Fraser Coast Chronicle

Harvest work incentive: How to earn big money picking fruit

Desperate farmers crying out for workers have been thrown a lifeline through a campaign aimed at enticing young workers to...

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04th Dec. 2020 10:12 AM

Desperate farmers crying out for workers have been thrown a lifeline through a campaign aimed at enticing young workers to plug gaps in the labour force.

Desperate farmers offering up to $3800 for ‘gun’ workers

A weekly wage of up to $3800 is going begging on QLD farms as a chronic shortage of fruit pickers leaves strawberries and...

Overseas workforce set to come to NT farmers’ rescue

HOPES are high that an overseas work force of fruit pickers will come to the rescue of Top End mango farmers for the coming...

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04th Aug. 2020 10:08 AM

Seasonal workers to give economy ‘strawesome’ boost

Strawberry season has arrived for the Sunshine Coast as up to 10,000 pickers and packers fill farms for the coming few...

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23rd May 2020 1:05 PM

Queensland Strawberry Growers Association president Adrian Schultz says the seasonal workforce for strawberry picking and packing is expected to be between 7000 and 10,000 strong. Picture: Growcom

Seasonal workers flock to fruit farms for harvest

Strict guidelines have been put in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus to the region.

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07th May 2020 5:05 AM

VITAL: Seasonal workers including people in seasonal worker programs and backpackers are essential to pick, prune and harvest the region's crops.

2500 Territory jobs on offer as fruit picking season looms

Chief Minister Michael Gunner is encouraging people who have recently lost their jobs due to the coronavirus crisis to...

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26th March 2020 1:03 PM

Chief Minister Michael Gunner is encouraging people who have recently lost their jobs due to the coronavirus crisis to consider taking up work in the NT’s agriculture sector which is expecting a shortfall of 2500 workers this year.

Brazen lychee swindler cops fine

A young Cassowary Coast man who was one of three men who took fruit from a Silkwood property in 2019 has been fined.

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12th Feb. 2020 10:02 AM

32kg of lychees were taken and sold from a Silkwood backyard last November.

Police reveal new theory behind man’s disappearance

A possible sighting of missing man Milan Lemic picking mangoes has prompted police to suspend a 10-day search using drones...

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30th Dec. 2019 6:12 PM

Senior Sergeant Ed Lukin giving an update on Victorian man Milan Lemic missing in the Daintree. PICTURE: STEWART MCLEAN

Sex acts expected of backpackers in return for low wage

Eight female backpackers on working holiday visas were trapped in debt bondage to a farm boss who traded sex for work to...

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04th Dec. 2019 9:12 PM

Eight female backpackers on working holiday visas were trapped in debt bondage to a farm boss who traded sex for work to pay bills he imposed on them.

Plan to ban the backpacker slammed

Fears plans to slash visa numbers will end with proudce rotting in the fields.

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22nd Jan. 2019 6:01 AM

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