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Growers and immigration experts slam proposal to allow workers to be part-paid in fruit and veg

Growers and immigration experts slam proposal to allow workers to be part-paid in fruit and veg


Growers and immigration experts slam proposal to allow workers to be part-paid in fruit and veg
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The workplace relations minister, Tony Burke, dismissed the idea.

He added that the proposal had been intended to help take into account the varying expenses incurred by farmers, such as accommodation and electricity, and include them in enterprise bargaining agreements.

Rizvi pointed to recent farm worker runaways and the government campaigns to stop them as evidence of one-dimensional labour policy that failed to properly value agricultural workers.

Instead, he believes more effort should be put into streamlining immigration pathways that would lead to permanent residency.

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