The nation s wool industry normally relies on 500 workers from New Zealand - who this year are staying at home due to border closures - to meet a surge in demand for sheep shearers every spring.
A heavyweight Australian investor believes welfare recipients and asylum seeks should be put to work on farms to help solve the country s labour shortage crisis.
An irate diner has met her match in a frazzled restaurant owner, after she complained about service at the Pelican s Landing in Melbourne - which is suffering from brutal Covid staffing issues.