Australia

Australia: Increased farm buyer scrutiny likely
- The Land
- 22 October 2013
The Abbott government's plan to increase scrutiny of foreign farm purchases looks set to pass the Senate despite a simmering internal Coalition row over Chinese investment.
AAFM positions to tap Aussie ag investment spree
- Agrimoney
- 21 October 2013
Australian Farms Fund Management sells a 40% stake to Melbourne-based Lempriere Capital, the agricultural investment management group that partnered with China's Shandong to purchase the Cubbie Station cotton farm.
Foreign buyer for Northern Territory farm
- North Queensland Register
- 08 October 2013
The Insight Global Farmland Fund, has snapped up Forrest Hill Station in the Northern Territory and all its cattle for $6.4 million in a deal negotiated by Elders.
Australian PM welcomes Indonesia joint ventures on cattle
- Jakarta Globe
- 01 October 2013
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott throws his support behind Jakarta’s plans to invest in Australian cattle farms to help end a trade dispute that has devastated his country’s cattle industry and boosted beef prices in Indonesia.
Chinese stick to WA farm investment plan
- West Australian
- 30 September 2013
A Chinese conglomerate has hit back at critics of its WA farming operations and vowed to press on with plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in an integrated supply chain from Albany to China.
Indonesian land buy may go over 1.5m hectares
- The Examiner
- 25 September 2013
The Indonesian government may be in the market for an even larger slice of Australian land than the 1.5 million hectares it has proposed.
Bitter harvest: Aussie families warn of foreign giants buying up the farm
- Canberra Times
- 25 September 2013
US, Canadian, Arabian and Swiss interests are buying up multiple properties in around Stockinbingal, and the handful of Australian family farms that remain want the federal government to intervene.
L'Indonésie lorgne les terres australiennes pour produire du bœuf
- RFI
- 18 September 2013
Pour assurer son approvisionnement en viande de bœuf, l'Indonésie envisage d'acheter plus d'un million d'hectares en Australie.
Big dairy farm expected to change hands
- ABC
- 12 September 2013
It has been reported that the state-owned China Investment Corporation and New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra are negotiating to buy Tasmanian dairy farm Van Diemen's Land under a proposed $200 million deal.
Indonesian beef plan sparks foreign investment debate
- ABC
- 12 September 2013
A move by the Indonesian government to buy one million hectares of land for beef production in Australia for its own local market has reignited the foreign ownership debate.
Indonesia approves plan to buy 1 million hectares of Australian grazing land
- ABC
- 12 September 2013
Indonesia has moved to solve its beef supply problems by approving a plan to buy one million hectares of Australian farmland, a plot four times the size of the Australian Capital Territory.
Indonesia's ag land plans
- The Land
- 12 September 2013
Indonesia's announcement yesterday that it plans to buy a million hectares of Australian agricultural land to raise beef cattle is the clearest signal yet that it wants to lower its dependence on the current live export system.