Learning Intention: Student can present a point of view on a significant current issue and include recommendations about the actions that individuals and governments can take to resolve issues
Current Issue: Dairy has been the big subject of the week after some farmers revealed they’re in huge financial trouble. They say milk processors aren’t paying them enough to cover their costs anymore and blame cheap supermarket brand milk for driving prices so low. But processors say overseas markets are at fault for the drop in prices.
Task: Visit the below link – watch the clip, read the transcript and visit any of the related links. Write at least one paragraph stating your point of view on this issue and any recommendations you have on what we can do resolve this issue.
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4464750.htm
Questions to ask yourself while watching and reading:
- What is the issue?
- Who is it affecting?
- What is…
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Mr Price's Classroom 
I think the price drop was a terrible, what’s the purpose? If they were struggling to pay the dairy farmers they should have told supermarkets to raise the prices. When they made the terrible decision to decrease the amount of money they were giving dairy farmers the companies should have thought about what affects it would have on them. Dairy farmers need the money so they can produce milk but every day they are losing more money than they are actually getting. Hearing that some of the dairy farmers are in financial troubles annoys me and I hope that this will pass over.
I think to solve this financial problem we should be paying more than we should for milk and dairy products or buying the more expensive milk in store. This might mean prices will rise in stores so dairy farmers will be paid more. I think the minister in charge of this area in the Federal Government should create some guidelines for dairy prices so they will change and this money crisis will never occur again.
By Kate.H
•What is the issue?
Prices are being dropped for rmilk and farmers are havning financial problems.
•Who is it affecting?
Farmers and their families.and the other perople that they live wuth.
•What is the government doing about this issue? Nothing but something needs to be done so farmers can survive
What can the community do about this issue? Donate money to farmers. Gather a group of protesters so then the money prices go up and farmers get more money for themselves and families.
•How do I feel about this issue?
Disgusted its probably the most asinine idea came up with!
I think that dairy farmers should not be paid low money beacause they use a lot of money to produce things like cheese, ice cream and yourghurt. they also use a lot of effort and strength. Who is it affecting? It affects them and their families because they waste money.
Milk Price’s
Q: what is the issue?
A: farmers are having a major financial problem
Because they say the milk professors aren’t paying them enough money for the milk there providing.
Q: who is it affecting?
A: it’s affecting a lot of dairy famers
Who are producing milk because there not
Getting enough money.
Q: how do I feel about it?
Well I feel like the milk professor should
Put the prices the way the dairy farmers
Want it to be because it’s not fair to all those
Dairy farmers who have been working and producing milk
For the super markets and store and yet they don’t get payed enough.
• What is the issue?
Supermarkets are selling cheaper milks, and not giving the farmers their rightful share of the money from milk.
• Who is it affecting?
It is affecting the farmers across Australia and soon other people from different countries that buy their milk.
• What is the government doing about this issue?
I don’t think the government is doing anything about this issue, but they really need to.
• What can the community do about this issue?
They could get rid of the milk that Coles and Woolworths make and only buy the milk that the real farmers make. So the farmers get their fair share.
• How do I feel about this issue?
In all honesty I think it’s quite ridiculous that the supermarkets are not giving the farmers the right amount of money for the making of the milk.