Media
Media Releases
- 17 December 2021 - Industry welcomes $87.2M investment to implement the Ag Visa
- 14 December 2021 - Funding for Ombudsman key to levelling horticulture industry playing field
- 23 November 2021 - Industry welcomes improved Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme
- 5 November 2021 - AFPA Statement on the variation of the Horticulture Award 2021
- 1 October 2021 - Australian Agriculture Worker Visa on track to deliver for industry
- 14 September 2021 - Streamlined Pacific Australia Labour Mobility to address industry needs
- 23 August 2021 - Coalition Government delivers visa for farmers
- 29 July 2021 - Appropriate piece rates are critical to incentivising a motivated workforce
- 27 July 2021 - Ensuring high standards key to success of a Seasonal Agriculture Worker visa
- 14 July 2021 - Industry calls on Government to implement Agriculture Visa Trial
- 16 June 2021 - Returning and productive workforce secured through seasonal agriculture worker visa
- 9 June 2021 - Government doubles the cost of exporting fresh fruit and vegetables
- 11 March 2021 - Recognition of migrant workforce highlighted in government roadmap
- 21 January 2021 - LaManna Premier Group’s Anthony Di Pietro elected as next Chair of the Australian Fresh Produce Alliance
Media Coverage
- 15 September 2021 - "Streamlined pacific labour mobility to address industry needs", HortiDaily
- 23 August 2021 - "Ag Visa to be in place by September", Fruitnet
- 3 August 2021 - "Ag visa in final stages", The Weekly Times
- 9 June 2021 - "Export fees and charges set to double for horticulture, dairy and live animals", The Weekly Times
- 18 March 2021 - "COVID-19: Long-term plan to solve sky rocketing airfreight costs needed", The Weekly Times
- 16 March 2021 - "Farm Labour: Backpackers continue exodus as numbers hit new low", The Weekly Times
- 15 March 2021 - "CEO and chair changes for several horticulture organisations", Queensland Country Life
- 12 March 2021 - "Market forces put squeeze on farmers", The Australian
- 19 January 2021 - "Victorian farmers reveal 'heartbreaking' crop losses as harvest worker shortage hits", The Weekly Times
- 15 January 2021 - " What about farm workers? Victoria's tennis tournament smashed by farmers", The Sydney Morning Herald