The Minister for Agriculture has announced that the Government will not be proceeding with the Biosecurity Imports Levy they committed to in the 2018-19 Budget. They have consulted extensively following the announcement, and the Biosecurity Imports Levy Industry Steering Committee provided additional views from major importers, logistics operators and our agriculture sector. Stakeholder feedback and […]
A conspiracy to ship up to an estimated $90 million of cocaine from Peru to Australia via Port Moresby, which was ultimately busted by authorities, has been detailed in the Queensland Supreme court. The court was told international drug traffickers see the Torres Strait between Australia and Papua New Guinea as a ‘softer target’ for […]
From 01 January 2020 there will be changes to approved imports and manufacture of HCFC gas and HCFC equipment. The Australian Border Force (ABF) has issued Australian Customs Notice No. 2019/40 concerning the issue: “Changes to import licence requirements for equipment containing hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) refrigerant.†Importing or manufacturing all types of HCFC equipment (including, for […]
The Australian Parliament passed legislation last week (26 Nov) that brings Australian agricultural exporters one step closer to benefiting from the Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and Hong Kong. The export sector of Australian agriculture accounted for 80% of total farm production last […]
Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd (PBPL) has welcomed the allocation of $20 million from the Federal Government, plus a matching in-kind contribution from the Queensland Government, as part of the finalisation of negotiations between both levels of Government for the Queensland leg of Inland Rail. Â PBPL has always insisted that the rail must directly […]
Peak industry organisations Road Freight NSW (RFNSW), the Australian Trucking Association (ATA), Western Roads Federation and the Customs Brokers and Forwarders Council of Australia Limited (CBFCA) have joined forces to fight the latest round of crippling charges being imposed by stevedores on transport operators across the nation. The new charges have been announced as the […]
Darling Downs producers wanting to tap into the export market to meet booming demand for the region’s market-leading agricultural produce will have easier access with a new $10 million hub to be built at Wellcamp Airport. Originally known as “Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport,†the name was changed two years ago to Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport – […]
The Australian Border Force (ABF) has issued a media release today (12-11-2019) warning Australians attempting to import wildlife items to abide by strict border controls or risk prosecution, following the seizure of a Canadian grey wolf pelt in Perth. Although the pelt had been declared it did not have the appropriate import permit as required […]
Australia will become part of a massive Asia-Pacific free trade pact, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), that covers half the world’s population. Regional leaders, including our Prime Minister Scott Morrison, agreed on the 15-member RCEP at the East Asia Summit which has just concluded in Bangkok, Thailand. The RCEP, proposed by China as a […]
Shipping containers made their first appearance in the 1960s, and the founders of Colless Young Pty Ltd were just starting out in their careers as the sixties rolled into the seventies and Australia made the transtition from the old breakbulk shipping methods to containerisation. On 22nd October 2019, a short film celebrating fifty years of […]
