Finding harvest staff more difficult without international workers

Gregor Heard
Updated August 31 2020 - 4:22pm, first published 1:19pm
Contract harvesters are concerned they do not yet have a work permit to travel from Victoria to Queensland or northern NSW to work and say a deal must be thrashed out soon.
Contract harvesters are concerned they do not yet have a work permit to travel from Victoria to Queensland or northern NSW to work and say a deal must be thrashed out soon.

A VICTORIAN contract harvester who hires around 10 header and chaser bin drivers for the harvest run from Queensland to Victoria each year has said 2020 has been a challenging year to find staff due to a diminished pool of skilled workers and uncertainty surrounding cross-border movements.

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Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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