Date Time
Seasonal workers arrive to help SA horticulture industry
The first of around 1,200 seasonal workers from the Pacific Islands are arriving in South Australia today to cover critical worker shortages and help support thousands of local jobs in the state’s agriculture and horticulture industries.
Just over 200 workers will arrive today from Tonga and will be transported directly to the specially configured Paringa Resort in the Riverland to undertake two weeks quarantine before beginning the vital work.
The program is expected to cost up to $7 million which is being jointly funded by the Marshall Liberal Government and the agriculture sector with industry contributing $2,500 per worker.
South Australia doing hard work to secure their agricultural workforce miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
About 1,200 South Pacific fruit pickers are expected to arrive in South Australia over the coming months due to shortages of seasonal agricultural workers.