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Australian Cider Awards open today
The Shout
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July 31, 2025
Cider Australia has officially opened entries to the 2025 Australian Cider Awards, the country’s most prestigious cider competition. This year’s awards will the expert judging panel blind taste hundreds of ciders, specialty ciders and apple & pear...
Australian Ag Minister Julie Collins visits Indonesian feedlot
Beef Central
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August 1, 2025
The Australian Livestock Exporters Council (ALEC) this week welcomed Australia’s Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins on a tour of Indonesia where she visited live cattle supply chains handling Australian cattle and engaged with members of...
Blackstone-backed AirTrunk gets $1.8 billion loan to build second data centre
Forbes Australia
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August 19, 2025
Published on August 20, 2025 AirTrunk—backed by U.S. private equity giant Blackstone—received a AU$2.79 billion (US$1.8 billion) loan to build its second cloud computing facility in the eastern Singapore town of Loyang, doubling down on its...
$48.2 bln of India’s goods exports to US to be subject to 50% tariffs: Govt to Parliament
The Economic Times
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August 19, 2025
It is estimated that around $48.2 billion of India’s merchandise export to the US will be subject to the US’ 50%, government told Lok Sabha Tuesday. Reciprocal tariff at the rate of 25% has been imposed on certain goods exported from India to the...
Australian views on Palestinian state appear to shift, ahead of Israeli cabinet's Gaza meeting
SBS
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Key Points Some 45 per cent of survey respondents supported a Palestinian state in Australia, with 23 per cent opposed. It marks an increase in support since May 2024. Israel's security cabinet is expected to meet to finalise a decision on the...
Australian views on Palestinian state appear to shift, ahead of Israeli cabinet's Gaza meeting
SBS
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Key Points Some 45 per cent of survey respondents supported a Palestinian state in Australia, with 23 per cent opposed. It marks an increase in support since May 2024. Israel's security cabinet is expected to meet to finalise a decision on the...
‘America is a scam:’ TikTok video on cost of medicines in the US stuns Australians
Sky News Australia
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August 7, 2025
A doctor has revealed the costs of different medications in Australia, the US and Scotland - leaving social media users flabbergasted at the US healthcare system. @drmichaelsays on Tiktok said the cost of a salbuthamol inhaler - commonly referred...
Indian calls to shun US study mount as tariff tensions rise
The PIE news
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August 19, 2025
As India-US tensions rise over trade, with Washington imposing a 50% tariff on Indian goods amid disputes on Russian oil and farm sector access, government-backed associations are now targeting one of the most visible aspects of bilateral ties:...
Universities: Powering Australia’s Productivity Revival
The National Tribune
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August 7, 2025
By Professor G.Q. Max Lu AO, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Wollongong Australia’s productivity growth has stalled for many years and with it, the prospect for long-term prosperity. While much of the national conversation focuses on...
Successful pastures in tough seasons
Shepparton News
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The travelling roadshow on September 17 and 18 will also give participants a rare opportunity to see inside the work of the Pasture Trials Network (PTN) in identifying productive and persistent pasture cultivars. The roadshow will include visits...
Farmers call for ease of regulations to allow renewable energy microgrids
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 31, 2025
While some farmers in Victoria are fighting against energy developments, others are frustrated by state government regulations limiting their renewable projects. Sandra Jefford and her husband, Wilco Droppert, milk about 380 cows on their farm in...
'A few issues': Farmer reveals the weather hiccup that's impacted avocadoes this season
Nine
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August 7, 2025
Minmore Fruits in Kumbia, Queensland, is a family-run business. The team behind some of Australia's best avocadoes and stone fruits is Tony Dugdell and his wife, Mia, as well as Matthew and his wife, Lauren. It all began when their parents...
Meet the Australian artist bringing new life to a grain silo in rural North Dakota
Euronews
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August 7, 2025
It’s not every day you see an artist dangling 75 feet in the air, calmly brushing a giant concrete wall like he’s painting a picket fence. But that’s exactly where you’ll find Guido van Helten – perched high above the ground in a boom lift,...
Trump ‘leading’ the way in scrapping net zero after axing Biden-approved wind farm
Sky News Australia
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August 7, 2025
Institute of Public Affairs Research Fellow Mia Schlicht discusses Donald Trump scrapping one of America’s largest wind farms approved by former president Joe Biden. “I think it’s a fantastic decision by Trump, I mean Trump is waking up to the...
Soumya Swaminathan hails PM's resolve to ensure farmers' welfare
Awaz The Voice
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August 7, 2025
Former Deputy Director General at the WHO and daughter of MS Swaminathan, Dr Soumya Swaminathan (file) New Delhi Soumya Swaminathan, Chair of the MS Swaminathan Rsearch Foundation and former Deputy Director-General (DDG) at the World Health...
On The Market: Two Winners Of Australia’s Highest Architecture Award
Boss Hunting
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August 7, 2025
The property market is something Aussies spend more time thinking about than they’d like to admit to, but everyone knows not all homes are created equal. Here at On The Market, we scour countless property listings to share the best of the best,...
Annual Agribusiness Australia Leaders Lunch attracts a crowd of 160 people
Stock Journal
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August 7, 2025
One of the speakers was ANZ Head of Asia Pacific Engagement Simon Birmingham, who gave first-hand insight from leading Australia's trade, industry and finance portfolios during some of the country's most critical negotiations.
New Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MP distances himself from ‘conspiracy theories on Port Arthur’
Crikey
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August 7, 2025
Carlo Di Falco’s electorate includes Port Arthur. He says the mass shooting was politicised but that he does not agree with ‘conspiracy theories’ from a former party executive. Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Tasmanian MP Carlo Di Falco (Image: ABC)...
Luxury brand exec left world of Hermes for life on farm. It's now nearing $50 million home business, and growing
CNBC
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August 6, 2025
Richard Christiansen traded in a life of luxury (goods) for life on the farm, though it happened in an unexpected way. A vegetable farmer he was in touch with during Covid told him they were going to "lose the farm" as all the restaurants they...
Custom Fluidpower acquisition brings company back to Australia
Pump Industry
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August 6, 2025
Helios Technologies has sold hydraulic leader Custom Fluidpower to Australian industrial services group Questas, aligning the business with a locally focused parent company and unlocking new synergies. In a move that reinforces Australian industry...