Foreigners face extra FIRB hurdles buying farms during virus emergency

Andrew Marshall
Updated March 31 2020 - 8:30pm, first published 2:30pm
Foreign investors face extra scrutiny for predatory ambitions
Foreign investors face extra scrutiny for predatory ambitions

Foreign buyers stepping into the rural property or agribusiness sector will have to negotiate new regulatory hurdles aimed at preventing a rush of opportunistic offshore-based takeovers during the coronavirus emergency.

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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