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Absence makes the heart grow fonder When you live in Canada, and your boyfriend lives in Australia, the heart-strings tug heavily to entice you to travel across the Pacific. That’s how it was for Bronagh Smyth, a young Canadian woman who joined her Canadian-Australian boyfriend in Adelaide in July last year. Like a lot […]
Author Archives: Peter Angel
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Backpackers make up a large part of Australia’s seasonal horticulture workforce. If you hold a working holiday visa (subclass 417 or 462), you can extend it for two or even three years, by working on Australian farms. You can do a lot to make finding this kind of work easier. Well-prepared travellers will be […]
Fly fishing lures couple to Tasmania to grade potatoes By Peter Angel, State Manager – National Labour Hire Information Service, MADEC The chance to do some fly fishing and meeting some friendly Aussies attracted Jill and Alex to Tasmania where they are grading potatoes to qualify for a second-year visa. First choice not Australia When young American couple […]
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By Peter Angel, NHLIS State Manager, MADEC Whose responsibility is it to check workers are legal? If you are an employer it is your legal responsibility to ensure your workers have the right to work. Using a labour hire contractor to avoid that obligation yourself is still fraught with danger; there are some circumstances where […]
Using the National Call Centre to get workers By Peter Angel The National Call Centre registers and promotes seasonal job vacancies and connects people looking for those jobs with growers. But what support can you expect when you call? How does the Call Centre know what I need? The Call Centre is based in Mildura […]
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Labour Supply For Horticulture: Are we really short of workers? By Peter Angel, State Manager – Harvest Trail, MADEC Calls for agricultural visas and stories of fruit being left to rot on trees because growers can’t find pickers all speak to the need for a good labour supply for horticulture. But is there really a […]
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Citrus Picking – A Character Builder By Peter Angel, State Manager – National Harvest Labour Information Service, MADEC Picking citrus and working in citrus packing sheds is hard work, but jobs are available all year round and harvest lasts a few months meaning workers can stay in the one location and keep working. Picking […]