The nation’s largest valencia orange grower says Australia’s labour schemes are not addressing the “massive” shortage of workers, particularly in the horticultural sector.
Grove Juice general manager Greg Quinn told the Australian Ag Podcast there needed to be more focus around increasing skilled labour.
“Certainly the Pacific Island scheme is good and it’s working very well for us, but it’s also how we can unlock a lot of that Asian skilled labour, particularly in engineering and manufacturing, not just for farms but for businesses,” Mr Quinn said.
Mr Quinn also said the…
