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Australia to start register of foreign ownership of water rights
Posted by Reuters: Byron Kaye on February 22nd, 2016
Reuters: The Australian government said on Monday it plans to start a register of foreign ownership of water rights, redoubling its efforts to appease voters concerned about the amount of farming assets being sold offshore. Nine months after the government said it would force foreign owners of farmland to register, Treasurer Scott Morrison said the government plans to introduce laws to create a separate register of foreign ownership of water rights by Dec. 1. "Our agricultural land and water resources are...