Defence Housing Australia (residential property investment)

Defence Housing Australia (DHA) is responsible for providing housing solutions to members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and their families. To fund its operations, each year DHA sells a limited number of properties to investors under a leaseback arrangement. The site outlines DHA residential property investment and its benefits.

http://invest.dha.gov.au/

FIDO - Financial tips and safety checks

This website, called FIDO, provides financial tips and safety checks for Australian consumers and investors from the Australian Securities & Investments Commission. It covers superannuation, financial advice, shares, managed funds, insurance, banking, credit, debt, money management, warnings about scams, investing, financial information and unclaimed money.

http://www.fido.gov.au/

Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB)

The Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) is a non-statutory body that advises the Government on foreign investment policy and its administration. The Board examines proposals by foreign interests to undertake direct investment in Australia and makes recommendations to the Government on whether those proposals are suitable for approval under the Government's policy.

http://www.firb.gov.au/

Investing

This page from the Australian Securities & Investments Commission's FIDO website links to information about investing including: where do you start?; what can you invest in?; getting investment advice and learning about investing; and watching out for investment pitfalls.

http://www.fido.gov.au/fido/fido.nsf/byHeadline/Investing

National Information Centre on Retirement Investments

The National Information Centre on Retirement Investments (NICRI) aims to improve the level and quality of investment information provided to people with modest savings who are investing for retirement or facing redundancy. The role of NICRI is to help provide up to date independent information to assist people to make the best possible investment decisions they can.

http://www.nicri.org.au/

Takeovers Panel

The Takeovers Panel is the primary forum for resolving disputes about a takeover bid until the bid period has ended. The Panel is a peer review body, with part time members drawn predominantly from Australia's takeovers and business communities.

http://www.takeovers.gov.au/