More than 200 Pacific workers have emerged from 14 days of quarantine in Tasmania and will now begin work on Victorian farms in the Yarra Ranges. Victoria's Agriculture Minister Mary-Anne Thomas says up to 1,500 workers will be joining the state's agriculture workforce, over the coming weeks.
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And Victoria has welcomed the first arrivals of Pacific workers to work as seasonal labour in the fruit and vegetable picking industry.
"The industry would normally rely on many backpackers, to help out with harvest. Backpackers are not coming back anytime soon. So it is really important that we continue to work with industry, as I am doing to find ways in which we can continue to encourage a local workforce," says Victoria's Agriculture Minister Mary-Anne Thomas.
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