The 2022 Small Business Support Program This new program will help businesses survive the immediate impact of the Omicron wave. Eligible businesses with a turnover of between $75,000 and $50 million that experienced a minimum 40% decline in turnover in January 2022 – and the first fortnight of February 2022 – can apply for […]
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AFTER AN extensive and thorough recruitment process, Hort Innovation has announced the appointment of Brett Fifield as the new Chief Executive Officer, following Matt Brand’s resignation. Mr Fifield will join Hort Innovation on April 26 from his current role as the Deputy Director-General, Infrastructure, Investment and Business Development, and member of the Executive Leadership Team,
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AUSSIE SCIENTISTS are working towards the development of banana plants that are resistant to a deadly disease that is threatening global production. Panama Tropical Race 4 (TR4) is a soil-borne fungus that has impacted plantations in most banana-growing regions including North Queensland; Asia including the Philippines, China and Indonesia; the Middle East; Africa and most recently,
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MEDIA RELEASE – 8 FEBRUARY 2022 The International Fresh Produce Association and Produce Plus Magazine are pleased to announce entries are now open for the 2022 Marketer of the Year Award (MOYA), proudly sponsored by Seeka. Now in its eleventh year, MOYA continues to recognise outstanding achievement in the field of marketing within
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Inaugural AgriFutures Rural Women’s Acceleration Grant recipients announced Seven female innovators have been announced as recipients of the inaugural AgriFutures Rural Women’s Acceleration Grant Fran McLaughlin (Narrandera, NSW), Samantha Sutherland (Mudgee, NSW), Fiona Taylor (Canberra, ACT), Julie Sosso (Cooloola Cove, QLD), Janet Price (Toogong, NSW), Patricia Eats (Gatton, QLD) and Tegan Roberts (Bourke,
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Public Holiday Date New Year’s Day Saturday, 1 January New Year’s Additional Day Monday, 3 January * Australia Day Wednesday, 26 January Good Friday Friday, 15 April Easter Saturday Saturday, 16 April Easter Sunday Sunday, 17 April Easter Monday Monday 18 April ANZAC Day Monday, 25 April Queen’s Birthday Monday, 13 June Bank Holiday
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As we continue to support industry and business to remain COVID-safe, we want to ensure employers and their workers who test positive for COVID-19 have the key information and resources they need. Rules for workers who test positive for COVID-19 If a worker tests positive for COVID-19, they will need to self-isolate immediately for 7 days
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Statement by Freshmark Chairperson Carlo Trimboli about the fresh produce industry’s response to the current Omicron strain of COVID-19’s impact on the fresh produce supply chain. “The COVID-19 crisis’s potency comes from its power to touch the lives of everyone across Australia. The current Omicron strain of COVID has decimated Australia’s labour supply, especially regarding
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The NSW Government is making changes to how it identifies positive COVID-19 cases. Most people who test positive on a rapid antigen test will not need to confirm their result with a PCR (nose and throat swab) test. Instead, people who test positive using a COVID-19 rapid antigen test must register with Service NSW as
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Social media can too often be a cowards’ castle, where the anonymous can bully, harass and ruin lives without consequence for them but with severe mental health consequences for others. In a world-leading move, the Morrison Government will create new powers to force global social media giants to unmask anonymous online trolls and better protect
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