‘Virtue signaling’: Why the proposed milk levy won’t save Australia’s dairy farmers

A proposed 10-cent-per-liter levy on Woolworths’ home-brand milk, such as Farmers’ Own, is under consideration to address the financial crisis facing the industry.

Speaking to 3AW Mornings 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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