Labour cost, shortages ‘biggest challenge’ for grower

LABOUR hire laws, penalty rates and the cost of water has created the “biggest challenge” one horticulturist has seen in farming. Mick Young, who grows stone fruit on land near Swan Hill, said he was worried about finding workers in time for this harvest season. He said it was a situation that had become a […]

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    BOOKS, begonias, bubbles and blue fairy wrens have been introduced to the City Heart thanks to a new mural by a local artist. Chris Fraser…