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A$1.8 billon a year to run national container deposit scheme

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Australian governments have been investigating the concept of a Container Deposit Scheme that will encompass the whole country. Currently, the Northern Territory is due to implement its own CDS system...

Researchers claim healthcare savings if dairy consumption increases

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Researchers at the University of South Australia are claiming that at least two billion dollars could be slashed from the annual healthcare budget if Australians increased their dairy intake. According...

SA juicemaker’s A$10 million boost to operations

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South Australian juice-maker Nippy’s has unveiled plans to spend A$10 million on increasing its packaging capacity and expanding its milk processing operations at Waikerie and Moorouk in the Riverland...

ACCC allows collective bargaining for remote community stores, aim to improve indigenous grocery food

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A group of grocery stores in a remote far northwest region of South Australia will be allowed to work together to improve the supply of food under a ruling by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission...

Childhood obesity rates in South Australia decline

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The South Australian Health Minister, John Hill, has announced new results from the Children, Youth and Women’s Health Service showing a decline in the percentage of four year-old children in South...

SA joins the Feijoa craze

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Feijoas: they say you either love them, or don’t know what they are. Devotees of this South American sub-tropical fruit, also known as the pineapple guava, will know how difficult it is to find them,...

SA invites supermarkets to its fisheries

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South Australian Minister for Fisheries Michael O’Brien said today that South Australia’s reputation as one of the world’s best-managed fisheries put the state in a solid position to benefit from...

SA invests in AgriExchange’s seasonal fruit pickers

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The South Australian State Government has announced a $620,000 investment in a Riverland fruit packing house, in a move it said would add up to $30 million to the state’s gross domestic product and create...

SA moves to support indigenous food security

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South Australian Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Grace Portolesi, today announced a new comprehensive food security strategy for the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands. The...

SA food industry celebrates record $3.5 billion

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The South Australian food industry has achieved new records for gross revenue and the total value of production. Agriculture and Food Minister Michael O’Brien said new figures show the sector was...