Australia Loans $45 Million Sweetener to Fund Tim Tams Global Expansion

Support will refinance $1.75 billion in debt maturing in 2026 and back Arnott’s growth plans.Tim Tams are seen during Vox Media’s 2022 Code Conference – Day 2 in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sept. 7, 2022. Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Vox Media12/8/2025|Updated: 12/8/2025Australia’s National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) has provided a $45 million (US$30 million) loan to the Arnott’s Group, positioning the country’s most famous biscuit to scale up exports and accelerate its global ambitions.The funding will support the refinancing of $1.75 billion in existing debt maturing in 2026 and is tied to what Arnott’s has described as “planned future growth capital expenditure.”Naziya Alvi Rahman is a Canberra-based journalist who covers political issues in Australia. She can be reached at [email protected].Author’s Selected Articles