Australian Workers' Union calls for scrapping of ag visa; Growcom, NSW Farmers hit back

Ashley Walmsley
Updated July 4 2022 - 11:30pm, first published February 25 2022 - 3:30pm
LABOUR: Bilateral negotiations over the ag visa are ongoing but the Australian Workers' Union is calling for the program to be scrapped. Picture: Shutterstock.
LABOUR: Bilateral negotiations over the ag visa are ongoing but the Australian Workers' Union is calling for the program to be scrapped. Picture: Shutterstock.

FARMER groups are urging members to stay the course on the agriculture visa in the face of ongoing criticism from the union movement.

Ashley Walmsley

Ashley Walmsley

Editor, Good Fruit & Vegetables

Ashley Walmsley is the editor of ACM's only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. He also writes the weekly, The Ringer, column in the Qld Country Life.

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