Half-price hotel quarantine for agricultural workers as crop losses tip $52m in five months updated 7 AprApril 2021 at 11:00pm NSW farmers and businesses will get a 50 per cent subsidy to foot workers' quarantine bills. ( Share Print text only Cancel The New South Wales government will subsidise half the hotel quarantine cost of agricultural workers in a bid to remedy the state's labour shortage as the nation's crop losses exceed $52 million since December. Key points: The agricultural sector will be the only sector to receive the 50 per cent quarantine subsidy, the NSW Agriculture Minister says The workers are not included in the state's 3,000 person-per-week arrivals cap