Budget avoids low-hanging fruit to focus on 'unsexy' necessities: National Farmers' Federation

Jamieson Murphy
Updated May 19 2021 - 9:10am, first published May 18 2021 - 4:00pm
Budget avoids low-hanging fruit to focus on 'unsexy' necessities
Budget avoids low-hanging fruit to focus on 'unsexy' necessities

THE government refused to pick low-hanging fruit for agriculture in its 2021/22 budget and instead focused on the "unsexy" measures that lay the foundation for the industry to adapt in a rapidly changing world, the National Farmers' Federation says.

Jamieson Murphy

Jamieson Murphy

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Newcastle Herald news director. Interested in any and all yarns. Whisper g'day mate to me at jamieson.murphy@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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