JBS Australia chief executive Brent Eastwood was the lone voice from Australian red meat processing sector and the broader commercial food manufacturing industry asked to attend Thursday and Friday’s Federal Government Jobs Summit in Canberra.
His verdict? A positive start, but much more remains to be addressed in order to counter the chronic shortage of labour being experienced across red meat processing – one of the largest regional employers in the nation.
Brent Eastwood
Mr Eastwood said one of the challenges was that the meat industry’s labour problems were critical now – it…
