David Littleproud blames produce price pinch on Labor's labour plan

Karen Barlow
Updated June 23 2022 - 4:45pm, first published 4:35pm
Nationals leader David Littleproud. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Nationals leader David Littleproud. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Amid extraordinary fruit and vegetable supply chain issues and warnings that crops are at risk of rotting on fields, Nationals leader David Littleproud is blaming worker shortages through Labor's shift away from the Morrison-Joyce government's fledgling agriculture-specific visa program.

Karen Barlow

Karen Barlow

Chief Political Correspondent

Karen Barlow is ACM's Chief Political Correspondent. Working in the federal press gallery, she investigates and writes about federal politics and government. She has an interest in integrity, leadership and social equity. She has covered two Olympics and been to Antarctica twice. Contact her on karen.barlow@canberratimes.com.au