Overseas agricultural workers will get half price hotel quarantine in a bid to address a shortage of 15,000 workers across the horticulture and meat sectors in NSW. The Daily Telegraph can reveal the Berejiklian government will today announce a policy to subsidise half the cost of hotel quarantine for workers entering NSW under Pacific Labor Scheme or the Seasonal Worker Program - at a cost of $1,500 per person. It follows pleas from farmers for more workers, with the industry arguing international border closures have gutted their workforce. Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall with Young farmer David Davidson, who has welcomed cut price quarantine costs for seasonal agriculture workers. Picture: Tim Hunter