An army of workers arrive to help on the land every year but farmers say they are now being blocked or delayed in a bureaucratic situation.
Harvest has made an earlier than expected start in WA, and grain farmers are eyeing off a crop of 23 million tonnes.
National Farmers Federation vice president John Hassell said working holidaymakers “stay in accommodations on farms” and “don’t put pressure on all those sorts of things”.
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There are fears a multibillion-dollar harvest in WA is at risk because of a new enforcement action on backpacker and temporary visas.
An army of workers arrive to help on the land every year but farmers say they are now being blocked or delayed in a bureaucratic situation.
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The Esperance farmer says the Federal Government’s decision to slow down approvals is another blow to the industry.
Harvest has made an earlier than expected start in WA, and grain farmers are eyeing off a crop of 23 million tonnes.
“There’s been the risk over whether there was going to be fertiliser, whether there was going to be diesel.”
National Farmers Federation vice president John Hassell said working holidaymakers “stay in accommodations on farms” and “don’t put pressure on all those sorts of things”.
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