SA Business: Fruit fly scare closes farm | True plight of Whyalla laid bare | Warning signs of global crash

Email A popular South Australian berry farm caught within a fruit fly quarantine zone has made the “hard decision” to close down permanently, resulting in the loss of scores of jobs.

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