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The Foreign Investment website is maintained by the Department of the Treasury.

The Department of the Treasury encourages the dissemination and exchange of information provided on this website.

The Commonwealth owns the copyright in all material produced by this department.

All material presented on this website is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence, with the exception of:

  • the Commonwealth Coat of Arms
  • this department's logo
  • content supplied by third parties.

The details of the relevant licence conditions are available on the Creative Commons website, as is the full legal code for the CC BY 4.0 license

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Attribution

Material obtained from this website is to be attributed to this department as:
© Commonwealth of Australia

Third party copyright

Wherever a third party holds copyright in material presented on this website, the copyright remains with that party. Their permission may be required to use the material.

This department has made all reasonable efforts to:

  • clearly label material where the copyright is owned by a third party
  • ensure that the copyright owner has consented to this material being presented on this website.

Use of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms

The terms of use for the Coat of Arms are available from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet website

Treasury foreign investment contacts

Enquiries

Our preferred method of contact for pre-lodgement enquiries is via email. Please send enquiries to:

 foreigninvestmentenquiries@treasury.gov.au

If a submission has already been lodged via the Foreign Investment Portal please use the communications function in the Portal to submit your query.

For urgent queries, we offer a phone enquiry service from Monday to Friday between 10:00 am to 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (AEST) - except ACT public holidays* 
  +61 2 6263 3795

* Please note that our phone line operating hours may be subject to change.

Report a suspected breach of Australian foreign investment rules

If you suspect, know, or have breached Australia’s foreign investment rules you can submit a report through our Foreign Investment Portal.

If you are unable to use the Foreign Investment Portal please email:

 foreigninvestmentcompliance@treasury.gov.au

All suspected breach reports will be treated as confidential.

Australian Taxation Office contacts

Enquiries

Contact the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) for all enquiries relating to:

  • residential real estate
  • vacancy fee
  • residential fee waiver
  • online services for foreign investors
  • the Register of Foreign Owned Australian Assets (the Register).

  1800 050 377
If phoning from overseas +61 2 6216 1111 and ask to be transferred to 1800 050 377

Monday to Friday between 8:00 am to 6:00 pm (AEST) except national public holidays

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