bitter harvest: warn of foreigners buy farms, page-31

I think many Aussies would be interested in initiatives to keep local or balance the amount of land owned by overseas interests.

Suggestions like:

- Introducing Foreign ownership land taxes
- Govt investment and bonds in local land ownership (and returns) - possibly link to Super Guarantee (compulsory component e.g. 2% in prime rural investments)
- Are there any local Publicly listed companies that own/purchase/manage Prime rural land?
- Encourage medium term leasing to overseas interests (as opposed to purchasing) - and tax breaks to encourage leasing and employment

Our prime land is like gold - let's be smart in how we manage it.