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.

 

Updated application guidance and requirements for investors - revised 28 August

The FIRB Application Portal will now be unavailable from 7pm Tuesday 1 September 2020 until 8am Wednesday 2 September 2020 AEST. Updates will be made to the Applicant Details page of the Portal.

From 2 September 2020, applications in the Portal will be required to include applicant-specific contact details. These details will allow the FIRB to contact investors (or their nominated representatives) in the future if required (for example, in relation to a scheduled report back). Specifically, an email address and phone number of the applicant, as well as contact details of a representative of the applicant that is responsible for regulatory compliance or equivalent, are now required.

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These contact details will also be required for applications that were created before 2 September 2020 but not submitted. In relation to these applications, additional instructions will be sent via email to demonstrate how to update the application before it is submitted.

Updates to the FIRB Application Checklist

Treasury is currently updating the FIRB Application Checklist to provide greater clarity to applicants on information requirements when submitting an application. Further detail will be provided once the Application Checklist is updated. These updates are expected to be available on the website in the coming weeks.