QFF says: Regional quarantine hubs a solution for farm workforce

By Allan Dingle
February 20 2021 - 9:00am
A quarantine facility has been mooted at Toowoomba's Wellcamp Airport.
A quarantine facility has been mooted at Toowoomba's Wellcamp Airport.

COVID-19 has led to unprecedented labour market disruption with farmers struggling to retain and recruit critical workers during harvest, with national demand for casual labour expected to peak next month with up to 26,000 jobs likely to go unfilled.

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