The week’s top media stories
Every week, AUSVEG rounds up the top stories on issues affecting the Australian vegetable industry. Here are this week’s most important news items:
- Victorian farmers plead for extension of Pacific worker scheme ahead of harvest (The Age) – subscription required
- Pacific Island workers rescue OzGroup’s blueberry season in Coffs Harbour (The Daily Telegraph)
- Northern Territory mango farms set for workforce boost (Sky News Australia)
- Victorian farmers required to carry authorised worker permits (Weekly Times Now)
- Worker “war of words” escalates (The Examiner)
- Driver shortage could push food prices higher, warn hauliers and supermarkets (MSN – Australia)
- Details of new agriculture visa still thin on the ground but industry remains hopeful of meaningful change (ABC News)
- Extension of lifeline for producers (The National Tribune)
- Ray of hope required before the day breaks (North Queensland Register)