of Australia's largest agricultural land holder to Chinese interests could scare...
View ArticleForeign owner ban scuttles Australia's biggest land sale
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A government ban on foreign investors buying a pioneering dynasty's collection of cattle ranches has scuttled Australia's biggest...
View ArticleThe stockman who built an Australian cattle empire
Two Chinese conglomerates were the last standing in a bidding war to buy an extraordinarily large slice of Australia and its pastoral history in November. The Kidman cattle empire is Australia's...
View ArticleKidman sale halt a chance 'to reassess'
Even by Sydney standards, it's the real estate deal of a lifetime, a unique opportunity to bag a prime piece of outback Australia, not to mention a sizeable slice of the country's history. Founded in...
View ArticlePM rejects discrimination claims over move to block cattle station sale
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has rejected suggestions of discrimination against Chinese investors following the federal government's decision to block the sale of Australia's largest private...
View ArticleAustralia bans foreigners in sale of farmland the size of South Korea,...
Australia has blocked the sale to foreign entities of a cattle farming business that is one of the world’s largest private land holdings, ruling it was not in the national interest since part of the...
View ArticleWorld's biggest cattle station could head to carvery after Morrison blocks sale
Australia's biggest private landholding could be carved up to satisfy Treasurer Scott Morrison after he blocked its sale to Chinese investors, saying it would threaten National Security. The rejection...
View ArticleAustralia bans Chinese investment firms and other ‘foreigners’ from bids on...
Australia has blocked the sale to ‘foreign entities’ of a cattle farming business that is one of the world’s largest private land holdings, ruling it was not in the national interest since part of the...
View ArticleAustralia blocks sale of huge cattle estate to foreigners
SYDNEY: Australia on Thursday blocked the sale of one of the world's largest cattle estates to foreign entities, ruling it was not in the national interest with part of the holdings in a weapons...
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