Working holiday visa pause leaves farms short as harvest season looms
Farmers are worried there won't be enough workers to pack fruit and harvest crops after recent changes to visa processing.
The federal government has paused working holiday visa applications coming from 24 of 29 countries, amid a slowdown in processing skilled visa applications.
These two quiet changes, made to curb net overseas migration, have raised fears in the agricultural sector.
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