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.

 

Increase to foreign investment fees

The Treasurer has announced that foreign investment fees will be doubled from 29 July 2022.

The increased foreign investment fees will apply to notifications and applications made on or after 29 July 2022. If notice of a notifiable action was given or an application made in the approved manner prior to 29 July 2022, the fee payable will be the fee specified in the relevant pre-29 July 2022 fee schedule. The new fee schedule can be found in updated Guidance Note 10 [PDF 1.06 MB | DOCX 985KB], which will become current on 29 July 2022.