Australian thermal coal cargoes arriving at China's ports on January 1, 2017, and thereafter will be clear of the Asian country's 2% import tax, currently equivalent to $1.50/mt, and levied on the delivered CFR South China price of ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Coal
Local government delegates attending the 22nd National General Assembly of Local Government in Canberra have called for politicians to support a freight productivity plan by the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA), which they say ...
Tags: ALGA, productivity
After months of leaks and rumours, today’s Apple launch event has finally arrived. The March 21 Apple event is now upon us, and it looks set to lift the lid on a slew of new products. It’s expected that we’ll see the ...
Tags: Apple event, Apple, iPhone SE
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
Against: NatRoad Australians should brace themselves for higher prices whilst owner-operator truckers are at risk of losing their livelihood ,if a new Order takes effect next month – with The National Road Transport Association ...
Tags: Natroad, Truck, Clash looms
China's recent moves to defend its sovereign territories in the South China Sea make sense, a U.S. scholar has noted. China has described the issue in the Nansha Islands as a "core interest" because it involves sovereign territory, and it ...
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Australian scientists have identified a network of nine genes that play a key role in the onset of Alzheimer's Disease. The discovery could help researchers develop new treatments to delay the onset of the chronic brain disease, which ...
The first Confucius Classroom in Australia's island state of Tasmania opens on Nov 18, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua] The opening ceremony of the first Confucius Classroom in Australia's island state of Tasmania was held on Thursday at Scotch ...
Streamlined trade is said to be a step closer between Australian and New Zealand businesses, with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection and the New Zealand Customs Service (NZCS) formally agreeing to work towards the ...
Volvo Cars is working on a kangaroo detection technology for its cars in Australia that will help the cars avoid accidents occurred due to the national animal. The technology will include radars and cameras that will detect kangaroos and ...
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Beijing, June 17 (Xinhua)-Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged the congratulatory letters with the Australian Premier Tony Abott on the official signing of the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the People’s Republic of ...
Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng met with Australian labor party leader Bill Shorten in Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on the afternoon of June 17. Gao Hucheng first thanked the labor party for its efforts to step up the ...
Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng met with Australian Foreign Minister Hon Julie Bishop in the Capitol in Canberra, Australia on the morning of June 17. Both sides exchanged views on strengthening the relationship between the two ...
Tags: China-Australia comprehensive strategic partnership, free trade
On the morning of June 17, the Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng, invited to visit Australia and to sign the China-Australia FTA, visited the Australian Premier Tony Abott at the Parliament House of Canberra, Australia, and delivered the ...
Tags: China-Australia economic and trade cooperation, personnel communication
Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng and Australian Minister of Trade and Investment Andrew Robb respectively represented the governments of the two countries and officially signed the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the ...