Following last week’s hearings in Hobart, the House Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Resources heads to Melbourne to listen to witnesses including Pact Group, Australian Dairy Products Federation and Food Frontier on Wednesday. The eighth public hearings in the inquiry into food and beverage manufacturing will run from 9:00 a to 2:30 pm (AEST)…
The seventh public hearing of the House Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Resources’ inquiry into food and beverage manufacturing will be held on Thursday in Hobart. It is scheduled to run from 9:40 am – 12 pm at the Parliament of Tasmania, with local companies Lark Distilling Co, Tasmania Fresh / Tas’Mania, and Cadbury…
CSIRO has opened up its Innovate to Grow programme to small to medium enterprises (SMEs) hoping to advance their innovative ideas in the food innovation and technology sector. Led by experienced researchers, the programme helps participants examine technical and business challenges, explore research and development (R&D) opportunities, and develop actionable business and funding plans for…
Wine exports to China, on which harsh duties were removed earlier this year, are back to near-peak levels, the federal government has announced. On Monday agriculture minister Murray Watt said that over 9.8 million litres of bottled wine was exported to China in May, valued at $142.2 million. Of this, nearly 7.4 million litres worth…
Rio Tinto boosts stake in Australia’s second-largest smelter Rio Tinto has acquired Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corporation’s interest in the Boyne Island aluminium smelter. It bought the 11.65 per cent interest in Boyne Smelters, which owns and operates the Gladstone, QLD based smelter, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition follows Rio Tinto’s agreement to purchase shares in…
Beverage manufacturer Suntory Oceania has begun work adding solar PV panels to its new facility at Ipswich in Queensland which is now nearing completion. The company is building the $400 million facility to bring together the Australian operations of Suntory Global Spirits and Suntory Beverage & Food, uniting alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage manufacturing in one…
Food ingredient company Harvest B has announced that it will launch lamb and beef blended meat products, which it says are world firsts and have been developed to make animal meat more affordable, sustainable and nutritious. In a statement on Tuesday, the company said it will collaborate with the animal protein industry to offer a “50:50…
By Weihuan Zhou, UNSW Sydney and James Laurenceson, University of Technology Sydney China’s Ministry of Commerce has finally ended its tariffs on Australian wine, which had been imposed for more than three years at rates as high as 218.4%. The measures have had a catastrophic impact on Australia’s wine exports. In 2019, Australia sold A$1.24…
Expressions of interest are open for subsidies worth up to $6,000 through Investment NSW for up to 12 “emerging premium food and beverage manufacturers” wanting to exhibit at the Fine Food Australia trade event. According to a statement from Investment NSW, Fine Food is the southern hemisphere’s leading trade event for the food industry, attracting…
Following the November release of its report into advanced manufacturing, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Resources has launched another inquiry, this time into food and beverage manufacturing. The committee released the terms of reference for its work on Wednesday, inviting submissions from interested individuals and organisations. It follows a reference…
