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:
- Why vegetable prices remain high (News.com.au)
- Farmers urge tax break for pensioners to unleash grey army of fruit pickers (Brisbane Times)
- Darwin cops the biggest fuel, vegetable increases of any capital city, squeezing Top End household budgets (ABC Online)
- Australian inflation may have started to peak, economists suggest (The West Australian) – subscription required
- Varroa mite threatens NSW berry production and prices after detection near Coffs Harbour (ABC Online)
- Farming body says border closure would ‘increase’ foot and mouth disease risk (Channel 9 News)
- Independent Biosecurity Commission pledge to tackle weeds on NSW farms (Lismore City News)
- Young people needed to fill agriculture’s critical labour gaps (Queensland Country Life)
- High vegetable prices to remain as farmers struggle with production costs, labour shortage (ABC Online)
- ABS census: Australia’s agricultural production reaches $71 billion (Weekly Times Now) – subscription required
- Inflation bites as vegetable prices rocket but one food drops in cost (News.com.au)
- Wild weather could worsen Australia’s fruit and vegetable shortage (Herald Sun) – subscription required
- Opinion: WA Labor has stood firm on biosecurity in the face of incursions (West Australian – Countryman) – subscription required
- Lower fuel prices push by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro hurts Aussie farmers (ABC Online)