It’s not easy being green:a globally significant renewables project also represents a risk of continuous and catastrophic spills of a highly toxic ammonia mix.
Coal exports to China may have passed their use-by-date with or without the political tension that has dominated Australia’s relationship with Beijing.
The value of Australian exports to China fell by more than 5 per cent in the year to September despite China's global imports surging.
The federal government could end up in a showdown with Beijing at the World Trade Organisation after the Chinese Ministry of Commerce launched an anti-dumping investigation into Australian wine.
But the good trade news has not stopped President Joko Widodo declaring the coronavirus crisis a"non-natural national disaster".
Harvest is underway in Victoria's vineyards to pick grapes for the next vintage,however winemakers are bracing themselves for a drop in sales as the coronavirus outbreak slows exports to China.
Buderim Ginger was lauded at the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame award night on Wednesday.
The RSPCA has called for an office of animal welfare independent of the department.
Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi says the community"should have no faith in the ability of the live exports industry to operate ethically".
A draft version of the review into live exports declared the Department of Agriculture had"failed"to regulate the trade.
Emanuel Exports has invited media onto its ships to show things have changed but activists aren't convinced.