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Pacific fruit pickers fly into SA to ease worker shortages this citrus season Posted 4 AprApril 2021 at 9:31am The first of about 200 Tongan fruit picking workers arrived in Adelaide on Friday on their way to the Riverland. (ABC News) Share Print text only Cancel The first 200 international fruit-picking workers will head to the Riverland after touching down in Adelaide ahead of the citrus harvest, with their arrival expected to ease "critical shortages" in the sector. Key points: The group is among 1,200 Tongan workers who will head to the Riverland in coming weeks The government says ...

Citrus SA pushes for Pacific Island travel bubble to sustain local citrus industry updated 4 AprApril 2021 at 6:47am Citrus SA chairman Mark Doecke says a travel bubble with the Pacific Islands is needed to keep costs down for growers. ( Share Print text only Cancel Citrus SA has renewed its calls for a quarantine-free travel bubble to be established between Australia and the Pacific Islands to help secure an affordable harvest workforce in the long term. Key points: Citrus SA renews its push for a quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and the Pacific Islands The first planel...

FILE IMAGE THE current recreational snapper fishing season in South East waters will close next week with the set allocation of the popular species snapped up by fishers in just six weeks. After opening on February 1, the the five-month recreational allocation of 1077 snapper has already been reached and will close on Wednesday, March 10 at 11.59pm. Primary Industries and Regional Development Minister David Basham said following the quick quota catch, daily bag and boat limits will be reduced to three when the fishery reopens on July 1. “I considered advice from both the Minister’s Rec...

Entrance to waste recycling centre at Aycliffe Quarry, pictured in December 2015 after accident tragedy leading to death of workman on site A WASTE management and recycling company has been hit with a near £250,000 court bill, in fines and costs, following the death of an employee in a work-place tragedy. Simon Hogg, 47, from Hurworth, Darlington, and a 46-year-old colleague were clearing one of a growing number of blockages inside a trommel, a large cyclindrical drum, at the Stonegrave Aggregates’ site, at Aycliffe Quarry, Newton Aycliffe, on December 12, 2015. Durham Crown Court he...

Waste firm fined £200k after death of a worker when the waste machine he was inside was switched on Tragic consequences at Stonegrave Aggegates could have been avoided said Health and Safety Executive Stonegrave Aggregates Ltd at Aycliffe (Image: Google) Get the latest news from Teesside Crown Court direct to your inbox with our free email newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or servi...