Politics cloud $371m Kidman property sale
The sale of about one per cent of Australia's land mass to a Chinese-led consortium comes at an awkward time for the Coalition.
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S Kidman & Co to sell to Chinese for $371m
Australia's largest landholder S Kidman & Co has agreed to sell to Chinese-listed company Dakang for $370.7 million.
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