The seasonal worker crisis and how it will impact you.
The Briefing24 Tammi 2021

The seasonal worker crisis and how it will impact you.

Australian farmers are plowing crops into the ground.

Covid has meant the overseas workers aren’t getting in and the government’s trying to get young Aussies - any Aussies - to step in, but it doesn’t seem to be working. Only 500 have taken up a new incentive to get picking.

A register set up by growers found they've lost more than $38 million worth of fruit and veg already. and the fruit harvest hasn’t peaked yet - that’s in March.

Today we look at the background of the crisis and what's being done to put Australian fruit and vegies on Australian tables.

In today's headlines:

  • A new poll shows only one third of Australians support changing the date of Australia Day

  • Five states to get hit by a heatwave over the next two days

  • NZ first Covid-19 case in months

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