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Ni-Vanuatu workers arrive in Western Australia to combat labour shortages on farms
More than 300 Ni-Vanuatu will be working at farms and meat processors across Western Australia by the end of the month, with more overseas workers likely to arrive in coming weeks.
Key points:
- Ni-Vanuatu workers started picking fruit across WA this week, as a second plane of labourers arrived in the state
- Almost 2,000 Pacific Island and Timor Leste workers are in Australia, more than 300 of them in WA
- With the shortage of backpackers, farmers says bringing in workers from Vanuatu is the only option
The usual backpacker workforce is thinning and many locals are turning their back on the work, leaving workers from Pacific Island countries as the only option for some farmers.
Already 154 Ni-Vanuatu workers have arrived to help, including Remo…
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