Introduction
On 25 February 2015, the Australian government released an
Options Paper seeking feedback on proposed changes to
Australia's foreign investment regime, primarily in relation to
residential real estate and agriculture.
Following this, on 2 May 2015 the Australian government
announced a series of changes to the foreign investment regime.
These included further details on the lower threshold for
agriculture-related acquisitions, new application fees and a
stricter enforcement regime for real estate acquisitions. Further
details of these changes are available in our most recent
Foreign Investment Update.
Further changes to modernise the foreign investment regime are
proposed. Having considered the initial feedback provided following
the February Options Paper, on 18 May 2015 the government released
a Modernisation Options Paper.
