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Corporate & Commercial| 16 Dec 2020
The across-the-board $0 monetary screening threshold for all foreign investments will be lifted on 1 January 2021, as part of the much-anticipated reforms of the Foreign Acquisition and Takeovers Act 1975 (Cth) (FATA) and Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Regulation 2015 (Cth).
Corporate & Commercial| 21 Sep 2020
The Federal Government has released the second tranche of its proposed reform package for the Foreign Acquisition and Takeovers Act 1975 (Cth) and Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Regulation 2015 (Cth).
Corporate & Commercial| 04 Sep 2020
The Federal Government has amended the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Regulation 2015 to reinstate the pre-COVID FIRB monetary thresholds. Our FIRB specialist Conrad Smith outlines what the amendments mean.
Corporate & Commercial| 20 Aug 2020
The exposure drafts of the Foreign Investment Reform (Protecting Australia’s National Security) Bill 2020 and Foreign Investment Reform (Protecting Australia’s National Security) (National Security Business) Regulations 2020 have been released for public consultation.