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Why closing our borders to foreign workers could see fruit and vegetable prices spike

  • Written by Michael Rose, Research fellow, Australian National University
Why closing our borders to foreign workers could see fruit and vegetable prices spikeDave Hunt/AAP

One aspect of the COVID-19 crisis that has so far escaped widespread public attention in Australia is its potential impact on our food security.

We haven’t seen supermarket shortages of fruit and vegetables like toilet paper and pasta because, being perishable, they are not easily stockpiled and therefore less prone to...

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