A GROUP of agricultural peak bodies, including the National Farmers’ Federation and the Australian Meat Industry Council, says labour shortages are clearly having an impact on GDP after this week’s figures from Reserve Bank of Australia.
The National Food Supply Chain Alliance calculated the food supply chain was short at least 172,000 workers, from paddock to plate, before the Jobs & Skills Summit last September. They say limited progress is now weighing on both GDP growth, and the cost of household’s weekly shop.
The NFSA represents more than 160,000 businesseswith a revenue of…
