SYDNEY -- Australia will revamp its foreign investment laws to increase scrutiny of "high-risk" and "complicated" projects while streamlining the process for known investors in nonsensitive areas, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Wednesday.
Treasurer says reform will toughen and streamline foreign investment

Australia's Treasurer Jim Chalmers, speaking in Sydney on May 1, outlines the government's plan to revamp foreign investment rules. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) © AAP
SYDNEY -- Australia will revamp its foreign investment laws to increase scrutiny of "high-risk" and "complicated" projects while streamlining the process for known investors in nonsensitive areas, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Wednesday.