Backpackers are one of the main sources of labour for most Australian horticultural farms, with few reliable local labour sources. (Supplied: Kiah Fowler, File Photo)
.....Mrs McShane said incentives, including a pathway to permanent settlement in Australia, could be the last hope to lure workers back to farms. “The only incentive is some sort of visa," she said. "A lot of them come to Australia to get residency, the Government needs to look at fast-tracking residency for them."
"If we do not get some talks going for 2021, the pain we're suffering now is nothing compared to what we'll suffer next year."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-28/growers-plead-for-farm-labour-as-food-ploughed-into-mulch/12814450
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