Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie blames lack of overseas backpackers for $12 lettuce in Australia

Is this the REAL reason why you are paying $12 for lettuce? Politician says exorbitant cost has nothing to do with floods or high petrol prices

• Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie linked $12 lettuce to foreign work shortage
• Former agriculture minister suggested farmers just weren’t planting crops 
• She blamed visa situation even though backpacker rules were relaxed this year 

By Stephen Johnson, Economics Reporter For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 20:55 EDT, 23 June 2022 | Updated: 21:17 EDT, 23 June 2022