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You may be aware that the QLD Government is proposing to increase Vehicle Registration by 20%. In simple terms this would mean that we will pay about $800 a year for car rego when Victoria only pays about $200!
Click on the below link which takes you to the QLD Government E-petitions website if you want to stop increase of Car Rego in QLD.
This takes approx 2-3 mins to complete.
http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/EPetitions_qld/CurrentEPetition.aspx?PetNum=1211
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May 28th, 2009 tanner
Small, large, regional and metropolitan… Queensland exporters come in all shapes and sizes.
The Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards recognise your global achievement.
Share your export success.
Entries are now open for the 2009 Premier of Queensland’s Export Awards. This is the opportunity for Queensland exporters to share their export success and recognise their global achievement.
Last year’s Exporter of the Year, Xstrata Technology says, “The official recognition of being a finalist or an Award winner establishes credibility in the marketplace. It will feature in our promotional and marketing material and will definitely enhance our image and help open doors.”
Visit www.export.qld.gov.au today to find out about categories, eligibility and to apply.
Key dates
Applications close: Friday 24 July 2009
Gala presentation dinner: Wednesday 21 October 2009
Information: All applications are submitted online. One application can be considered for multiple categories, and all State winners progress as national finalists in the Australian Export Awards.
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May 28th, 2009 tanner
9th – 11th June 2009 Townsville
Profiling agribusiness opportunities in North Queensland, Australia
Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries (QPIF), the Department of Employment, Economic
Development and Innovation (DEEDI), is pleased to invite you to the AgInvest Forum 2009 for
agribusiness and investors.
The AgInvest 2009 Forum aims to assist both businesses seeking investors and those
organisations seeking investment opportunities
For more information …Aginvest-Forum-Invitation
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April 22nd, 2009 tanner
The new Farmgate Markets opened at The Pier on Saturday 18th April with great success. These markets are unique as all produce has been grown or produced within a 200 kilometre radius of Cairns.
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A great range of fresh and packaged products were available for the first market and will change with the seasons.
Fruits included bananas, bamboo, breadfruit, coconuts, custard apples, guanabana, jackfruit, lemons, limes, longons, rollinias, papaya, passionfruit, persimmons, pineapples, pitaya, red & yellow rambutans,
Vegetables included avocado, lettuces of all descriptions, pumpkins, ginger, orka, fresh herbs.
Gourmet foods include organic, gluten free, biodynamic, eggs, seafood, meat and dairy produce, cheese, wine, coffee, tea, chocolates, cakes, health bars, breads, pizza bases, pasta, jams, chutneys, sauces, dried herbs, dukkah, honey, nuts, herb plants and flowers.
Farmgate Markets are open 7:30am – 2:00pm every Saturday
For more information, contact Imeea Svanosio on 07 4055 2195 or 0423 277 212 or email market@nsda.org.au
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April 20th, 2009 tanner
Expressions of interest are invited for Round 2 of the Regional Food Producers Innovation and Productivity Program (RFPIPP).
Under the program, competitive, matched-funding grants – generally between $50 000 and $2 million are available to food and seafood businesses to undertake projects that will help boost the productivity, profitability and competitiveness of Australia’s regional food producing industry.
Please note that the application documentation has changed since Round 1.
To submit an expression of interest, you must first register your details and proposed project. After an initial eligibility check, we will forward an expression of interest form for you to complete.
Registrations for Round 2 of RFPIPP close at 5.00pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) Monday 22 June 2009.
Expressions of interest close at 5.00pm (AEST) Monday 6 July 2009.
Program guidelines, registration forms and frequently asked questions (FAQs) can be viewed at: www.daff.gov.au/foodinnovation.
If you submitted an expression of interest in Round 1 and our assessment suggested re-submitting in Round 2, we will email you the Round 2 form in the coming days.
For more details, phone: 1800 631 715 or email: foodinnovation@daff.gov.au
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April 16th, 2009 tanner
Eight years ago Australian Tropical Foods initiated food tourism in this region with the Taste of the Tropics Food Trails. Participants have grown from 41 in 2001 to an outstanding 93 in 2009. Now when times are tough, it’s time to re-evaluate every aspect of our business to meet the needs of the demanding tourists. Most importantly a collaborative effort is required to develop the market further.
The ongoing work with farm and food tourism we hoped to achieve previously has fortunately now being picked up by the Southern Cross University and after attending the meetings on the Tablelands, this is just what the industry needs to move forward. If you are an existing agri-tourism operator or just starting out, it is worthwhile for yourself and the region to find out more about the Agri-food Tourism Workshops.
For latest update click here
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April 12th, 2009 tanner
Cairns’ new local food market, Farmgate, got off to a great start last Saturday April 18 at The Pier with a sellout by 12 noon. operate weekly from 7:30am to 2:00pm.
The market proving very popular will operate from 7:30am to 2:00pm every Saturday and focus on locally produced and manufactured food and agricultural value added products within the radius not more than 200 kilometers of Cairns.
With around 30 stallholders you will find fruits, vegetables, breads, dairy, cheese, meat, seafood and an array of processed foods.
Presentation is a major factor of these markets and all foods display the grower/producer, the area and how many food kilometres it has travelled to market.
This all weather venue has easy parking, air conditioned, and plenty of cafes, restaurants and shops.
More information: Imeea Svanosio +61 423 277 212 market@nsda.org.au website: www.nsda.org.au
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April 12th, 2009 tanner
…the movie you have to see.
“Food, Inc.” is a civilized horror movie for the socially conscious, the nutritionally curious and the hungry. Yes, it has a deceptively cheery palette, but Robert Kenner’s documentary film which does for the supermarket what “Jaws” did for the beach — marches straight into the dark side of cutthroat agri-business, corporatized meat and the greedy manipulation of both genetics and the law.
http://robertkennerfilms.com/films/files/detail_current.php
There is no release date yet for this movie to be screened in Australia – keep a watch out.
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April 12th, 2009 tanner
Martin Boetz promotes Custard Apples
Well known Longrain Restaurant chef Martin Boetz is this year’s custard apples ambassador for the industry. With the custard apple season running from March to October Boetz has revealed that custard apples are at the top of his list of favourite fruits in the campaign for the Australian Custard Apple Growers Association.
for full story martin-boetz-promotes-custard-apples
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April 12th, 2009 tanner
Organic producers forced to find innovative alternatives to labelling and packaging for fruit separation are leading the way in new technology adaptation.
From next month, organic avocados from Googa Farms in QLD will be the first fruit in Australia ever to be labelled with light laser technology.
The light laser machine – the only one of its kind in Australia – uses natural light technology to remove a layer of pigment from fresh produce, etching a fine permanent mark that cannot be tampered with or swapped for conventional product stickers in-store.
For further information …click here
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