Australia

Global agriculture on verge of investment gold rush
- Weekly Times
- 27 May 2014
"The institutional ‘herd’ will eventually find agricultural investment,' delegates told at the Global AgInvesting Conference in New York.
Cargill Australia managing director Phillipa Purser says foreign investment globally is important
- Weekly Times
- 26 May 2014
“We can have a nice debate about foreign investment here in Australia, but in the global context it isn’t a discussion about whether it is nice to have, we need it, we absolutely need it.”
Oxfam accuse des grandes banques australiennes
- La Croix
- 29 April 2014
Elle accuse ces établissements de financer des sociétés impliquées dans des spoliations foncières, des exploitations forestières illégales et le travail des enfants.
Oxfam Australia: Banks Backing Companies Accused of Land Grabs
- infoZine
- 29 April 2014
Australia’s big four banks are backing companies accused of kicking people off their land, leaving them homeless and hungry.
Cambodian woman run over by harvester at ANZ-linked Phnom Penh Sugar development
- ABC
- 28 April 2014
One of Australia's big banks is facing scrutiny it financed a Cambodian sugar business responsible for forcing almost 500 families off their land.
Banks face land grab claims in developing world
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 28 April 2014
Australia’s major banks are funding large-scale illegal “land grabs” in the developing world and enabling illegal logging, child labour or other human rights abuses.
'Incredibly high' NZ land prices divert Aquila to Australia
- Agrimoney
- 17 April 2014
The "incredibly high" prices of New Zealand dairy farms have prompted Aquila Capital to switch its investment drive to Australia.
Rules for foreign investment in farmland 'won't change' despite free trade talks with China
- ABC
- 12 April 2014
Trade Minister Andrew Robb has assured his Coalition colleagues there will be no changes to foreign investment rules on farmland as part of a trade deal with China.
Twynam's Gundaline sold to Southern Ag
- Financial Review
- 31 Mar 2014
Southern Agricultural Resources Limited – a fund backed by overseas investors – has purchased Twynam Group's Gundaline Station in Australia's NSW Riverina for about $25 million.
Foreign investment in agriculture
- ABC
- 27 Mar 2014
Should foreign investment in Australian agricultural land and infrastructure be strictly limited? An Intelligence Squared debate presented by the St James Ethics Centre at Sydney's City Recital Hall.
Asian investors 'face more scrutiny' on farm deals, says Fitzgibbon
- The Australian
- 27 Mar 2014
Trade deal with South Korea cuts the value of Australian farmland purchases that attract scrutiny from the Foreign Investment Review Board from $53 million to $15m.
Macquarie adds to its holdings in WA farmland
- Central Advocate
- 27 Mar 2014
Investment bank Macquarie Group is buying two farms in Australia's "wheatbelt" bringing its total holdings in Western Australia to 45,000 ha.