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Plantation Fruit Picking How They Are Done? (ສວນ ເກັບ​ໜາກ​ໄມ້ ເຮັດ​ແບບ​ໃດ​ກັນ?)

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Fruit industry in Australia is a part of Australian agriculture which still relies on manual work even though there are modern equipment and technology at its disposal. It constantly needs manual workers such as fruit pickers, fruit processors, labourers, etc... Most of the workers are migrants and refugees as well as guess-workers. Interviewee: A Lao vine yard foreman in South Australia.


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By Khamleck Thongvilu (ຄຳ​ເຫຼັກ ທອງວິ​ລຸຍ)

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Fruit industry in Australia is a part of Australian agriculture which still relies on manual work even though there are modern equipment and technology at its disposal. It constantly needs manual workers such as fruit pickers, fruit processors, labourers, etc... Most of the workers are migrants and refugees as well as guess-workers. Interviewee: A Lao vine yard foreman in South Australia.



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