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:
- Albanese jobs summit: ACTU open to default union membership for skilled migrants (The Australian) – subscription required
- Calm before the storm: Lettuce prices settle down – for now (The New Daily)
- Shortage of labour across agriculture sector could affect spring harvests (Inverell Times)
- Coles supermarket removes plastic bags for fruit and vegetables in new trial (7news.com.au)
- BOM declares La Niña alert, signalling strong chance of another sodden summer (ABC Online)
- More boots on the ground for rural crime prevention (The Land)
- A second Victorian high-voltage electricity transmission line raises concern (Stock & Land)
- Cost of living: Australia’s most popular diets compared for cost and health (Herald Sun) – subscription required
- Price of potatoes will reflect cost of fuel and fertiliser as SA growers reach deal with McCain Foods (ABC Online)
- Queensland Government backs good jobs with supply chain support (The National Tribune)
- Jobs summit a chance to fix immigration and position Australia for the future (The Australian) – subscription required
- Floundering food industry needs more hands on deck to ensure supply chain (The Australian) – subscription required
- Horticulture and bee industries collaborate on pollination planning (Queensland Country Life)
- 172,000 staff wanted as unprecedented jobs disaster rips via Australia’s feed provide chain (UnitedBitco)