date:Oct 24, 2013
ot drop off, Mr Craigie said from his Sassafras farm.
The best analogy I can come up with is that we have been told we have a terminal disease but there is a treatment.
That treatment could kill -- but if we refuse, we could also be goners.
He said three years was a reasonable timeframe but five years would have given growers more confidence to invest in technology and equipment to streamline their own operations.
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union said it was unlikely the wages of t