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. Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Anne Ruston, opening a seminar held by the Australian Society of Viticulture and Oenology
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New rules coming in to effect on 2 August 2017 will better protect the Whitsundays area, one of the iconic areas of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The updates to the Whitsunday Plan of Management — an area-specific plan that manages use in this highly visited region in addition to Reef-wide zoning
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Ride-hailing service Lyft carried more U.S. passengers through June this year than it did in all of last year as it capitalised on missteps by Uber. Ridership through June surpassed the record 162.5 million rides it gave in all of 2016, Lyft said Monday. A spokeswoman wouldn't give an exact number. The
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Premier Mark McGowan and Tourism Minister Paul Papalia today announced there would be an additional ferry service offered to Rottnest Island visitors from November this year. Captain Cook Cruises will be running the service from the island's busiest ferry port - Fremantle. The Rottnest Island Authority is always looking for ways to
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The State Government, through Tourism WA, has signed a two-year deal to sponsor the Act-Belong-Commit Augusta Adventure Fest. Recognised as the world's biggest adventure race, the popular event regularly attracts more than 3,500 participants to Augusta and the surrounding South-West region. This year's event, to be held on November 4-5, includes coastal
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The US Transportation Security Administration announced Wednesday that it will require passengers to remove all electronics bigger than a cellphone, such as tablets and e-readers, from their carry-on bags due to an "increased threat to aviation security." The electronics will have to be placed in a bin and put through an
Read MoreThe Egyptian foreign ministry on Monday announced citizens of Qatar can no longer travel to Egypt without a visa, ending the visa-free travels to the country for Qataris, on a meeting of Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry with Kuwaiti foreign minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah. This measure would not apply to
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