Milk levy plan turns sour
Moves by an Australian supermarket chain to introduce a milk levy to help drought-stricken farmers has backfired.
'A fair price': Farmers urge supermarkets to expand milk levy
Australian dairy farmers are pushing the big supermarkets to put a 10 cent levy on all milk, while independent suppliers remain cynical about drought relief approaches from Coles and Woolworths.
Coles and Woolies slammed over drought-relief milk levy promotion
CUSTOMERS at Coles, Woolies and Aldi have been duped by an “empty media stunt” when they buy milk, an irate federal pollie claims.
Woolworths’ drought levy fund goes to just a handful of farmers
WOOLWORTHS is slapping a drought levy on Victorian milk to support mainly Queensland and NSW Parmalat suppliers, excluding hundreds more drought-affected dairy farmers across southern Australia.
‘That all you got?’: Gloves come off in milk levy war as Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud again blasts Coles and Aldi
Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has launched a second angry tirade at supermarket giants Coles and Aldi, asking whether responses to his recent criticism over a milk levy are “the best they’ve got”.
Milk levy a mess: Worst hit farmers get nothing
THE dairy industry desperately wants to end the supermarket giants’ $1-a-litre milk discounting.
But Queensland Dairy Organisation’s call for a 10-cent-a-litre “drought levy” is the wrong way of going about it.
Coles criticised over milk levy fund
Coles has come under fire from Queensland dairy farmers for refusing to distribute cash from its 10¢-a-litre private-label milk levy through processors.
Drought milk levy 'a little bit of a trick', dairy farmers organisation says
A drought levy on milk brought in by supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths to help drought-affected farmers has been labelled a «con job» by Queensland dairy farmers.
10c milk levy set to bypass WA farmers
LITTLE if any of the proposed 10 cents-a-litre temporary drought relief levy on milk now seems likely to be returned to WA dairy farmers.
Supermarket giants drought-relief milk levy supported
LOCAL dairy farmers say the drought-relief milk levy announced by the two major supermarkets is a step in the right direction.