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Media Release: Free trade agreements driving ‘ph​enomenal’ wine industry export growth

Free trade agreements are driving a strong surge in Australian wine industry exports, with more yet to come from a transformational $50 million marketing program funded by the Turnbull Government.

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Media Release: A taste of what’s to come – Ruston launches horticulture trade push

Australia's horticulture industry is embarking on the biggest trade drive in its history, with a plan to significantly grow exports by 2025 across a range of commodities.

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Media Release: Coalition Government kicks in $4m to help Indigenous students grab top marks in sports and study

Indigenous students and future sports stars will be grabbing top marks thanks to a $4 million investment from the Coalition in a new Centre for Aboriginal Excellence and Leadership at the Port Adelaide Football Club Alberton Oval precinct.

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Media Release: Adelaide Parklands heritage planning receives $25,000 boost

Heritage management planning for the Adelaide Parklands will receive $25,000 in support from the Turnbull Government.

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Media Release: Chinese authorities impose penalties against illegal fishing operators

The Turnbull Government welcomes the news that Chinese authorities have taken action against the operator of the Chinese fishing vessel Yuan Da 19 which were found to be fishing illegally in our waters. 

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Media Release: Treaty agreement casts tough net over illegal fishing

The Pacific's fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing has been further strengthened today with Australia's ratification of the Niue Treaty Subsidiary Agreement (NTSA).​

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Media Release: Pacific fisheries ministers touch down in Australia to talk tuna

Fisheries ministers from across the Pacific have converged on Mooloolaba, Queensland today to meet about the future of critical tuna fisheries.

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Media Release: The Hills are alive with the sound of small business

 

Tax cuts for small business – down to the lowest rate in many decades – backs small businesses throughout the Adelaide Hills to expand and create more jobs, Assistant Agriculture Minister Anne Ruston says.

 

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Media Release: Wine Equalisation Tax rebate: Improving integrity

The Australian Government has introduced legislation to improve the integrity of the wine equalisation tax rebate and better target support to small wine producers in rural and regional Australia.

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Media Release: Launch of peak Australian seafood body

Australia has a peak national body for the seafood industry – Seafood Industry Australia.

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