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Wine exports to mainland China are scraping the bottom of the barrel, with just six million liters exported in the last financial year, worth $24.6 million. Key points: Wine exports to mainland China have fallen from 120 million liters per year to six million liters The US is now Australia’s largest export market by value Exports to countries other than China rose five percent to $2.06 billion That’s a big drop from the end of the financial year in 2020, when exports to mainland China totaled 120.7 million liters and were worth $1.1 billion over the 12-month period to June 30. That was before China imposed import tariffs of around 220 per cent on bottled Australian wine imports later that year. Overall it has been a difficult financial year for Australian wine producers with exports down 10 percent in volume to 625 million liters and down 19 percent in value to $2.08 billion in the year ended 30 June. Australian Wine market insight manager Peter Bailey said China’s results were expect

South Australia’s wine exports have fallen by $300 million since the 2020-21 financial year – but still managed to hit a value of $1.431 billion in the 12 months to June 30. Image: Tom Aldahn/InDaily While the 21 percent drop in value was a major blow to one of the state’s largest export industries, the 21-22 financial year figure was up $33 million in the 12 months to March this year and $55 million in calendar year 2021. Eight of the top 10 export destinations by value also increased, with only Canada and Hong Kong recording declines. By volume, South Australia’s wine exports fell nine percent to 371 million liters, mainly driven by a decline in exports to China of 30 million liters compared to the previous year. Red wine accounts for more than 80 percent of SA’s wine exports by value and more than 70 percent by volume. South Australia typically produces about half of Australia’s annual production and accounts for

Are period tracking apps a privacy concern? Andrea Ford, University of Edinburgh & Laura Lazaro Cabrera, Privacy International In late June, a law that was construed as granting the right to have an abortion in the US – Roe vs. Wade – was overturned, leaving decisions on the legality of the procedure for each state. Since then, half of US states have made moves to ban or restrict abortion, which technically means any woman who seeks the procedure can be prosecuted. After Roe vs Wade, a viral message quickly spread online, telling women to delete any period tracking app they were using. But why is this app a concern? Julia Ravey talks to Andrea Ford, a medical and cultural anthropologist at the University of Edinburgh… Andrea- There have been many concerns that have arisen since the news in the US. The concern is that the data in your app could potentially be used as incriminating evidence, if you were in a situation where you were mistreated for having an abortion. So that it can