Government help with quarantine cost for fruit, vegetable pickers

Andrew Miller
Updated February 17 2021 - 12:03pm, first published 8:08am
MORE HELP: Victorian Agriculture Minister Mary-Ann Thomas has announced more assistance for the state's horticultural sector.
MORE HELP: Victorian Agriculture Minister Mary-Ann Thomas has announced more assistance for the state's horticultural sector.

The state government has agreed to pick up the tab for most of the cost of quarantining up to 1500 Pacific Islander workers, to help with Victoria's fruit and vegetable harvest.

Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller

Journalist

I'm a general reporter with Stock & Land, with a special interest in irrigation issues. I completed my cadetship, with the Age, in 1980. Over my career, I've worked for ABC radio news (Mt Isa, Qld) and at provincial and suburban newspapers.

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