Crisis? What Crisis?

The hot topic at dinner parties up and down Australia at the moment is the banana crisis. So big is this crisis it has put up the rate of inflation. Apparently bananas cost something like AUS $15/16 a kilo at the moment.

It's all do with the cyclone that the Northern Territories experienced earlier this year and because of the strict import regulations Australia has they haven't been able to import any from elsewhere.

Normal service is expected to resume in mid-September.


Posted: 31/07/06 12.45 pm