INDONESIA has slapped its own ban on live cattle imports, citing the Australian government’s export embargo that has paralysed the northern cattle industry. A memo sent on Friday from a senior official in the Indonesian Agriculture Department to the nation’s beef importers indicates that in the wake of the Australian ban on live cattle exports, [...]

READING recent commentary on the debate over foreign investment, it has become clear the topic has become muddied with the mining v agriculture debate. Both issues are complex, but they are also distinct. The concerns about mining on agricultural lands have little to do with the source of investment. Whether the funds come from home [...]