Soft commodities
Empty shelves at Woolworths as industrial action cripples supplies
The company confirmed that some stores in Victoria, NSW and the ACT were experiencing limited stock flow.
- by Madeleine Heffernan and Gemma Grant
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The proof is in the plum pudding: bid to buy up WA produce
Stonefruit WA chair Anthony Caccetta has encouraged shoppers to buy fruit from “trees down the road, not across the Nullabor” as 250 lines of produce fail border controls.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Trump’s touted tariffs threaten to sweep up Aussie lobsters
Many economists are concerned a new trade war between the world’s two biggest economies will have flow-on consequences for Australia.
- by Lisa Visentin
Chalmers likes China’s economic stimulus plans but lobster still not on the menu
Speaking in the Chinese capital on Friday after meetings with local officials, the treasurer said Australia had “a lot at stake” when it came to China’s economic slowdown.
- by Lisa Visentin
Grassroots live exports group gets a little friendly ‘seed funding’
Keep the Sheep are promising to make themselves known at a rally in Canberra this week.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Grassroots live exports group gets a little friendly ‘seed funding’
Keep the Sheep are promising to make themselves known at a rally in Canberra this week.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Australia’s richest barrister buys into east end tower
Allan Myers KC has made another city investment, well away from his agricultural interests.
- by Nicole Lindsay
China’s lust for the world’s smelliest fruit is making people rich
It is the size of a rugby ball and can emit an odour so powerful that it is banned from most hotels.
- by Thomas Fuller
The reality behind the headlines of Indonesia’s people smugglers
The men on Rote Island deny any involvement in two successful boat runs of illegal immigrants to Australia this year, but they know who we need to speak to.
- by Zach Hope
Chiquita banana company found liable for funding Colombian death squads
Chiquita bananas are famous all over the world. The company is the subject of a number of lawsuits brought by victims’ families in the US.
- by Jorge Valencia
US curbs Australian poultry imports on bird flu concerns
Australia earlier this week reported its first human case of avian influenza in a child in Victoria whom authorities said had been infected in India.
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