Drought forces GrainCorp to import wheat to east coast of Australia

Desiree Savage
Updated January 4 2019 - 6:42pm, first published 3:00pm
IMPRESSIVE: One of many trucks to leave Port Kembla filled with about 30 tonne of imported grain from Western Australia, bound for NSW farms. Picture: Desiree Savage
IMPRESSIVE: One of many trucks to leave Port Kembla filled with about 30 tonne of imported grain from Western Australia, bound for NSW farms. Picture: Desiree Savage

It was an unusual sight to see cranes start to unload around 33,000 tonne of wheat at Port Kembla’s GrainCorp terminal on Friday rather than load it for export.

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Desiree Savage

Desiree Savage

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