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Summer Fruit And Vegetable Prices Tipped To Spike Due To Worker Shortage 8/12/12

SUMMER fruit and vegetable prices are tipped to spike by 15 to 25 per cent due to a shortage in overseas workers.THOUSANDS of city residents are set to pay an extra $100 a year in rates as Adelaide City Council grapples with unprecedented debt.A SHARK attack victim, who is lucky to be alive after coming face-to-face with a great white, says being attacked by the predator was like being “hit by a truck”.THE first baggy green worn by Australian cricket legend Sir Donald Bradman – owned by an elderly fraudster accountant – will hit the open market for the first time this week.For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au

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