Safe farms and strong family health comes to fore in farm safety week
We are in Farm Safety Awareness Week so please take extra care and alert others that are less experienced around farm sheds yards and paddocks This Farm Safety Awareness Week that runs from 18 to 24 July is a time to reflect on anything that could cause a physical hazard around the farm, and as […]
Farm safety front and centre with National Farm Safety Week from 18 to 22 July
National Farm Safety Week is underway and acts as a reminder of the many dangers involved in farming and the need to protect our farmers and farm workers the best we can. This year’s Farm Safety Week is based on the theme ‘Recipes for Averting Disaster’. It focuses on the intangible risks and hazards that […]
Horticulture production holds on but overseas workers remain crucial
The horticulture sector has maintaining output during COVID-19 despite workers shortage. A recent report, Labour use in Australian agriculture: Analysis of survey results report, has revealed that horticultural farm output levels have remained steady, despite an eight per cent drop in the number of workers employed on horticulture farms. The restart of the Pacific Labour mobility program […]
Farmers groups plead their case for job satisfaction for working on the land
NSW Farmers urges Australians looking for work to give farm work a go, particularly now the Australian Government has made relocation incentives more flexible. Under the new banner of AgMove, Australians could be eligible for up to $2,000 in relocation assistance when they complete just 40 hours of agricultural work over a two-week period, reduced […]
AUSVEG says it supports AgMove but believes growers need worker assurances
The peak industry body for the Australian vegetable industry, AUSVEG has welcomed the Government’s changes to the Relocation Assistance to Take Up a Job program to allow for flexibility to encourage short-term agricultural work. But warns growers will be left behind if they cannot get more workers on farms. The announcement, labelled AgMove, will support […]
Take Up a Job program sets aside $17.4 million to attract farm workers
In an effort to ensure our agriculture sector has access to the labour force it needs over the coming months, the Government has made changes to the existing Relocation Assistance to Take Up a Job program with $17.4 million provided in relocation support to attract farm workers. The funding will provide financial support to job […]