Announcement
11 Aug 2016
In August 2016, the government of Australia announced changed rules for foreign investors.
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0 certainly harmful
1 likely harmful
0 liberalising
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Announced: 11 Aug 2016
FDI: Entry and ownership rule
On 11 August 2016, the Australian Treasurer announced in a press release (in a preliminary decision) that it would not approve two foreign investment proposals for the takeover of the electricity dist...
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