Foreign Acquisitions Amendment (Agricultural Land) Bill 2010

Type: Private
Sponsor
Originating house: Senate
Status: Before Senate
Parliament no: 43
Summary: Amends the
Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975
to: implement a national interest test to be applied against proposed foreign acquisitions of agricultural land; require any interest in agricultural land greater than five hectares to be notified to the Treasurer; require online publication of information about foreign acquisitions of interest in agricultural land; and impose penalties for not notifying the Treasurer of a proposed acquisition.

Progress

Senate
24 Nov 2010	Introduced and read a first time
24 Nov 2010	Second reading moved
22 Sep 2011	Second reading debate
28 Feb 2013	Second reading debate

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

Senate
Independent/Australian Greens [sheet 7148] XENOPHON, Sen Nick;MILNE, Sen Christine

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Committee Information

No documents at present

Bills Digest

No documents at present

Notes

Referred to Committee (10/02/2011): Senate Economics Legislation Committee; Committee report (16/06/2011)

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Text of bill

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Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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