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Coronavirus puts $15 billion agricultural, seafood sector at risk

Andrew Marshall
Updated February 27 2020 - 8:34am, first published February 19 2020 - 6:04pm
LIFELINE: Rock lobster fisher Callum McCarthy with empty cray pots in Portland, Victoria, after orders for the crustaceans were cancelled. The Victorian Government has since thrown a financial lifeline to lobster fishers, rolling over quotas until next year. Picture: Anthony Brady
LIFELINE: Rock lobster fisher Callum McCarthy with empty cray pots in Portland, Victoria, after orders for the crustaceans were cancelled. The Victorian Government has since thrown a financial lifeline to lobster fishers, rolling over quotas until next year. Picture: Anthony Brady

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Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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