Ag investors: FIRB fees now 'big ticket' cost to overseas buyers

Andrew Marshall
September 28 2022 - 7:01am
FIRB fee hike is taxing offshore investor confidence in Aussie ag
FIRB fee hike is taxing offshore investor confidence in Aussie ag

Labor's decision to swiftly double the cost of application fees for overseas investors when it won government this year has continued to rile and baffle agricultural investment fund managers.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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