The West Australia State Government is set to take to market a big parcel of land on the Ord River irrigation scheme in a litmus test of its relationship with a major Chinese investor in WA’s far north.
Financial services giant Challenger has forked out $41 million for a UK-based boutique funds management incubator and distribution group as it seeks to capitalise on rising investor interest in alternative and overseas assets.
From 1 July 2015, the Policy requires that all foreign persons (and foreign government investors) that currently hold interests in agricultural land must register those interests with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) by 31 December 2015.
Les appétits fonciers en cours pourraient plonger le Sénégal dans l’insécurité alimentaire, la pauvreté, mais surtout la violence. Sud Quotidien fait le point de la situation.
China is on the hunt for new food sources to feed its one and a half billion people and its central government has ordered $3 trillion be spent securing food and farmland overseas.
Australia will force all foreign investors to register their agricultural holdings from Wednesday as scrutiny on overseas investment increases.
China's appetite for Australian farmland showing no signs of being sated. Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) annual report confirmed China has become Australia's biggest source of approved foreign investment after a $12.4 billion splurge.
Australia tightened rules on Monday requiring overseas investors to declare holdings of agricultural land in order to strengthen oversight, amid concerns that Australia is losing control of its own food security.
Une trentaine d'acheteurs venus de Chine, du Canada, des Etats-Unis, d'Amérique du Sud, d'Indonésie, de Suisse et d'Australie sont en compétition pour ces 11 millions d'hectares.
One of the world's largest farms is up for sale in Australia, with bidders hailing from China, the US, Canada, the UK, Switzerland, South America and Indonesia
China has backed turning northern Australia in to a food bowl for Asia saying the free trade deal will aid Chinese investment in farms in the region.
Les investisseurs privés chinois pourront injecter jusqu'à un milliard de dollars australiens sans feu vert préalable du conseil de surveillance des investissements étrangers, avec quelques exceptions pour les terres agricoles et les entreprises agroalimentaires.
