Getting the Deal Through - Foreign Investment Review provides an overview of Australian governments’ powers to control and block foreign investment. It covers:

  • an overview of law and policy towards oversight of foreign investment

  • powers of the regulators to intervene on national interest grounds and threshold issues

  • procedure: notification and filing submissions, timelines for clearance, regulatory guidance, lobbying

  • assessment: tests for clearance, interagency and international consultation, remedies and appeals

The Australia chapter of this publication was authored by Deborah Johns.