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:
- National Biosecurity Strategy a positive step for agriculture (The Rural)
- South-west farmers accuse Glenelg Shire of ‘cash grab’ as council moves to differential rates system (Herald Sun) – subscription required
- More migrants to help on land (The Australian) – subscription required
- National biosecurity strategy unvieled by Agriculture Minister Murray Watt at National Rural Press Club (North Queensland Register)
- Western Victoria Transmission Network Project consultation was flawed: Catherine King (The Courier)
- NSW ‘ag-gag’ laws backed by High Court (ABC Online)
- Border protection high on the national interest | OPINION (Good Fruit & Vegetables)
- Australians battling cost of living crisis reveal extent of hit to hip pocket (7news.com.au)
- Healthy outlook for Australia’s food bowl (The National Tribune)
- AgSkilled to put growers behind wheel this harvest with ag training (Mirage News)
- Lettuce prices to fall as production lifts in flood-hit growing regions (ABC Online)
- Cooking oil price surges hurt Australian takeaway outlets including fish and chips (The Guardian)