Backpackers Wanted: Aussie Farmers Call for Working Holiday Program to Restart

Backpackers Wanted: Aussie Farmers Call for Working Holiday Program to Restart
Cobar local Laura Barnes laughs as she picks bananas at Khan's Supa IGA in Cobar Australia on April 17, 2020. Jenny Evans/Getty Images
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Farmers and the tourism sector have teamed up to call on the Australian government to restart the Working Holiday Maker Program to alleviate the current workforce shortages in the agricultural sector.

The National Farmers Federation (NFF) and the Backpacker and Youth Tourism Advisory Panel (BYTAP) has called on the Morrison government to create a controlled and “COVID safe” plan to restart the working holiday program.

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