Kidman 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 ArticleChinese bidder withdraws bid for world's largest cattle station, S Kidman & Co
The sale of the world's biggest cattle station, S. Kidman & Co, is in doubt after it was caught in a "political crunch that was unworkable", its chief executive says. Kidman's preferred bidder,...
View ArticleTreasurer Scott Morrison blocks sale of nation's biggest cattle station
Treasurer Scott Morrison has blocked the sale of the nation's largest private landowner to an overseas buyer, saying the location of one of the company's 10 cattle stations in a weapons testing area...
View ArticleAustralia blocks sale of huge cattle estate to foreigners
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 testing area....
View ArticleFor sale: Australian cattle ranch that is world's largest
CANBERRA, Australia — A company that owns the world's largest cattle ranch and other Australian land greater in area than South Korea is up for sale. Don Manifold, a director of Ernst and Young who is...
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 ArticleKidman to head to carvery while Chinese suitors seek Australian partners
The world's biggest cattle station, Anna Creek, will be carved out of the sale of S. Kidman & Co's properties to foreign investors in an effort to appease Treasurer Scott Morrison. Fresh bids have...
View ArticleScott Morrison delays foreign sale of S Kidman & Co until after election
Treasurer will consider if Australian bids had every chance to buy company, set to be majority Chinese-owned...
View ArticleScott Morrison defends foreign investment policy after Kidman decision...
Treasurer Scott Morrison has launched a strong defence of foreign investment in Australian agriculture, days after blocking the sale of the 101,411-square-kilometre S. Kidman & Co cattle stations....
View ArticleChinese takeover of Australia's largest agricultural land holding receives...
CANBERRA - The Chinese takeover of Australia's largest agricultural land holding, S. Kidman & Co, has received a lifeline, with a local investment company announcing it will partner the...
View ArticleAustralia's 'House of Cards' Government Rejects Chinese Cattle-Farm Bid
Australia's government on Friday rejected a bid for the nation's biggest cattle farm, knocking back a second Chinese bidder in less than a year on national interest grounds. The ruling is a blow for...
View ArticleKidman sale imminent with Shanghai Pengxin Group in box seat
The federal government is poised to wave through the high-profile sale of Australia's largest private landholding, the S. Kidman & Co farm portfolio, after blocking the deal in November on national...
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...
View ArticleTreasurer Scott Morrison blocks sale of nation's biggest cattle station
Treasurer Scott Morrison has blocked the sale of the nation's largest private landowner to an overseas buyer, saying the location of one of the company's 10 cattle stations in a weapons testing area...
View ArticleScott Morrison's decision to block S. Kidman and Co sale leaves investors fuming
The Turnbull government has thrown doubt over foreign investment in Australia after announcing it would again block the sale of Australia's largest private land holding to Chinese interests. It's a...
View ArticleChinese takeover of Australia's largest agricultural land holding receives...
CANBERRA, March 8 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese takeover of Australia's largest agricultural land holding, S. Kidman & Co., has received a lifeline, with a local investment company announcing it will...
View ArticleAustralia blocks sale of enormous Kidman farmland holding
Australia's government will block the sale of the country's largest private landholding to foreign investors. S. Kidman & Co has pastoral leases covering 100,000sq/km - an area...
View ArticlePengxin links with ARC on Australian land bid
Australian investment company Australian Rural Capital has announced to the stock exchange it is partnering with Shanghai Pengxin Group to buy S. Kidman & Co, Australia's largest private landholder...
View ArticleAust'n, Chinese consortium ups bid for world's largest cattle station as...
by Matt Goss MELBOURNE, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- A consortium consisting of Australia's richest woman and a Chinese investment firm has upped its bid for the world's largest cattle station, making them the...
View ArticleNewsmaker: S Kidman & Co
In 1870, a 13-year-old boy ran away from home in Adelaide, South Australia, to forge a future in the outback, where fortunes were being made and lives lost by pioneers wresting a living from the...
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