Farmers threaten to walk if access to workers is further impacted

WORKER ACCESS CONCERN: NFF president David Jochinke said the federal government’s panacea to agriculture’s workforce woes, the PALM Scheme, appeared to be faltering with Department of Employment and Work Relations data showing an 11 per cent fall in the number of PALM workers employed in agriculture in the six months to January.

Farmers are warning they will change what they grow or even walk away from farming if their access t
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