The week’s top stories (week ending 30/04/19)
Every week, AUSVEG rounds up the top stories on issues affecting the Australian vegetable industry. Here are this week’s most important news items:
Australian industry:
- [Opinion] Rural issues are weighing heavily on the federal election campaign (Alex Sinnott, The Weekly Times)
- Agri Labour Australia forced to pay more than $50,000 to Vanuatu labourers working in northern Victoria (Mahalia Dobson and Rhiannon Tuffield, ABC News)
- AFPA delivers election wish-list for horticulture (Good Fruit & Vegetables)
- Trade agreement could boost agriculture industry (Madeleine Stuchbery, The Weekly Times)
- The fight against food waste: How shoppers can help tackle a global crisis (Isabelle Lane, The New Daily)
- Prices down but costs up on potatoes (Karolin Macgregor, The Weekly Times)
International news:
- New Zealand: Further Queensland fruit fly detections found in Auckland (Fresh Plaza)
- Mexico: Mexico adopts measures to prevent tomato virus from spreading (HortiDaily)
- France: Could the Notre Dame be rebuilt with a rooftop greenhouse? (HortiDaily)
- UK: Merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda blocked by competition watchdog (Fresh Plaza)
This post appeared in the AUSVEG Weekly Update published 30 April 2019. Subscribe to the Update using our online form to receive the latest industry news in your inbox every week!