- by foxnews
- 20 Jan 2025
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.
Washington, D.C., has been gearing up for travelers ahead of Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, bringing Americans to the nation's capital as President-elect Trump returns to the White House.
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