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Ban on sale of a cattle company with more land than South Korea won't last.
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Drivers along Australia's highways get used to looking out for the unique tourist attractions known as Big Things: a 16-meter-high pineapple with a top-floor observation deck, a six-meter boxing crocodile, a four-story concrete sheep with death ray eyes.
They don't come much bigger than S. Kidman & Co., a cattle company whose outback ranches cover more land than South Korea. It's going to be staying on the list of domestically owned Big Things for a while, after the country's Treasurer today blocked its sale to an overseas buyer. But don't be surprised to see it go eventually.