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Current Affairs: Agriculture minister slammed supermarket giants on milk levy

Agriculture Minister David Littleproud

Agriculture Minister David Littleproud says the supermarket milk levy has become a farce. (AAP) Source: AAP

Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud says levies introduced by the big supermarket chains, purportedly to assist drought-stricken farmers, are just media stunts. The minister says Coles and Woolworths could help farmers more if they dropped their dollar-a-litre milk promotions.


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Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud says levies introduced by the big supermarket chains, purportedly to assist drought-stricken farmers, are just media stunts. The minister says Coles and Woolworths could help farmers more if they dropped their dollar-a-litre milk promotions.



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