Insights and Stories of Colin Packham

Australian bidders gatecrash deal for country’s biggest landholding

Oct. 20, 2016 at 2:19 pm CDT

Sydney | Reuters — Four of Australia’s wealthiest outback cattle families plan to make the first entirely domestic offer to buy S.Kidman and Co, the country’s largest private landholding, paying more than a rival bid of A$365 million (C$370.1 million), two of the quartet said. Kidman has already accepted a […]

Australia competition watchdog to widen dairy investigation

Aug. 25, 2016 at 2:35 pm CDT

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Australia’s richest woman buys two cattle stations

Jul. 22, 2016 at 2:45 pm CDT

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Australia to defer decision on China land deal

Apr. 21, 2016 at 7:00 pm CDT

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Brewers toast Australian gluten-free barley

Apr. 16, 2016 at 3:30 pm CDT

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Grain consortium lobbying hard for Australia’s biggest wheat exporter

Mar. 4, 2016 at 9:50 am CST

Sydney/Reuters – A consortium seeking to buy Australia’s biggest wheat exporter, Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd (CBH), is stepping up lobbying for its offer amid concerns the deal may be snubbed and reports of a rival Chinese bidder. The Australian Grains Champion (AGC), which includes farmers and some former directors of CBH, […]

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Australia to hike tax on ‘backpacker’ workers

Feb. 26, 2016 at 1:23 pm CST

Sydney | Reuters — Australia is set to increase taxes on foreign travellers who work in the country, raising concerns from farmers that their supply of “backpacker labour” at harvest times may dry up and undermine Australia’s ambitions of being Asia’s delicatessen. Australian fruit exports are set to hit a […]

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GrainCorp to join buyer group for Australian wheat marketer

Feb. 16, 2016 at 7:37 pm CST

Sydney | Reuters — Australia’s GrainCorp said Wednesday it was joining a consortium that plans to acquire, then list, Western Australia’s grower-owned Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd (CBH), the country’s largest wheat exporter. The proposal is led by Australian Grains Champion, a Western Australian grower-led initiative. The acquisition would be valued […]

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Australia set to legalize cultivation of medical cannabis

Feb. 10, 2016 at 1:00 am CST

Sydney | Reuters — Australia is expected to legalize the cultivation of cannabis for medical or scientific purposes with a bill introduced to parliament on Wednesday — the first step toward doctors eventually prescribing it to patients with chronic pain. The bill will see Australia create a national licensing and […]

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Australia blocks foreign firm’s deal for largest farm owner

Nov. 19, 2015 at 1:24 pm CST

Sydney | Reuters –– Australia on Thursday blocked the sale of the country’s largest landowner, private farming group S. Kidman and Co., to foreign investors, saying an agricultural area the size of South Korea should remain in Australian hands. Ownership of farmland is a sensitive political issue in Australia amid […]

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