Foreign Investment Review Board
© Commonwealth of Australia 2001
ISBN 0 642 74091 7
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Main points
Changes to membership vii
2000-01 proposals in summary vii
Chapter 1: Foreign Investment Review Board
Functions of the Board 1
Membership 1
Relationship of the Executive to the Board 3
Administration of Foreign Investment Policy 3
Cost of the Board's operations 4
2000-01 outcomes 5
Processing of proposals 6
Consultation arrangements 7
Handling of Commercial-in-Confidence and personal information 8
Monitoring and compliance activity 9
National interest 10
International aspects 11
Chapter 2: Foreign Investment Proposals
Limitations of the Board's data 15
Applications decided in 2000-01 17
Approvals by sector 19
Residential real estate compliance 29
Approvals by country of investor 30
Chapter 3: Aggregate Foreign Investment
Foreign investment flows 33
Foreign investment levels 35
Appendices
Appendix A: Summary of Australia's Foreign Investment Policy
as at 30 June 2001 37
Appendix B: Legislation, Policy Statements and Publications 53
Appendix C: Press Releases - 2000-2001 59
Appendix D: Chronology of Policy Measures 61
Appendix E: OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises 71
Appendix F: The Executive - Contact Names 87