Vehicle importers face another cost increase as Australian Amalgamated Terminals (AAT) announce that they will charge storage on weekends and holidays from 01 June. While the recent focus has been on costs incurred by contaminated imports, AAT say this issue is “no longer contributing to berthing or yard congestion.” Instead, they claim the delays are […]
The historic Australia-UK free trade agreement (UKFTA) between Australia and the United Kingdom is set to be in place by the end of the month following years of negotiations. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who is in London ahead of the Coronation, has praised the FTA struck by the former Morrison government as one of the […]
The Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)’s ‘Have Your Say’ consultation is now open on modernising levies legislation. Levies help to keep our agricultural industries at the cutting edge as technologies, supply chains and markets change over time. This consultation will provide an opportunity for stakeholders to consider and provide feedback on the proposed […]
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong and Minister for Trade and Tourism Senator Don Farrell hosted their Singaporean counterparts yesterday (01 May) for the 13th Singapore–Australia Joint Ministerial Committee meeting in Canberra. They noted that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the Singapore Australia Free Trade Agreement. In a […]
On 01 May 2023, the 2022-23 Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) risk season ended. It began on 01 September last year and applied to targeted goods manufactured in, or shipped from, target risk countries. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry yesterday issued Industry Advice Notice no. 99-2023: Conclusion of the 2022-23 Brown marmorated stink […]
During a port inspection of contaminated machinery at Lytton near the Port of Brisbane yesterday (27 April), Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) Murray Watt said biosecurity risk creators and beneficiaries have to “all pay our way.” Since January this year, 75,800 cars have moved through the Port of Brisbane, with 8000 of them […]
A severe drought has forced the Panama Canal to reduce shipping traffic. Authorities have limited the number of cargo ships in the canal due to a lack of rainfall that has depleted the water reserves of two artificial lakes supplying the vital waterway. As a crucial part of global maritime shipping, the canal sees approximately […]
Queensland’s economy will be boosted by today’s permanent return of Korean Air flights from Seoul to Brisbane, with the first one arriving BNE on Monday 24 April at 0650 and departing at 0840. “South Korea is an economic powerhouse and this state’s third largest trading market and a major technology partner in Queensland’s new energy economy,” […]
The third Vietnam-Australia Economic Partnership Meeting was held in Hanoi on 17 April 2023, under the co-chair of Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung and Australian Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell. The EPM is a forum at which policies can be addressed that have, in the past, been seen as impediments […]
This week we posted about the conclusion of the reporting season for certain invasive pests which “hitchhike” into Australia on ships, containers and imported goods. To help raise awareness of the risk of these pests, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has launched a new website providing information on “key hitchhiker pests, the […]
