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Glen Norris
Glen Norris

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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