Tag: foreign investment

Thailand woos Aussie investors on its innovation potential

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Thai delegates have promised Australian investors a “totally different” Thailand within three years as the government looks to attract foreign capital to its reshaping economy, which is being built...

Compliance levels low in bumper foreign investment year

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Treasury performed fewer audits of foreign investors last year, moving instead to using outside firms to check compliance with rules for high risk and high value investments. The audits...

Govt rejects call to tighten foreign investment conditions

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government has formally rejected a recommendation to tighten the rules around foreign investments, despite a Senate committee hearing evidence voluntary undertakings are being flouted by overseas companies....

Foreign investment crackdown risks ‘strangling’ tech

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian tech companies which receive any funding from overseas defence or national security agencies will be subject to the new national security test under new reforms which risk “strangling”...

Govt seeks foreign investment tech platform

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has gone to the market for a tech provider to develop a new foreign investment IT platform to replace the existing system, which has “not kept...

Foreign investment changes, despite tech concerns

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Significant reforms to Australia’s foreign investment framework have sailed through parliament with bipartisan support, despite concerns from Labor and the tech sector that they will act as a disincentive...

Govt is rushing foreign investment reform: Labor

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government is rushing significant reforms to Australia’s foreign investment framework which have left much of the tech sector confused and concerned, according to the federal opposition. The government-led...