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:
- Priorities set for horticulture industry (Bundaberg Today)
- ‘Tell your story’: WA farmers urged to have online presence to encourage buying local as prices rise (The West Australian) – subscription required
- Australia’s vegetable consumption is declining (Good Fruit & Vegetables)
- Seasonal pickers must be paid minimum wage from April: Fair Work Commission (Jimboomba Times)
- Yarra Valley uses jobs hub to attract workers (Queensland Country Life)
- New fruit-picking rate to take effect on April 28 (The National Tribune)
- Grower calls for irrigation scheme to expand, rather than intensify (The Ipswitch Tribune)
- Young Australians urged to take a gap year in the regions amid labour shortages (Channel 9 News)
- Kununurra Senior High School students get agriculture work experience as part of course (Stock Journal)
- Green light for urea processing just what’s needed says National Farmers Federation (Mirage News)
- Plans to build a $3b urea facility near Geraldton receive Federal Government nod (The West Australian)
- The social benefits of seasonal worker programs (Policy Forum)
- Tatura Incubation Hub To Boost Innovations In Horticulture (The National Tribune)