BIG READ: Is it time to look at bringing backpackers back?
Premium Content Subscriber only Farmers are staring down the barrel of burying crops, incentive schemes just aren't cutting it and backpackers say they're willing to foot the bill for their own quarantine. But it's not necessarily a simple solution. Increased prices at the check-out are one of the ever-present concerns circling the agriculture industry in the wake of Covid-19 and a subsequent lack of labour. Meanwhile, travel company Global Work & Travel announced the results of a report saying that 82 per cent of potential foreign workers would be willing to work on Australian farms right...
Source: whitsundaytimes.com.au