A Victorian food region west of Melbourne has joined the list of shires and towns arguing against coal seam gas (CSG) exploration and development.
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Soaring raw coffee prices predicted to drop in 2012
Raw coffee prices reached record highs in 2011, but increased production in Brazil will hopefully alleviate some of the pressure for buyers.
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Coles fined $170 000 over worker fall
Coles has been fined $170,000 and ordered to pay WorkCover’s legal costs after a worker sustained injuries when she fell through a ceiling at a Manly store in 2007.
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Driver, cattle die in truck crash
It’s been a horror 24 hours for animal transporters, with a driver and dozens of cattle dead following a crash in country New South Wales and pig carcasses spread across a Sydney highway causing traffic delays in two separate incidents.
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Q&A with Gordon Slater, Byron Bay Cookie Company chairman
Gordon Slater, chairman of local manufacturer Byron Bay Cookie Company, speaks to Manufacturers' Monthly about the company's transition from hand-made to machine production, and the important role exporting plays in its future growth plans.
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Third of Auspack Plus floorspace already snapped up
The packaging and processing industry is alive and well, with the news that a third of the floor space for the largest biennial exhibition in Australia has already been sold, even though it won’t be held until 2013.
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Soybean crops at 13-year high
Soybean growers in Victoria have created their biggest crop in the last 13 years with 1000 hectares devoted to the legume.
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Soybean crops at 13-year high
Soybean growers in Victoria have created their biggest crop in the last 13 years with 1000 hectares devoted to the legume.
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Orica spill reducing fizz in beverages
The issues at energy giant Orica’s Kooragang Island plant are having flow-on affects for the beverage manufacturing industry, with no CO2 being produced to make drinks fizz.
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Can coal seam gas and food security coexist?
One of Australia’s major coal seam gas (CSG) explorers has defended the practice, saying it can coexist with food security and agriculture.
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QLD dairy farmers leaving industry; Parmalat considers move to NSW
Queensland milk supplier Parmalat is considering a move down to Sydney, after it secured contracts with farmers in New South Wales over the last four months.
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AGL grabs Hunter vineyard
The vineyard of prominent merchant banker and coal seam gas objector, the late David Clarke, is set to be sold to AGL, the company whose exploration he opposed.
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Coke granted permission to extract more groundwater at NSW plant
Coca-Cola Amital has been granted permission to increase the amount of groundwater extracted at its Peats Ridge bottling plant on the New South Wales Central Coast.
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Bega to supply home-branded Coles cheeses
Bega Cheese has confirmed it will be supplying the entire range of Coles’ home brand cheeses.
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Farming land is safe: CSG miners
Executives of some of the major coal seam gas (CSG) miners have faced questioning at a committee hearing in Canberra over the damage being done to farming land.
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Coal Seam Gas reform needed to protect food: professor
A medical doctor and expert on environmental health, climate change and world civilisation says the regulations governing mining in Australia are outdated and it’s damaging the food industry.
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Halving power use at the vineyard
NSW Minister for the Environment Robyn Parker joined winemaker Mark Davidson at the Tamburlaine Winery in the Hunter Valley to launch a new Energy Saver technology report and take a first-hand look at how the vineyard has managed to slash its power use by half.
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Nestlé boost NSW jobs with $18.5 million Smithtown factory expansion
An $18.5 million expansion of Nestlé’s Smithtown factory on the NSW Mid North Coast will create around 30 full time jobs and turn the site into the company’s production hub for its Nescafé Café Menu range in Australia.
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NSW rolls out voluntary food safety system
Restaurants across New South Wales will begin displaying food safety ratings on their doors from next week, under a new scheme launched by the NSW Government.
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NSW rolls out voluntary food safety system
Restaurants across New South Wales will begin displaying food safety ratings on their doors from next week, under a new scheme launched by the NSW Government.
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