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Push for tyre levy on all imports

Tyre prices would rise under a new plan to subsidise the “prohibitive” cost of sustainably disposing tyres that are being...

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23rd Oct. 2020 6:10 AM

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.

Headline acts the BBL must bring down under

Crowds are down in the Big Bash but there is a solution: check out the stars who can spice up the summer’s party...

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17th Jan. 2018 11:01 AM

The Big Bash needs to go hunting for some bigger names in 2018/19.

Top ten cars we’ll drive in 2018

SUVs and one-tonne utes will continue to rule the roads as Australia marks its first year without a local carmaker.

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05th Jan. 2018 8:01 AM

An updated Volkswagen Polo leads the list of newcomers in 2018. Pic: Supplied.

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

MORE CHOICE: The new proposals would allow Australians to personally import cars currently unavailable here such as the Nissan GT-R NISMO.

Cheap petrol keeps import prices low

THE St.George-Melbourne Institute Survey of Household Conditions found that financial conditions had improved due to low...

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29th Jan. 2016 1:01 PM

NRMA ex-chief: Our dependence on fuel imports is dangerous

ISLANDS being developed in the South China Sea were not there for tourism and may eventually pose an additional risk to...

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05th June 2015 5:06 AM

AT RISK: Australia’s vulnerability to a sudden, catastrophic loss of fuel supply is being highlighted by a long-time critic of the country’s fuel security.

Terms of trade and import prices weak in December quarter

AUSTRALIA'S terms of trade (ratio of export to import prices) was modestly lower in the December quarter, as implied by...

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30th Jan. 2015 8:01 AM

Ginger stand-off continues

FEDERAL Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce's response to concerns about Fijian ginger has incensed growers in the Gympie...

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04th Oct. 2014 6:10 AM

Trade gap narrows as import/export mix tips towards imports

THE trade gap deteriorated in October to $529mn, from $271mn in September while exports slipped 0.1% and imports rose 0.8%...

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06th Dec. 2013 7:12 AM

Old stock and depot equipment from Shipping Container Rentals will go under the hammer.

Our love of Aussie beer falls flat

WE LOVE our imported TVs and cars and are increasingly shopping online to order overseas products.

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09th Nov. 2013 6:11 AM

SOMETHING BREWING: Duporth Tavern manager Clayton Williams serves up a schooner of Peroni, an Italian beer. Australians are drinking less beer than they were five years ago, but we are drinking more imported beer.

China to overtake the US in importance to Australian firms

CHINA will soon overpower the United States as the top trading partner with Australia’s smaller businesses.

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02nd Sept. 2013 2:09 PM

food and water safety standards.

“Reducing air pollution is about people’s welfare and the country’s economic future,” the State Council said in a statement.

Australia top area of concern for NZ CEOs

THE state of New Zealand's largest export market tops the list of chief executives' international concerns.

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25th July 2013 3:07 PM

The question for New Zealand firms selling to or invested in Australia is whether it can pull off a smooth baton change from the resources sector to residential and non-mining business investment as drivers of growth.

NRMA calls for review of dependence on foreign fuel

IF AUSTRALIA’S overseas oil supply was significantly disrupted tomorrow, the nation could come to a standstill within three...

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28th Feb. 2013 3:02 PM

Pineapples a political grenade with fight over fruit imports

QUEENSLAND'S favourite spiked fruit has become a political football as state and federal governments bicker over whether to...

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19th Dec. 2012 6:12 AM

MP John McVeigh says foreign imports will risk introducing disease that could harm Queensland's $80 million pineapple industry.

Bill aims to prevent trade of illegally logged timber

CONSERVATIONISTS have welcomed new laws to prohibit the importation of illegally logged timber into Australia.

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20th Nov. 2012 2:11 PM

Craig Emerson discusses the power of Chinese markets

FARMERS wishing to break into the lucrative Chinese market have been urged to build joint ventures in Australia.

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15th Nov. 2012 8:11 AM

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