ScoMo kicks sand into the union parasites dials as he delivers election winning stuff to the Qld farmers wanting union free fruit pickers.
The union parasites have long tried to "unionize" fruit pickers to send fruit growers broke.https://www.thebyte.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Screen-Shot-2014-07-01-at-...Foreign fruit pickers freed of grasping greedy union parasites
Morrison moves on farm labour demands by loosening backpacker and Pacific islander visasBy James Elton-Pym Updated 26 mins ago
https://i.postimg.cc/mZtw6Kkf/scomo.pngScott Morrison and Agriculture Minister David Littleproud (right) was leading the push for a new ag visa. Source: AAP
Farmers groups and the Nationals have demanded more foreign workers to help growers tackle the harvest season.The Morrison government will loosen restrictions on two schemes that bring temporary farm workers into Australia, after months of pressure from the farming lobby and warnings fruit would rot on trees unless a labour solution was found.
The move comes as prime minister Scott Morrison begins a tour of Queensland this week.
While the Farmer’s Federation and the Nationals had been calling for a new agricultural visa, the government will instead loosen restrictions on two existing visas: the working backpacker visa and the Pacific islander scheme.
"Australians filling Australian jobs is my number one priority, but when this isn't possible we need to ensure our farmers aren't left high and dry with rotting crops, especially in the strawberry industry,” Mr Morrison told News Corp on Monday.
The age cap on backpackers will be lifted to 35 for some countries, the prime minister told a Queensland newspaper. Backpackers will also be able to stay with the one employer for up to a year, rather than six months.
The seasonal worker program allows a limited list of employers to bring in workers from Timor Leste, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
The workers are currently allowed to stay for up to six months – or nine months for those from Nauru, Kiribati and Tuvalu.
The changes will reportedly increase the cap to nine months for all countries, and cut the costs for employers in the scheme. Employers will only have to pay $300 towards the worker’s travel costs, instead of the current $500.
The prime minister is expected to announce the changes on a Queensland farm on Monday.
SBS News has contacted the office of immigration minister David Coleman for more information.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/morrison-moves-on-farm-labour-demands-by-loosening-backpacker-and-pacific-islander-visas
Yes, but WE DON'T WANT THEM HERE.