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Glen Norris

Glen Norris

Dark clouds for Australian winemakers as China ties sour

Diplomatic quarrels between Canberra and Beijing are spilling over into the business world, threatening to upset the rising star of Australian exports: wine

Australia's northern region - a 3 million sq km expanse of floodplains, rainforest and grasslands - is perhaps best known as being the home of the mythical knife-wielding Hollywood character Crocodile Dundee.

Some of the flashiest vehicles travelling the roads of this laid-back, subtropical Australian city are owned by "tradies" - carpenters, builders, electricians and plumbers - whose salaries sometimes rival those of lawyers and doctors.

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