Food subsidies mooted for remote communities as 'a human rights issue'

Chris McLennan
Updated June 30 2020 - 5:25pm, first published 3:10pm
This can of meat and onions cost $7.87 in this remote store, but can be bought for $3 a can in city and town supermarkets.
This can of meat and onions cost $7.87 in this remote store, but can be bought for $3 a can in city and town supermarkets.

People shopping for food at their supermarket have been asked to compare the prices people in remote communities are forced to pay.

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Chris McLennan

Chris McLennan

National Rural Property Writer

ACM national rural property writer based in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Career journalist. Multi award winner.

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