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| UpdatedA 65 per cent hike in the price of ice-cream might not sound like a great idea, but what if it meant you could live longer? Melbourne researchers say a sugar tax, combined with subsidies for healthy foods, could increase Australians' life expectancy.
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| UpdatedA former UK chief scientist warns that in an era of 'anti-science', politicians are ignoring scientific evidence and making poor policy decisions.
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| UpdatedQueenslanders will be able to buy bulk meat on Sundays and hardware supplies from 6am Sundays under streamlined new trading hours laws which are to be considered by Cabinet in coming weeks.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, trade, food-and-beverage, government-and-politics, qld
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The Hoochery Distillery in Kununurra has turned to the iconic boab tree to flavour its latest spiced rum. Read more
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A Northern Territory tropical fruit farmer says demand has been strong for pomelos during the Lunar New Year.
Topics: fruit, food-and-beverage, food-and-cooking, vegetable-fruit-nuts, darwin-0800, china
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A Western Australian company is hoping to harness strong global demand for Manuka honey by developing a so-called "Manuka province" in the state's south-west.
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| UpdatedCowra oyster grower Steve Feletti has turned wine producer to recreate his discovery at a fish market in the south of France.
Topics: food-and-beverage, fishing-aquaculture, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, rural, lifestyle, cowra-2794, batemans-bay-2536, france
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A rainforest regeneration project, where more than 35,000 native trees have been planted, has created its own pantry for making gin.
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Friendly bacteria could soon be introduced to bagged salad mixes to fight outbreaks of salmonella or listeria, with a two-year study underway.
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| UpdatedChinese cuisine is popular the world over, but one group who struggle with it is vegetarians. Meat is nearly always on the table, no matter what part of China the cuisine comes from.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, food-and-cooking, food-safety, food-and-beverage, health, china, asia
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The new owners of one of Australia's first microbreweries, based in Mildura, plan to expand and market the beer to China.
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Quattro Ports Dene Ladmore and GrainCorp's Nigel Lotz talk about busy grain shipping after bumper harvest
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| UpdatedCitrus grown in Sunraysia will form a part of botanicals used in a new gin produced in Mildura.
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There are calls to expand free meal services across Darwin, after a charity's ad-hoc breakfast program evolves into a first aid and welfare initiative for the homeless, sick and abused.
Topics: health, charities, poverty, domestic-violence, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, food-and-beverage, darwin-0800