Australia

Chinese eye Australia's outback in $43 billion foreign farming frenzy
- Bloomberg
- 04 August 2015
Australia is facing $43 billion foreign farming frenzy by Chinese companies, spurred by mounting food security needs and a push to “go global.”
Les investisseurs chinois sont friands de terres agricoles australiennes
- ABC
- 31 July 2015
Les investisseurs chinois s'intéressent surtout aux meilleures terres, notamment au bassin Murray-Darling, qui est la principale surface agricole d'Australie
Les investisseurs chinois sont friands de terres agricoles australiennes
- Radio Australia
- 29 July 2015
Dans le domaine des terres agricoles, la présence de la Chine en Australie est comparable à celle des États-Unis, explique Brian Healey à Radio Australia.
Australia: Senator Penny Wong slams Coalition agricultural foreign investment policy
- Weekly Times
- 28 July 2015
Labor’s trade spokeswoman Senator Penny Wong has slammed the Coalition’s agricultural foreign investment policy at today’s premier grains industry event.
Chinese businessmen invest in Australian agriculture
- Xinhua
- 24 July 2015
Australian farms and cattle stations are becoming increasingly attractive to overseas investors - especially Chinese buyers looking for beef sources in other countries.
Chinese billionaire buys two cattle stations in northern Australia for $47m
- Guardian
- 16 July 2015
Xingfa Ma takes on 40,000 head of cattle with the deal, which adds to his other Australian cattle stations and a wine group
Aus ag ripe for foreign investment
- The Land
- 16 July 2015
The sliding dollar is sweetening Australia's appeal as an agricultural investment destination ripe for overseas companies and fund managers, particularly from North America and Europe.
Ord test of China farm ties
- West Australian
- 15 July 2015
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.
Challenger buys UK alternative funds management house Dexion Capital
- Brisbane Times
- 15 July 2015
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.
New obligations for foreign investors in agricultural land in Australia
- JD Supra
- 15 July 2015
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.
La «bombe» foncière risque de détonner au Sénégal
- Sud Quotidien
- 07 July 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.
Foreign investors on hunt for Aussie farms
- Sunday Night
- 05 July 2015
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.