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Worker shortage ‘escalating’

Brooke Littlewood

SUNRAYSIA fruit and vegetable growers fear severe labour shortages ahead of harvest, due to COVID-19 international travel and border restrictions. Southern Cross Farms executive director Peter O’Donnell said the shortages were an extremely serious issue, with only limited backpacker arrivals entering Australia, as well as difficulties moving across borders. He said labour had predominantly been […]

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