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Seasonal workers arrive from quarantine to help beleaguered farmers

Apia Samuel, a seasonal worker from Vanuatu

Apia Samuel, a seasonal worker from Vanuatu Source: SBS

Overseas reinforcements have started arriving to help meet a chronic shortage of workers on Australian farms.


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