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160 workers fly in to help ‘desperate’ industry – Queensland Times
More than 150 overseas workers will touch down in Brisbane on Friday night, ready to start working on farms in the Lockyer Valley after 14 days quarantine.
Overseas workers arriving from the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu will touch down in Brisbane tonight and quarantine in Grantham to provide desperate help to the agriculture industry struggling with severe labour shortages.
A representative from the Grantham Farmworkers Lodge confirmed 160 overseas seasonal workers were expected to arrive at the Grantham Farmworkers Lodge on Friday night.
FIP Group CEO Brad Seagrott also confirmed the workers would stay and work in Queensland once the 14-day quarantine…
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