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Foreign Farm Ownership Questioned

A Senate inquiry has called for an audit of foreign ownership of Australian farmland as sovereign wealth funds and private enterprise strengthen their hold on prime agricultural country. Many large-scale acquisitions go unnoticed under Foreign ...

Food production in Australia - Final report

Please follow the link below to view the final report of the Senate Select Committee on Agriculture and Related Industries' inquiry into food production in ...

The incidence and severity of bushfires across Australia - Report

Please follow the link below to view the final report of the Senate Select Committee on Agriculture and Related Industries' inquiry into the incidence and severity of bushfires across Australiain ...

Selling The Farm

FOREIGN INTERESTS INCLUDING STATE-OWNED COMPANIES FROM CHINA AND THE MIDDLE EAST ARE INCREASINGLY LOOKING TO AUSTRALIA TO SECURE THEIR FOOD PRODUCTION BY PURCHASING KEY AGRICULTURAL ASSETS. The sale of agricultural land is exempt under Foreign ...

Forum “What Women Want”

More than 60 women and a dozen brave men gathered at the Concord Community Centre on Friday 2nd July to find out more about “What Women Want” in the Inner West.

Foreign Investors In Lib's Sights

The Coalition is considering whether the Foreign Investment Review Board should be given greater powers to scrutinise the acquisition of farm- land, amid mounting Chinese interest in agriculture.

Chinese Government buying up our farms, says Senator Bill Heffernan

The Chinese Government is buying Australian farms to directly feed its population, a senior Liberal said on the eve of a visit by a top Bejing official.

The Senate Proof Adjournment Security Speech

Senator HEFFERNAN (New South Wales) (7.19pm)—Tonight I would like to put on the agenda for all Australians—and begin the debate that will lead to the protection of Australia’s sovereignty and food security, both for our country, the world’s ...

Catholic school undercuts BER costings

A Catholic school in rural NSW commissioned a multipurpose centre to be built for a quarter of the price of a small library and classroom at a nearby public school, in another example of self-managed school projects receiving better value for money ...

Politicians Lack Vision and Courage

RE: Pollie Waffle (Western Advocate, April 30).

Swiss Firm Takes Fertiliser Company

Swiss-based international grain and fertiliser trader Ameropa has paid$50 million for a majority stake in Impact Fertilisers, a move likely to be welcomed by farmers who have complained to a Senate committee about lack of competition in the ...

Fertiliser execs have case to answer: Heffernan

CHAIRMAN of the Senate's select committee on agriculture, Senator Bill Heffernan, says there appears to be a good case for the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) to reinvestigate the fertiliser industry. Senator Heffernan ...
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