Ag Visa extended to Indonesia to entice more foreign workers
Landmark talks are underway for Indonesia to become a participating country in the Australian Agricultural Worker Visa. This is a major step forward to relieve the workforce pressures that Australian farmers and our agricultural industries are currently facing. This is history in the making and growers can be very proud that Indonesia would like to […]
Ag Worker Visa responds to workforce shortages in agriculture and primary industry sectors
The Federal Government has amended the Migration Regulations to create the Australian Agriculture Worker Visa (Ag Visa) to provide for a vital agriculture visa to help secure the future of rural and regional Australia. The Ag Visa release was spurred on by the recent UK free trade negotiations to not only secure better market access […]
Australia and Vietnam accelerate agricultural technologies to unlock sustainable growth
At a farm in Da Lat, Vietnam, a woman gently picks plump red strawberries from rows of carefully staked, vertical farming pods, designed by Australian agribusiness, Orlar. Using cutting edge innovation and technology, the vertical farms emit zero greenhouse gases, are 100% water efficient and use significantly less energy than traditional hydroponics. They use an […]
Ag Visa will allow workers to enter from 10 countries across South east Asia
AUSVEG, the peak industry body for the Australian vegetable industry, has welcomed the announcement that the Federal Government will make a new agriculture work visa available to all 10 countries across South-East Asia. The new visa would provide a wider pool of workers available to Australian agriculture from the UK and the ten ASEAN countries […]
Agriculture visa to secure labour force for Farmers to be implemented by year end
The Government has stated the agriculture visa was needed to secure the labour force needed by Australian farmers both now and into the future. A new seasonal agriculture worker visa has now been ratified as part of the give and take of negotiations with the UK over the FTA, UK backpackers will no longer be […]