
Farmers, tourism operators push for backpacker entry to Australia
Farmers and tourism operators have urged the government to restart backpacker travel to Australia under a tiered coronavirus-safe plan.
Farmers and tourism operators have urged the government to restart backpacker travel to Australia under a tiered coronavirus-safe plan.
The Morrison government is considering offering extra cash incentives to the unemployed to work on farms during harvest season, soon after a Liberal MP called for “heat and pressure” to be applied to the unemployed to pick crops.
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South Australia’s efforts to feed the world with more nutritious food crops have been praised by 2016 World Food Prize winner Dr Howarth Bouis.
South Australia’s crops have defied a hot, dry start to the year to keep yield estimates at 7.2 million tonnes for the second successive season.