Pacific Australia Labour Mobility Scheme changes announced last week could be the “final nail in the coffin” for many small Australian farmer operations, while facilitating the growth of larger businesses able to absorb the program’s new wage guarantee arrangements. That’s according to leading horticulture expert Matt Palise, the managing director of Red Rich Fruits, a […]
Coal companies have recorded windfall profits amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with new research revealing the billions of dollars exporters made. The value of coal exports skyrocketed to $112B over 2021-22 despite Australians being crippled by climbing energy prices as a direct result of Russia’s invasion. It marks a 186 per cent increase from […]
It’s a vision of the future that has captured the imagination of farmers, food companies and agricultural scientists for the past decade. As arable land becomes scarcer, the climate-change risk of destroying forests to make more cropping country becomes ever-more apparent, and food insecurity intensifies as a global threat to world peace, many minds have […]
Viral fragments of foot and mouth disease have been detected at Australia’s border, as the nation’s biosecurity is ramped up. The fragments of the virus, which threaten to devastate Australia’s cattle industry, were found in a small number of food products imported from overseas, Agriculture Minister Murray Watt has confirmed. While there was no live […]
The US dollar might be a thing of the past when it comes to global trade, as Australia’s iron ore industry welcomes this new payment method. A ship carrying Australian iron ore docked in China’s Shandong province last week. As Australia’s biggest buyer, there’s nothing unusual about that. What was remarkable was how that iron […]
This highly contagious livestock disease has spread to Bali and the official advice for travellers returning back to Australia: ditch the thongs. Bali lovers have been warned – your dirty thongs could be the downfall of our livestock industry. After the “devastating” Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) was detected at Australia’s favourite tourist destination, all […]