22,000 Pacific workers on standby but it's up to states to approve them

Jamieson Murphy
October 30 2020 - 12:30pm
The federal government says there are thousands of Pacific Island workers ready to come to Australia to work on farms, but the state government must get their act together. Photo: WikiCommons
The federal government says there are thousands of Pacific Island workers ready to come to Australia to work on farms, but the state government must get their act together. Photo: WikiCommons

There are 22,000 workers from the Pacific Islands who have been pre-vetted and are on standby to come to Australian farms, but it is up to the state governments to approve them the federal Ag Minister says.

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Jamieson Murphy

Jamieson Murphy

News director

Newcastle Herald news director. Interested in any and all yarns. Whisper g'day mate to me at jamieson.murphy@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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