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ARTICLE · 15 MAY 2020

Foreign Investment And Australia's Infrastructure Sector

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articipants in Australia's infrastructure sector are, as a general rule, already familiar with the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) and Australia's foreign investment regime.

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Participants in Australia's infrastructure sector are, as a general rule, already familiar with the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) and Australia's foreign investment regime. Large assets, significant landholdings, and the involvement of a variety of foreign financial investors (including sovereign wealth funds) mean that FIRB is rarely a non-issue. And then there is the overlay of the Critical Infrastructure Centre, with its focus on system integrity and data security in critical sectors.

So the infrastructure sector should be well placed to deal with the recently-announced changes to Australia's foreign investment regulation.

However, there are still likely to be a number of unexpected complications, and participants will need to tread carefully to ensure they don't inadvertently fall foul of the new laws.

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