date:Aug 02, 2012
strong policies were developed to help growers combat escalating input costs and be better equipped to compete with overseas competition in the market.
I strongly encourage policymakers in Canberra to examine the latest DFAT figures and to consider measures that will help reverse this trend, said Mr Mulcahy.
Australias food imports were shown to have largely been sourced from New Zealand, with producers in the United States, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia also contributing to the rise in Aust