Talebula Kate
27 April, 2021, 12:12 pm
An airport worker waves to the Fiji Airways aircraft carrying the workers bound for Australia. Picture: AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSION
A total of 177 Fijians departed this morning for New South Wales, Australia, to start new jobs in the meatworks sector under the Pacific Labour Scheme.
According to the Australian High Commission in Fiji, those Fijians will be able to support their families and communities in Fiji, learn new skills and experience life in Australia.
The Commission also clarified that their cost of quarantine in Australia is the responsibility of the approved employers and/or State/territory governments.
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Face-to-face registration for Pacific Labour and Seasonal Workers Scheme suspended from next Monday
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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
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