PHOTO: Local farmers and businesses say the latest tweaks to migration policy ‘don’t make sense’. IMAGE: bil.downunder.lk
In a vexing trend, Farmers across the country appear to be continually fighting government policies, while they should be simply continuing on with the work of feeding the nation.
Changes to Australia’s migration settings as of 1 July could push food prices higher as farmers struggle to access workers to harvest produce.
The National Farmers Federation has come out swinging in its condemnation of the new government changes while local farmers struggle to understand why the government would choose now to make it harder to recruit overseas workers…