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Australian consumers may have to pay more for their favourite fruit and vegetables in the coming months after the latest flooding damaged major agricultural areas in Victoria, New South Wales (NSW) and Tasmania.
While touring the flood-stricken areas in Victoria and NSW, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said continuing rains would cause produce prices to rise.
“Tragically, there had been such a good harvest anticipated in wheat, in fruit and vegetables, in so many of the products that the Victorian food basin … is such a rich area, as well as in areas like poultry,” Albanese told ABC Melbourne.
“There’s no doubt that there will be an impact … and the impact will feed into higher prices, most unfortunately at a time when inflation has already been rising.”...