Trump’s touted tariffs threaten to sweep up Aussie lobsters

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.

  • byLisa Visentin

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Chalmers likes China’s economic stimulus plans but lobster still not on the menu

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.

  • byLisa Visentin
Grassroots live exports group gets a little friendly ‘seed funding’

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.

  • byStephen Brook andKishor Napier-Raman
Australia’s richest barrister buys into east end tower

Australia’s richest barrister buys into east end tower

Allan Myers KC has made another city investment,well away from his agricultural interests.

  • byNicole Lindsay
China’s lust for the world’s smelliest fruit is making people rich

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.

  • byThomas Fuller
The reality behind the headlines of Indonesia’s people smugglers

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.

  • byZach Hope
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Chiquita banana company found liable for funding Colombian death squads

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.

  • byJorge Valencia
US curbs Australian poultry imports on bird flu concerns

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.

Milk for sale:Fonterra and other big cheeses behind Australia’s shrinking dairy industry

Milk for sale:Fonterra and other big cheeses behind Australia’s shrinking dairy industry

One of the nation’s largest dairy processors is pulling the plug on Australia,but it’s just the latest domino to fall in a sector that has been dwindling for decades.

  • byJessica Yun
Hawaii’s ‘famous macadamia nuts’ threatened by cheaper,undisclosed Australian imports

Hawaii’s ‘famous macadamia nuts’ threatened by cheaper,undisclosed Australian imports

Macadamia nut trees are native to Australia and were introduced to Hawaii in 1881 by a Scotsman. The nut has since become synonymous with Hawaii.

  • byAudrey McAvoy
Olive oil is getting harder to find and costing as much as 70 per cent more. Here’s why

Olive oil is getting harder to find and costing as much as 70 per cent more. Here’s why

Olive oil is among the essential household staples that have increased in price thanks to climate change’s impact on weather unpredictability,joining the ranks of cocoa and coffee.

  • byJessica Yun