NFF: foreign ownership register “good blunt overview” but better data needed

Colin Bettles
Updated October 3 2017 - 4:38pm, first published 4:13pm
NFF: foreign ownership register “good blunt overview” but better data needed
NFF: foreign ownership register “good blunt overview” but better data needed

FARMERS aren’t shocked by the latest foreign investment figures showing a ten-fold increase in Chinese ownership of Australian farmland, driven largely by the huge Kidman and Co cattle company transaction.

Colin Bettles

Colin Bettles

Canberra Bureau Chief

Has been the Canberra Bureau Chief for Fairfax Agricultural Media since 2010 - survived the hung parliament - former media manager at Western Australian Cricket Association now covering national agricultural and rural issues in federal politics.

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