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As her Vernview Orchard at Launching Place welcomed some of the first overseas farm workers returning to the state, Ms Finger has warned the industry needs to re-think how it sources labour during peak harvest periods.
Six workers from Vanuatu have arrived at Vernview in the Yarra Valley and they are among the first group of 200 from Pacific islands that has arrived in Victoria after quarantining in Tasmania.
Eventually, farms in the state will welcome 1,500 Pacific workers under the deal struck between the Victorian and Tasmanian governments. READ MORE While the workers are welcome, Ms Finger warns they are not enough and says the industry needs to look at its use of migrant labour. ....
Advertisement As apples ripened at their Launching Place farm, David and Sue Finger faced a race against time. International borders were still closed due to coronavirus and the backpacker and local workforce was in short supply. Now, the arrival of six workers from Vanuatu will give them just enough labour to pick their apples before they pass peak maturity. Massi Gregiore, one of the first Pacific Islanders to arrive under the seasonal workforce program, picks fruit at Vernview orchard in the Yarra Ranges. Credit:Jason South “We would have struggled [without the workers],” Mr Finger said. “We would have slipped by a day or two every week and by the end of a month you are two weeks behind.” ....
Apple grower Sue Finger says it s crunch time for Victoria s horticulture workforce. As her Vernview Orchard at Launching Place welcomed some of the first overseas farm workers returning to the state, Ms Finger has warned the industry needs to rethink how it sources labour during peak harvest periods. Six workers from Vanuatu have arrived at Vernview in the Yarra Valley and they are among the first group of 200 from Pacific islands that has arrived in Victoria after quarantining in Tasmania. Eventually, farms in the state will welcome 1500 Pacific workers under the deal struck between the Victorian and Tasmanian governments. The new workers will join a raft of East Timorese people who boarded an airplane (pictured) as in Dili in December 2020 to pick fruit in Australia ....
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