March Media Releases

  • AWI invests in more product marketing initiatives

    24 March 2005

    More than $7 million in new product marketing initiatives have been approved by the Australian Wool Innovation Limited (AWI) Board in the first nine months of this financial year.

  • Leading Sheep targets Queensland woolgrower profitability

    2 March 2005

    Queensland sheep producers are being encouraged to take part in a new woolgrower extension program designed to help improve farm management and on-farm production, and ultimately business profitability.

  • New wool fabric in Paris fashion collections

    2 March 2005

    Australian Wool Innovation Limited (AWI) has joined forces with celebrated Australian fashion designer Akira Isogawa to take a new feather-weight wool fabric to this week's Paris fashion week.

  • WormBoss a world first in sheep worm management

    11 March 2005

    A revolutionary management tool that will help producers control the costly problem of sheep worms was launched today at Wagin Woolorama in Western Australia.

  • Sheep Genomics Program Director appointed

    11 March 2005

    Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and Australian Wool Innovation Limited (AWI) today announced the appointment of Dr Robert Forage as Program Director of the Sheep Genomics Program (SGP).

  • Federal Court reserves its decision on AWI case

    11 March 2005

    In a hearing in Sydney today, Mr Justice Hely reserved his decision on the legal case before the Federal Court of Australia brought by Australian Wool Innovation Limited against People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Ingrid Newkirk and others.

  • Young designers shine with wool

    14 March 2005

    Young up and coming designers and students from around the country have been introduced to Australian Merino through the Australian Wool Fashion Awards, held in Armidale, NSW, on the weekend.

  • Wool production in 2005/06 forecast to remain steady

    18 March 2005

    Next season's Australian shorn wool production is expected to remain steady at 475 million kilograms, in the latest figures released today by the Australian Wool Innovation Limited (AWI) Production Forecasting Committee.

  • AWI given leave to pursue legal case against PETA and others

    22 March 2005

    The Federal Court of Australia has decided that Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) can re-plead its statement of claim against Ingrid Newkirk, the President of animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

  • Wool4Wealth launched in NSW

    30 March 2005

    NSW woolgrowers are being urged to join Wool4Wealth, Australian Wool Innovation Limited's (AWI) new best practice extension program designed to help producers boost their profitability.

 

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