‘Virtue signaling’: Why the proposed milk levy won’t save Australia’s dairy farmers
A proposed 10-cent-per-litre levy on Woolworths’ home-brand milk, such as Farmers’ Own, is under consideration to address the financial crisis facing the industry.
Speaking on 3AW Mornings with Tom Elliott, President of Australian Dairy Farmers, Ben Bennett, says the levy fails to address the systemic financial pressures on the broader industry, expressing that “it’s very much tokenism”.
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