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The Australian Tax Office has found that nearly 14% of Australian farmland is held by foreign investors. AAP Image/Dan Peled

September 21, 2016

FactCheck: Is 30% of Northern Territory farmland and 22% of Tasmanian farmland foreign‑owned?

Erin Smith, University of the Sunshine Coast and Bill Pritchard, University of Sydney

Katter’s Australian Party federal MP Bob Katter said 30% of the Northern Territory’s farmland and 22% of Tasmania’s farmland is foreign-owned. Is that true?

Lower targets are easier to meet. Gates Foundation/Flickr

September 25, 2014

Hunger games: changing targets and the politics of global nutrition

Bill Pritchard, University of Sydney and Chetan Choithani, University of Sydney

During the United Nations General Assembly meetings this week, Ban Ki-Moon has convened a high-level side event on the Zero Hunger Challenge. This initiative by the UN Secretary-General bears the tag line…

Beef sales in Japan involve tightly controlled captive supply chains. Andy Rain/AAP

April 17, 2014

Japan‑Australia deal leaves beef trade in the 20th century

Bill Pritchard, University of Sydney

The Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA) signed last week is a bilateral trade deal in the old-fashioned mould. In the twenty-first century, global economic negotiations tend to be preoccupied…

Australian farmland is changing hands more often, but data on who is buying and selling is inadequate. Erin Smith

March 13, 2014

Lost in the paddock: Australia flying blind on farm ownership

Erin Smith, University of Sydney and Bill Pritchard, University of Sydney

The debate about who owns Australia’s farmland is often expressed in crude and narrow ways, and not just on talkback radio. Take last year’s leaders debate at Rooty Hill during the final week of the election…

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