Australia turns wheat importer as drought intensifies

Thursday 16 May 2019

As drought ravages Australia, especially across large chunks of NSW and QLD, has begun importing wheat from Canada. From The Age:

An Australian importer was issued a permit to ship bulk wheat from Canada, the Australian Department of Agriculture & Water Resources said on its website on Tuesday…

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.