WiseTech goes to market
PURSUING a global growth strategy is behind WiseTech Global’s latest share offering, chief executive and founder Richard White has indicated. The freight forwarding giant has...
Ideas sought in biosecurity battle
A CALL has gone out from the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources for innovative solutions to Australian biosecurity risks linked with hitchhiker pests and disease. Head...
Qantas chooses contractor for American cargo handling
AUSTRALIAN airline Qantas has awarded an important three-year cargo handling contract to US business Worldwide Flight Services. WFS is said to be the largest provider of ground...
'Hard' Brexit looms after Commons rejects PM’s EU deal
A ‘HARD’ Brexit looms after the United Kingdom’s House of Commons voted to reject the latest deal negotiated by Prime Minister Theresa May and leaders of the European Union. The...
LETTER TO THE DCN: CBFCA questions composition of Biosecurity Import Levy Steering Committee
AGRICULTURE minister David Littleproud recently established a biosecurity levy steering committee to make recommendations on the implementation of this new levy. The Customs...
BMSB has a new adversary: the detector dog
AUSTRALIA’S biosecurity detector dogs have their noses trained on the infamous brown marmorated stink bug. Head of biosecurity Lyn O’Connell said the department was working with...
Biosecurity committee compared with Survivor, Hunger Games
A COMMITTEE set up to examine the Commonwealth’s Biosecurity Imports Levy risks becoming a logistics version of the movie Hunger Games or an episode of Survivor, a panel session...
Biosecurity levy “a revenue grab”, says Albanese
OPPOSTION infrastructure spokesman Anthony Albanese has hit out at the government over its handling of the proposed biosecurity levy, describing the controversial policy as “a...
Littleproud announces steering committee for biosecurity levy
VETERAN corporate chairman David Trebeck has been announced as the chairman of the biosecurity levy steering committee. Mr Trebeck currently chairs Australia’s Oyster Coast Ltd...
Indonesia – Australia free trade deal announced
AGRICULTURE is expected to be a big winner from the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. The agreement (also known as an FTA or FTP) was announced by...
Fourteen industry associations call biosecurity levy proposal “deeply flawed”
FOURTEEN industry associations joined together to register their “deep concern” regarding the proposed biosecurity imports levy in the 2018 budget, due to be implemented in July....
WiseTech acquires Containerchain
“AN INCREDIBLE opportunity” is how WiseTech Global founder and chief executive Richard White has described the acquisition of container technology provider Containerchain. Based...
Man sentenced in connection with major tobacco smuggling operation
A MAN has been sentenced to five years in prison for smuggling more than 6m cigarettes into Australia, concealed within sophisticated cover loads, according to an announcement...
Steering committee to examine biosecurity levy
AGRICULTURE minister David Littleproud has announced the establishment of an industry steering committee to help design the biosecurity levy. The levy was announced last year with...
Authorities bust ecstasy import effort
A JOINT operation by the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force has resulted in the seizure of 80 kilograms of MDMA (ecstasy) apparently destined for Sydney. The...
