China coveting Australian dairy assets ?
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In the dairy world, bigger is better, says David Williams, who is advising Bega Cheese Ltd on its attempted takeover of Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Ltd. Williams, founder of boutique advisory firm Kidder Williams, forecasts further Asian investment in dairy exporters along the lines of a deal last year...
Australia Indonesia JVs for beef cattle farmland ?
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Senior federal government ministers say any proposal by Indonesia to buy Australian farmland for cattle grazing will be under joint venture arrangements.accoeding to SKY News Australia. The Indonesian government has expressed interest in acquiring a large tranche of pastoral land in northern Australia to breed cattle, but the proposal...
AustralianAgriculture Co Chairman interview
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AA Co Chairman Donald McGauchie gives his views on Australia’s potential role as a food bowl for Asia, the likelihood of foreign investment in Australian agriculture ,the branding and marketing of Australian agricultural exports, the need for sustained R&D in the agricultural sector to lift productivity levels and AACo’s plans...
On farm biosecurity
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Australian agriculture’s biggest threat needs a global approach Australia has been free of foot and mouth disease since 1872, but it is still considered the most serious biosecurity threat to Australia’s agricultural industries. A widespread outbreak could cost the economy more than A$16 billion in the first 12 months....
China’s SOEs and Australia’s FIRB system
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Problems with Australia’s foreign investment review system are more rooted in perception than in reality. Many of the gripes we hear from Chinese miners about confusing laws and taxes, environmental standards and stakeholder concerns are just the growing pains of a sector that is still finding its way on...
Pettis on Chinese predictions
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Since the beginning of the global crisis in 2007-08 I have argued that the crisis was a consequence primarily of global trade imbalances generated by structural features that led to significant saving imbalances in China, the US, and within Europe. I describe this model in more detail in my...
Beef, Bali and Boats
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Beef, boats and elections: what’s in store for the Australia-Indonesia relationship Somehow, the debate on Indonesia-Australia relations has got stuck on Bali, beef and boats.While there is no point pretending that either beef or boats are about to disappear as issues any time soon, we need to broaden the...
Hedge Funds mull small agri and resources deals in Oz
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“Hedge funds and Asian buyers, especially from China, are analysing mining companies and agricultural businesses including dairy, cattle and wheat farms that are in distress with a view to take controlling or minority stakes. Turnaround and insolvency experts, lawyers, bankers and hedge funds themselves say they expect the mining...
Austcham Agriculture Investment Roundtable 27 Sept 2013
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The Australian Chamber is pleased to invite you to an Agriculture Investment Roundtable & Complimentary Lunch hosted by Dr John McVeigh MP, Queensland Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Queensland, the food bowl of Australia, offers extensive agriculture investment opportunities. The state’s agricultural sector generates A$15 billion of annual...
Integrated Food Energy Development News
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We need a smarter debate on developing northern Australia Northern futures, northern voices: It seems everyone has ideas about how Australia’s north could be better, but most of those ideas come from the south. In this six-part weekly series, developed by the Northern Research Futures Collaborative Research Network and...