Australian mushroom industry votes to keep levy
Australian mushroom industry votes to keep levy The Australian mushroom industry has voted to maintain the current statutory levy, but not without recognising the need for changes. The results of a ballot, held over the past month or so, showed just under 82 per cent of votes were in favour of retaining the research and development levy, while just under 79pc of votes were in favour of keeping the marketing and promotions levy. Australia's largest mushroom producer, Costa Mushrooms, used its right as a levy payer to call for a vote on the Mushroom (Agaricus) Statutory Levy in November. The ba...