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Cyclone-hit banana farmers say they requested wage subsidies in March, contrary to Mark Furner s comments
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AprApril 2021 at 2:15am
Agriculture Minister Mark Furner visited damaged banana plantations in the Innisfail region soon after the recent storms.
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A disaster-hit grower who hosted Agriculture Minister Mark Furner on his flattened banana farm says the MP s claims he was unaware of requests for wage subsidies are wrong.
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Representatives campaigned for a Qantas-style JobKeeper wage subsidy, to keep irreplaceable workers until crops recover
Mr Furner said he wasn t aware of the subsidy call, but office confirms receipt of March 8 letter
The price of bananas is expected to jump temporarily after Tropical Cyclone Niran caused an estimated $180 million in damage to Far North Queensland s crops.
Queensland is responsible for approximately 94 per cent of Australia s banana production, the majority of which is grown in Far North Queensland.
Economists and fruit sellers are forecasting a rise in the price of of the popular fruit after the wild weather levelled almost a third of the country s crops.
Queensland is responsible for the majority of Australia s banana crops.(iStock)
Tropical Cyclone Niran caused an estimated $180 million in damage to Queensland banana crops.(Nine)
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Australian banana growers who have lost up to 100 per cent of their crop to cyclonic winds are calling for urgent assistance from the Queensland and Federal Governments.
In a devastating blow for growers already battling ongoing low prices and worker shortages, most Innisfail district banana growers are now looking at between 3 and 9 months without an income.
Boogan fifth generation grower, Charles Camuglia, lost all of his crop to extreme wind on March 1.
Grower Charles Camuglia surveys the damage on his farm. Charles lost 100% of his crop
“This is 100 per cent of our income,” he said. “It’s going to be hard.”
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