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China’s latest attack on Aussie trade

Tensions between Australia and China have boiled over yet again, with Beijing suspending the import of a crucial crop...

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02nd Sept. 2020 7:09 AM

Chinese-Australian relations have nosedived recently.

China’s ‘bastard act’ against Australia

China has been accused of engaging in a “bastard act” against Australia, with one MP slamming the country’s actions as...

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13th May 2020 10:05 AM

China’s retaliation against Australian meat suppliers has been slammed. Picture NRM

Expect delays to laptops, leather goods, medicine and cars

Delays are already hitting Australian imports of gadgets, leather goods and medicine, but experts warn a ‘second wave’...

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15th March 2020 8:03 AM

Man refused entry to Australia over pork items

A man has been refused entry to Australia after failing to declare four kilos of pork products, as the government tries to...

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04th Nov. 2019 1:11 PM

A 60-year-old Vietnamese man had arrived in Sydney with close to four kilos of pork-filled savoury mooncakes in his luggage but failed to declare it.

Snail fail: China ship in deep water over giant gastropods

A ship from China has been stopped from entering Australia after Giant African snails were found on board.

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04th Oct. 2019 2:10 PM

Niel Charles of AQIS with a giant African snail, often found on incoming containers. Pic Drew Fitzgibbon. Story Kate Patterson

Boar semen imported in 'disturbing' breach

TWO men have been jailed in Western Australia and a piggery has been fined over a boar semen importation racket.

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14th Aug. 2019 12:08 PM

The semen was used in the company's artificial breeding program and several sows on its property were direct offspring of Danish boars.

’Australia will pay for its arrogance’

THE Chinese government has threatened to wage war on Australia’s beef and wine industries, in a move that would cut our...

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23rd May 2018 3:05 PM

The Chinese government has threatened to go after Australia’s wine and beef industries.

White spot disease found in supermarket products

BREAKING: A team of Coast researchers chasing the source of south-east Queensland's white spot outbreak have found...

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02nd Aug. 2017 8:08 AM

ON THE CASE: Dr Wayne Knibb is associate professor of genetics at USC. He and his team have found white spot disease present in frozen foods at two Coast supermarkets.

'Prawn shortage' not all it's cracked up to be

THERE'S been a prawn shortage in the Mackay region, if signs hanging in at least one Mackay pub are to be believed.

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08th July 2017 5:07 AM

AUSSIE ICON: David Caracciolo with a locally caught rainbow king prawn. The QLD Seafood Industry Association Mackay director and owner of Mackay Reef Fish Supplies/Mackay Fish Market says there's no shortage, locally at least.

Australians could import new cars direct under new laws

PROPOSED changes to federal law would allow Australians to personally import new cars from other right hand drive countries...

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10th Feb. 2016 2:02 PM

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