Monthly Archives: June 2022

Tax Return Time

It’s that time of year again when we all scurry around trying to find receipts in order to complete our annual tax return. Receipts for costs that are legitimate and are able to be claimed as a work related expense for tax purposes. It’s important because we all want to minimise the amount of tax […]

National Harvest Guide – New edition, June 2022

The latest edition of the National Harvest Guide is now available. This guide is produced to assist horticulture jobseekers, both Aussies and overseas visitors, locate picking and packing and other harvest jobs across all major horticulture areas in Australia. It contains crop calendars for all areas: and a description of the location, how to get […]

Biosecurity – Footwear on the farm

Managing footwear on farm Important information from the Queensland Department of Agriculture & Fisheries – What is farm biosecurity? Biosecurity refers to all the measures taken to minimise the risk of infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms entering, emerging, establishing or spreading on farm, potentially harming the population, our food security and […]

Tips for returning Working Holiday Makers

Welcome back backpackers! The borders are open again and you are starting to head Down Under once more. Want to stay a second year?  Just want to get out in the fresh air and earn some cash? Farm work is almost a rite of passage for Working Holidaymakers, but a bit of information can make […]

Piecework

Minimum wages for pieceworkers The rules have changed how some farms pay workers.  When working on piece-work you are now entitled to a minimum wage.  However, what might seem like good news has a sting in the tail. The upside of piecework For almost forever, a characteristic of working on Australian horticulture farms has been […]