Australia

Hawke lobbied for China in Ord
- West Australian
- 08 December 2014
Former Australian prime minister Bob Hawke lobbied Colin Barnett to allow a Chinese company to buy a large package of land in the Ord River.
Sundrop gets $100m injection from KKR to grow tomatoes in SA desert
- The Age
- 04 December 2014
Sundrop Farms has received a capital injection from private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts to aggressively expand its tomato growing operations in South Australia.
China group in Ord River buy bid
- West Australian
- 02 December 2014
Kimberley Agricultural Investment, owned by Chinese company Shanghai Zhongfu, has told the State Government "on an informal basis" it wants freehold ownership of the 6000ha Knox Plain area, in northern Australia.
CPC buys Bunda for $15m
- Financial Review
- 01 December 2014
The $700 million fund, owned by London based Terra Firma, controls 19 properties across Australia's top end covering more than 5.6 million hectares.
Huiyuan Juice eyes Australian farms
- China Daily
- 26 November 2014
China Huiyuan Juice Group Limited, the largest privately owned juice producer in China, plans to invest in the agricultural resources in Australia by acquiring one or two farms.
Terra Firma to sell Aus beef stake
- Financial Review
- 21 November 2014
London-based private equity titan Terra Firma is mulling a partial sale of Australia's largest privately owned beef producer, after being approached by several Chinese companies.
Greenland in talks to acquire Australian food and wine companies
- Bloomberg
- 18 November 2014
Chinese state-owned company, Greenland Holding Group, is in talks with Australian agricultural companies on possible takeovers and plans to complete its first deal in six months.
China's New Hope to invest in Australian dairy
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 18 November 2014
Chinese giant New Hope will invest up to $500 million in Australian dairy farms in what could be the first of many deals fuelled by the historic China-Australia free trade agreement.
Australia: US fund pays $30m for Queensland grain farms
- Financial Review
- 17 November 2014
Black River Asset Management, a subsidiary of Cargill, one of the world's biggest food producers, has bought four grain-producing farms in the Darling Downs farming region between Dalby and Chinchilla.
Gina Rinehart plots $500m China baby formula move
- Bloomberg
- 14 November 2014
Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart is teaming up with the China National Machinery Industry Corporation to acquire a 5,000 ha dairy farm in Queensland to supply infant formula to China.
Lack of scale crushing the Ord Irrigation Scheme's sugar dream
- ABC
- 12 November 2014
Pressure is mounting on the Northern Territory Government to make land available for a Chinese company, as it struggles to progress environmental approvals and negotiate with the Indigenous Traditional Owners.
Tough new rules as foreigners gouge huge chunk of Australia
- Daily Telegraph
- 12 November 2014
12.4 per cent of Australia’s agricultural land has some level of foreign ownership, with 95 per cent of this land in the hands of just 45 overseas companies.