Australia News on Sept. 27, 2018

Went to get some milk today, milk fridges PACKED with Woolworth's brand milk. Signs and letters all over saying they're upping the price of their milk by 30c in this trying time with all of the extra money going to farmers due to everything going on.

I get that we should be glad Woolworths is doing something about it, but honestly things shouldn't have to get this bad before farmers are get a proper deal in supplying one of the biggest retailers with their home brand milk.

Why not pay them fairly year round? How about just keeping the price of the milk as it is and sending all the profit to the farmers anyway? How about just being a decent company to their suppliers instead of patting themselves on the back periodically when a crisis strikes all while they're still profiting in the process? And then turning around and saying "Oh aren't we gracious to give the farmers money" when it's money that we're paying anyway.

I don't have any ties to farming in Australia, nor do I know any farmers personally. But as an Australian I'm tired of farmers getting the short end of the wrong stick. Farmers deserve way better in this country, and Woolworths shouldn't be using the conditions they're going through to parade about in their own good PR.