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‘A rip-off rort’: More calls to clean up fruit picking as locals struggle to land farm jobs – The New Daily
The government and peak farming body have been left scrambling as locals struggle to find jobs on farms despite a massive shortfall of workers.
The government and peak farming body have been left scrambling to find ways to help unemployed Australians land fruit picking work after The New Daily revealed that finding a farm job is almost impossible for locals.
Following The New Daily’s report which revealed that job seeker Lukus Muir had been rejected for 20 farm jobs the government announced it had teamed up with the National Farmers Federation to deliver a $6000 incentive for anyone willing to take a job in the country.
The farmworkers’…
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