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PALM worker scheme: Farmers hit out at new wage guarantee

Pacific Australia Labour Mobility Scheme changes announced last week could be the “final nail in the coffin” for many small Australian farmer operations, while facilitating the growth of larger businesses able to absorb the program’s new wage guarantee arrangements. That’s according to leading horticulture expert Matt Palise, the managing director of Red Rich Fruits, a […]

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Matt Palise on the Pacific Labour Mobility Scheme

On this week’s episode of The Australian Ag Podcast, host James Wagstaff and Jackson Hewett chat with Matt Palise, the managing director of Red Rich Fruits, on the challenges and opportunities in the horticulture space. It follows the federal government’s recent changes to the Pacific Labour Mobility Scheme, which has left growers and industry seething. […]

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