Coles Announces $50 million fund for food and grocery businesses Supermarket giant Coles has announced it will establish a “Nurture Fund”, which it said will “help small Australian food and grocery...

Major meat company Teys Australia will receive money for two of its sites from the Australian Labor Government’s ‘Clean Technology Food and Foundries Investment Program’. The money will go towards...

University graduates are being attracted by Dairy Australia by the offer of scholarships to work with some of Australia’s leading dairy manufacturers. The scholarship program has been designed to attract...

Australian food researchers have been called upon to make last-minute applications for funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) through the Industrial Transformation Research schemes. Those involved...

Higher initial reimbursements for promotional expenses are now available for eligible exporters. Australia’s Federal Minister for Trade and Competitiveness Dr Craig Emerson announced last week that those...

Food manufacturers have the opportunity to receive government money if the money is able to be used for replacing “energy-inefficient” equipment with “clean technology”. Major Australian food manufacturers,...

SPC Ardmona, which runs one of  Australia’s few remaining   fruit-processing plants and cannery, has received a significant boost from two Victorian Government grants. Victoria’s Deputy Premier...

The Australian Government has today announced the first round of its A$99 million ‘Action on the Ground’ program to support farmers as they adjust to Australia’s new carbon tax regime. Action on...

The Australian Government will provide pig farmers with the opportunity to earn carbon credits for burning their pig manure, if proposed new legislation is approved under the government’s new Carbon...

AgriFood Skills Australia – the key body on skills training and workforce development issues in the agrifood industry and regional Australia – has awarded three International Fellowships as...