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The Regulation of Foreign Direct Investment in Australia: Australian Treasury's Recent Facts and Figures

The Background: The Australian Treasury has released its second quarterly report of the 2023–24 financial year covering the regulation of foreign investment in Australia during the quarter ended 31 December 2023....more

Australian Government Announces Procedural Reforms to Strengthen and Streamline Australia's Foreign Investment Policy

The Situation: The Australian government has restated its commitment to foreign investment and announced procedural reforms to Australia's foreign investment framework. The government aims to attract the significant foreign...more

United States Leads the Way With Recent Foreign Investment Into Australia

The Australian Treasury has released its first quarterly report ("Report") for the 2023-24 financial year covering the regulation of foreign investment in Australia....more

Australia's New Register of Foreign Ownership of Australian Assets Commences on July 1, 2023

In Short - The Situation: From July 1, 2023, foreign investors in Australia will be subject to new registration requirements under Australia's foreign investment regime....more

Australia Foreign Investment Fees Set to Double

The Situation: The Australian Government has doubled Foreign Investment Review Board ("FIRB") application fees payable by investors who are required to seek approval under the Foreign Investments and Takeovers Act 1975 (Cth)...more

Significant Changes to Australia's Foreign Investment Framework Commenced on 1 January 2021

The Situation: The Australian government has introduced significant changes to its foreign investment review framework. The centrepiece of the changes is an enhanced review of acquisitions of property or businesses which are...more

COVID-19 and Australia's Foreign Investment Regime

The Situation: The Australian Government has temporarily reduced the monetary thresholds under the Foreign Investments and Takeovers Act 1975 (Cth) ("the Act")?which had long been in place to exempt some foreign investment...more

Jones Day Talks: Doing Deals Down Under: Australia's Foreign Direct Investment Regime [Audio]

Like many countries, Australia is taking a careful look at proposed investments by foreign entities, particularly when certain sensitive industries or a government agency are involved. Jones Day's Mark Crean, Ingrid...more

Australian Government Further Tightens FIRB Controls, Now Over Critical Electricity Assets

In early 2016, the Australian Government announced the introduction of new standard tax conditions and appeared to indicate that the conditions would be applied universally to all foreign investment approvals. Later that...more

Australian Government Tries to "Level the Playing Field" for Purchases of Agricultural Land

On 1 February 2018, the Treasurer of Australia announced that going forward, foreign persons seeking approval for the acquisition of Australian agricultural land will, in the absence of exceptional circumstances, need to...more

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