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:
- Veg industry outlines election priorities (Retail World Magazine)
- Ag Visa: More details emerge (Weekly Times Now) – subscription required
- Horticulture traineeship program launched by Victorian government to train more workers on farm (ABC Online)
- Applications extended to level up gender disparity in agriculture (Stock Journal)
- ACCC flags increased focus on Horticulture Code enforcement (Stock Journal)
- Buy now, pay later businesses popping up in agriculture industry (ABC Online)
- Competition and market policy key election issues (Stock Journal)
- AUSVEG outlines its wish list from politicians in lead up to the 2022 Federal Election (Farm Weekly)
- Extending instant asset write-off scheme and labour hire licensing among NFF horticulture election asks (The West Australian) – subscription required
- New minimum wage for piece workers has farmers concerned (Weekly Times Now) – subscription required
- Airfreight ‘a massive risk’ for hort exporters (Weekly Times Now) – subscription required
- Warnings a third La Nina system could yet batter the east coast of Australia (3AW)