Tag: Australia

• Tuesday, January 28th 2014 - 04:27 UTC

  Falklands lawmaker on political visit to New Zealand and Australia

  

  Mike Summers Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands will visit New Zealand and Australia this week as part of a regional tour where he will present the Falklands as a modern, thriving democracy and address the Falkland Islanders right to self determination. There are long-standing links between the countries, and this tour hopes to build upon existing relationships.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2013 - 17:13 UTC

  World’s largest dairy producer faces scare over contaminated products with botulism bacteria

  

  New Zealand's government has stepped up efforts to contain the fallout from a scare over contaminated products made by dairy giant Fonterra. Officials have been sent to Fonterra facilities in New Zealand and Australia to oversee the flow of information.

• Wednesday, June 19th 2013 - 23:23 UTC

  Australian red meat exports to China break new record in May: 20.964 tons

  

  Australian red meat exports (beef, lamb, mutton and goat meat) to China continue to go from strength to strength, with total shipments for May surpassing the previous all-time high registered in February.

• Thursday, April 25th 2013 - 18:46 UTC

  China confirms is has become Australia’s main client for beef and veal

  

  Australia’s beef and veal exports for March increased 5% year-on-year, to 87,742 tonnes swt, with the Chinese market again setting a monthly record high, at 12,320 tonnes swt (Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries).

• Wednesday, March 27th 2013 - 21:07 UTC

  Land values in northern Australia have fallen 20/25%; valuations in line with productivity

  

  Land values in northern Australia have fallen 20-25% since the global financial crisis of 2008, and will continue to fall until valuations are in line with productivity. Meanwhile, says Ross Copland, the Alice Springs-based director of Integrated Valuation Services, the curtailing of live export sales that began in 2011 has flipped perceptions of Territory pastoral productivity.

• Thursday, February 28th 2013 - 05:40 UTC

  Australia beef and veal export reached 4.77 billion dollars

  

  Australian beef and veal export values in 2012 increased 2% year-on-year, reaching 4.77 billion dollars. While beef and veal export volumes during 2012 notched a record, values were short of the equivalent feat, influenced by a greater proportion of exports made up of frozen product and the high Australian dollar.

• Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 00:09 UTC

  Ovine Brucellosis spreading throughout Australia’s Northern Territory

  

  Recent positive tests, and ongoing concerns that Ovine Brucellosis is spreading throughout Australia, has prompted the country’s Livestock Health and Pest Authorities (LHPA) to encourage all sheep producers to test their rams for ovine brucellosis.

• Monday, November 19th 2012 - 11:19 UTC

  Australia imposes a two-year ban on super-trawlers

  

  Australian Environment minister Tony Burke signed into force on Monday a two-year ban on any super trawler operating in the small pelagic fishery. The ban is based on a battery of new laws and seems directed to the arrival to Australia of the Dutch vessel Abel Tasman.

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 22:53 UTC

  Argentina joins the UN Security Council with overwhelming support of 182 votes

  

  The UN General Assembly elected Argentina, Rwanda and Australia to the 15-national Security Council for 2013 and 2014. Rwanda and Argentina were unopposed in their bids for the Africa seat and the Latin American and Caribbean seat.

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 01:37 UTC

  Australian beef sales to Japan remain weak: down 6% over last year

  

  Australia shipped 22,648 tonnes swt of beef to Japan during September, the lowest monthly volumes since December 2003 (with the exception of January).