Australia’s next Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has been appointed to Heidi Venamore PSM.
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An Egyptian businessman has hatched a plan to build the country’s largest abattoir in South Australia to process camels for export as frozen meat.
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The World Bank and IMF held their annual meeting in Washington last week. Jennifer Blake explains why global finance chiefs fear economic recovery is on a knife’s edge in the face of rising food prices, turmoil in the Middle East and big deficits in developed countries.
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Australian lamb prices have risen to record levels, according to a report released by Meat & Livestock Australia last week. MLA’s 2011 Sheep Industry Projections reports the drought in Western Australia has reduced lamb numbers, causing prices inflated by demand to remain steady for the first few months of this year. Sylvia Athas, senior economist [...]
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry released reports last week on its Live Trade Animal Welfare Partnership projects. The industry and the Australian Government invested almost $1 million in three projects with Australia’s key livestock export partners in the Middle East and South East Asia, aimed at achieving better animal welfare outcomes in the [...]
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From fairy queen on the stage to kaftan princess of the catwalk, Camilla Franks epitomises glamour. The designer, name and face of Australian fashion label Camilla launched her first collection in 2005 and has seen her label grace the racks of department stores as far afield as Dubai, Greece and Japan. With agents in Paris, [...]
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Australian meat exports to Russia and the Middle East reached unprecedented levels in 2011, according to Meat and Livestock Australia. Beef exports surged in November, adding to increased annual demand from South East Asia, including Korea (9 percent), and developing markets the Philippines (12 percent), Malaysia (21 percent) and Taiwan (25 percent), but Russia has [...]
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Qatar, a tiny Gulf state in the Middle East, is a relative newcomer on Australia’s export radar, but this ambitious Arab emirate is no mere blip on the screen. With around 15 percent of the world’s proven reserves of liquefied natural gas (LNG), Qatar is focused, financed and ready to do business. This year, the [...]
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A report issued by the Victorian Government has predicted massive growth in housing, development and infrastructure in the Middle East and North Africa region over the next 10 years. The Directory of Major Construction Developers in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) indicates that design and construction companies are set to benefit from growing opportunities as [...]
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In the largest single petition submitted to the Rudd Government’s Petitions Committee, 34,000 members of the Australian public have signalled their opposition to live animal exports to the Middle East, adding to the 225,208 already presented to the Senate in previous years. Animals Australia presented the petition to the Senate this week in the wake [...]
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