Acting Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has dismissed a Liberal backbencher’s suggestion that a sugar tax should be considered as a means to tackle child obesity.
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China suspends licence of Australian dairy processor
China has suspended the licence of the Camperdown Dairy Company, claiming the company’s products contain harmful bacteria.
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Coffee company receives $225,000 grant, hires ex-auto workers
Coffee company Industry Beans has been awarded a Victorian government grant of $225,000 under a program aimed at creating jobs for former auto industry workers.
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Lambie pushes for Senate Inquiry into dairy industry
Independent senator Jacqui Lambie has called for a Senate Inquiry into the dairy industry, claiming this is the best way to uncover illegal activity in the sector.
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If the French can do it for champagne… Xenophon wants legal protection for Australian terms, products
Senator Nick Xenophon has suggested that, just as the French have protected the word champagne, we should protect Australian terms used by manufacturers.
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Joyce confirms commitment to commodity milk price index
Barnaby Joyce chaired a dairy symposium involving in Melbourne today and again committed the Government to establishing a commodity milk price index.
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Dropping the plan to ban junk food ads in prime time was a bad move – the UK will regret it
There is no better arena than TV for corporations to promote a message that “bad” food is “good” when it is a treat, or part of a balanced diet, a deserved indulgence, fun.
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Murray Goulburn again defends farmgate milk price cuts
Dairy Co-Operative Murray Goulburn (MG) has again defended its retrospective farmgate milk price cuts and denied it didn’t warn suppliers about its financial position early enough.
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Has your food business tapped into government grants?
The importance of the food industry to Australia is being recognised in the grant space, with a number of grant opportunities at both the Federal and State level on offer.
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SA offers SMEs grants to hire new workers
The South Australian government has announced a grant scheme, offering SMEs in the state – which has the country’s worst unemployment rate – $10,000 per each job created.
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Vic Govt puts cold chain industry at risk, claims RWTA
The RWTA has called on the Victorian Government to explain why it encouraged a business with a history of serial insolvency in Europe to enter the local market.
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Group of dairy farmers plan to sell milk directly to manufacturer
A group of three West Gippsland dairy farmers may bypass the major dairy processors and sell milk directly to a Melbourne yoghurt and cheese maker.
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Greens say milk floor price is an option
Greens leader Richard Di Natale has taken aim at Coles and Woolworths for selling milk for $1 a litre and indicated he may support a milk floor price.
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Barnaby Joyce delivers half billion in assistance to dairy farmers
The Federal Government has announced a half-billion-dollar assistance package including concessional loans to dairy farmers dealing with the collapse of farmgate milk price
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Barnaby Joyce to urge higher milk prices
Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has said he will urge retailers and dairy processors to increase what they pay dairy farmers for milk.
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Senate inquiry into red meat processing calls for changes to address industry fears
Senators are calling for an overhaul of the red meat processing industry in an attempt to reform the sector.
Findings from the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport call
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China increases regulation of online imports
Chinese authorities have increased restrictions on food and other products imported through online sales, in an effort to entice consumers back to the domestic market.
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NSW EPA offering food and organics waste collection systems grants
Round 4 of the Local Government Organics Collection Systems grants are now open for councils to apply for funding to reduce and recycle food waste in NSW.
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EPA fines P & M Quality SmallGoods for emission of offensive odours
The NSW EPA has issued an $8,000 fine to P & M Quality SmallGoods for the emission of offensive odours from its Scone site in January.
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Wesfarmers chief ‘disappointed’ by effects test introduction
The chief of Wesfarmers believes the effects test, introduced by the Government yesterday, is bad policy and has vowed that it will not affect the retail giant’s pricing policy.
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