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Pacific fruit pickers thanked for saving SA harvest

South Australia's  Riverland community puts on an event to thank the Pacific Island workers who saved their harvest.

South Australia's Riverland community puts on an event to thank the Pacific Island workers who saved their harvest. Source: SBS

The fruit pickers were allowed into the state under a special exemption to the international travel ban, to help fill critical worker shortages.


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By Peta Doherty

Source: SBS



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The fruit pickers were allowed into the state under a special exemption to the international travel ban, to help fill critical worker shortages.



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