Federal budget: Why Australia wins with bush spending wish list

Andrew Marshall
Updated July 4 2022 - 11:21pm, first published March 23 2022 - 6:00am
Australia needs to make itself a much more attractive destination for overseas freighters, which often by-pass congested ports says NFF. Image: Maersk.
Australia needs to make itself a much more attractive destination for overseas freighters, which often by-pass congested ports says NFF. Image: Maersk.

After two years of excruciating export and import bottlenecks, soaring freight costs and shortages of critical farm inputs, farmers want next week's federal budget to inject some much needed efficiency incentives into Australia's ports and inland supply chains.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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