New research analysing the alcohol consumption habits of more than 100,000 Australians over a decade has found that regular binge drinkers are up to 30 per cent more likely to commit drink-driving offences, vandalism or violence. ...
Tags: Regular drinkers, Drink-driving, NDSHS, Monash university
The European Union (EU) is to set aside the equivalent of approximately AUD$365 million annually to promote healthy eating to school children. Meanwhile, Australian governments are lagging behind. Approved last Tuesday 8 March 2016, ...
Tags: EU, School children, Milk
The family business behind one of Australia’s top selling exported wine brands, Yellow Tail, is establishing UK branch to market its wine across Europe. Casella Family Brands is a wine company based at Yenda in the NSW Riverina. ...
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A complaint over a radio advertisement promoting Aldi Australia’s whisky brand has been dismissed by the Australian Advertising Standards Board. According to the Advertising Standards Board (‘Ad Standards’), the ...
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Murray Goulburn says it is feeling the impact of a troubled dairy industry, revealing a slump in net profit to shareholders. The dairy company, which owns the Devondale brand, announced a net profit of only AUD$10 million for the six ...
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A report released by the Australian Parliament’s joint standing committee on Northern Australia last week is recommending that all food-service industry providers be forced to declare the country of origin (CoOL) of seafood served. ...
A higher proportion of Australians living in rural and regional parts of the country are more likely to purchase cheese than consumers living in the bigger Australian cities says a new report from Roy Morgan Research. In the 12 months to ...
Tags: Cheese, Cheese-buying habits
Australians are tired of food trends and fad diets says new Galaxy research released this week. The Galaxy Research study reported that 94 per cent of all Australians believe eating the latest fad food has become a ‘status ...
Tags: food trends
A representative body for Australian apple and pear growers is finding success with a new marketing campaign encouraging consumers to eat hail-damaged pears. Called “Hailstorm Heroes”, Apple and Pear Australia Limited are ...
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McCain Foods is now selling a takeaway inspired frozen pizza range in Australian supermarkets. The pizzas are made with stone-baked crusts and is described as a premium frozen pizza. Marketing Manager at McCain’s Foods Australia ...
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Belgian beverage giant AB InBev says it will allow a Chinese Government owned company to acquire SABMiller’s Chinese beer business if AB InBev itself can acquire SABMiller. AB InBev last week revealed it will allow China Resources ...
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A Chinese comedian has made the largest private label wine exporting deal in Australian history agreeing to export 800, 000 bottles of Victorian shiraz into his home country. Comedian Guo Degang is popular celebrity in China and is ...
Melbourne antipasto manufacturer Pronto e Fresco entered into voluntary administration last Wednesday after more than 15 years in business. It is unclear at this stage why the business went into administration. The company is one of ...
Cauliflower might be a vegetable which has been eaten by Australians forever but, believe it or not, you ain’t seen nothing yet. From cauliflower pizza to cauliflower “potato” salad, the vegetable is in the spotlight ...
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A 23-year-old Chinese national has been arrested and charged in relation to the alleged importation of approximately 44 kilograms of liquid methamphetamine hidden in gel push-up bra inserts. On 25 February 2016, Australian Border Force ...