Treasury’s Foreign Investment website has replaced firb.gov.au. 

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Notification of actions

The process to notify the Australian Government of foreign investment actions taken will change 1 July 2023.

  • Between 5pm AEST, Friday 30 June and 12am AEST, Saturday 1 July the notification of action webform is unavailable as we transition to the new arrangements.
  • From 12am AEST, Saturday 1 July please visit the ATO’s Register of Foreign Ownership of Australian Assets page.
  • Some investors may still be required to give notice under sections 98C, 98D or 98E instead of giving notice to the Register. A changed process will apply to the manner of notification for all actions notified on or after 1 July 2023, regardless of when the action was taken. For more information, please visit Treasury's Foreign Investment website.

 

End of financial year reporting requirements for foreign owners of Australian media assets

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (the ACMA) maintains a publicly available Register of Foreign Owners of Media Assets under section 74D of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (the BSA), which is a register of foreign persons who hold company interests of 2.5 per cent or more in an Australian media company.

A person is obliged to notify the ACMA within 30 days after the end of each financial year if it is a foreign stakeholder by virtue of it holding company interests of 2.5 per cent or more in an Australian media company, as at 30 June. Notifications are due by 30 July 2019.

The reporting requirements also apply to persons acting on behalf of foreign stakeholders, such as executors, administrators and liquidators.

For more information and to lodge a notification, please refer to the Australian Communications and Media Authority website.