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Click go careers as COVID-19 setbacks open unexpected doors in short-handed shearing industry
Sophie Allen’s career as a Melbourne event designer came to an abrupt end last year when COVID-19 restrictions temporarily shut down the events industry.
Key points:
- Australia is in the midst of a shearing shortage
- It comes as wool prices recover from a slump last year
- Domestic Chinese demand is driving the rebound
With no work on the horizon, she was told by her employer the pandemic restrictions would mean she would be “long-term stood down”.
Those same restrictions inadvertently opened the door to a new career — one in regional Victoria.
When international borders shut, Australia’s wool industry quickly found itself in the grips of a shearer shortage.
“My boyfriend is a shearer and he said…
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