Your ABC endorses farm slavery, low wages

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Over the past month, The ABC has run multiple stories proclaiming dire farm labour shortages due to the collapse of migrant workers.

For example, here’s The ABC in late November:

Australians are being warned they could be paying a lot more at the checkout for their fruit and vegetables this summer, and possibly taking home a lower-quality product…

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About the author
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.