Australia

Nation feeds Gulf's appetite for ownership
- SMH
- 01 August 2011
Hassad plans to spend $US350 million ($318 million) in Australia to secure food supplies for Qatar, which imports 95 per cent of its food.
Shut the gate: why cash-strapped landowners are selling the farm
- SMH
- 01 August 2011
Australians do realise the value of what is being sold, a land agent and rural property specialist said, "but their hands are tied because they can't raise the money".
Foreign investors sow deep roots in food bowl
- SMH
- 30 July 2011
Community agitation grows as farmers feel threatened in New South Wales
China sweet on rural assets
- Stock & Land
- 11 July 2011
Corporate Chinese interest in Australian rural land assets is gaining momentum and there are several players on the hunt across a wide spectrum of sectors: sugarcane, cotton, wool, tomatoes and grapes for wine.
Foreign companies seen targeting Australia, seeking to secure food supply
- Bloomberg
- 11 July 2011
Overseas buyers may boost investment in agriculture assets in Australia, the fourth-biggest shipper of wheat, as they seek to secure supply to meet surging food demand, said Queensland Sugar Ltd. Chairman Alan Winney.
Opposition gets busy on foreign acquisitions
- The Land
- 10 July 2011
Australia's Federal Opposition will establish a working group to investigate options for sharpening rules governing the sale of Australian agricultural land and agribusinesses, to foreign entities.
Sell only what we don't need
- The Australian
- 04 July 2011
"Ultimately, we want to see more, not less, investment in Australian agriculture for the benefit of our industry, but we need to be very clear about the motives," says Jock Laurie, head of Australia's National Farmers Federation
Food security the fear as foreign investors rush in
- The Austalian
- 04 July 2011
"You get a clash of sovereignties. You might take an individual to court or a corporation to court. But I think you'll be very concerned if you take a country to court especially when that country is far bigger than the one you live in," Australian Senator Joyce said.
Asia leads the charge in Aussie land grab
- ANA
- 02 July 2011
Asian investors have overtaken Europeans as the biggest buyers of Australian land, a snapshot of foreign acquisitions reveals.
Australia urged to limit foreign buyers of farms
- AFP
- 01 July 2011
Australia's left-leaning Greens party on Friday called for foreign investment laws to be beefed up to cover farming land and water licenses, fearing too much was falling into overseas hands.
Chinese land grab slips under radar: Cobb
- The Land
- 01 July 2011
Minister of Agriculture says Chinese government controlled company's acquisition of some of the Australia's richest food growing areas is too great a risk for the nation.
Fresh fears over farmland foreign investment
- ABC
- 30 June 2011
Politicians throughout the Parliament united this week to raise concerns about the level of foreign investment throughout Australia.