Vanuatu workers to harvest mangoes in the NT

Lucy Felix was working in her garden in Eton village, Vanuatu, when she got an unexpected call about an opportunity on a Northern Territory farm. The single mother had been selected by Vanuatu's Labour Department to harvest mangoes in Australia during the coronavirus pandemic. Because of the coronavirus, she did not think she would be allowed to leave the country. Workers like Ms Felix earn up to $25 an hour on Australian farms — about nine times the $2.70 minimum wage in Vanuatu. Vanuatu is one of the few countries that have no confirmed cases of coronavirus. Tasmania is watching the trial and considering a travel bubble with Pacific countries……. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-27/vanuatu-men-and-women-australia-pick-fruit-coronavirus-pandemic/12699066