News & Resources
Latest News
NFEA press releases and media announcements.
- New horticulture training and upskilling program set to be launched to industry, Fresh Plaza, 9 January 2022
Resources and Information
News, resources, and information about agricultural developments, curated by the NFEA Team.
- New farm working visa to begin next month, providing pathway to permanent residence for foreigners, ABC News, 23 August 2021
- Harvest looms but doubts remain about Australia’s promised agricultural visa, The Guardian, 23 September 2021
- ACTU, Unions Tasmania blast new agricultural visas, The Examiner, 29 September 2021
- New agriculture visa set to bring more migrants to work in Australia, SBS News, 1 October 2021
- Australian Agriculture Worker Visa takes a step closer to delivering for farmers after being signed into law, Fresh Plaza, 1 October 2021
- Farm boost with new agricultural visa signed off, Farm Online, 1 October 2021
- Addressing workforce shortages, Warwick and Stanthorpe Today, 12 October 2021
- Morrison government working with states to ensure prioritisation of agriculture workers, Sky News Australia, 25 October 2021
- Beechworth berry farm 'very lucky' to see the return of skilled workers during industry labour shortage, ABC News, 26 October 2021
- Agriculture Visa Talks with Indonesia, Buloke Times, 26 October 2021
- All farm workers entitled to minimum wage, Fair Work Commission rules, SBS News, 4 November 2021
- ‘You may bring shame to your family’: Australia launches campaign to stop seasonal farm workers absconding, The Guardian, 5 November 2021
- Sixteen deaths in Australia’s troubled seasonal workers program since pandemic began, The Guardian, 12 November 2021
- Solving labour crisis in the bush is not rocket science, The Australian, 14 November 2021
- Agriculture Minister David Littleproud says delayed farm worker visa is just waiting on Foreign Minister Marise Payne, ABC News, 21 February 2022
- Philippines withdraws from Agriculture Visa, Country News, 25 February 2022
- Australia looks to Vietnam for farm workers as first MOU under agriculture visa is signed, ABC News, 28 March 2022
- Regional and rural Victorian businesses 'struggling' to find workers, Herald Sun, 29 September 2022 ($)
- International backpackers return to farms for fruit harvests, boosting rural workforce, ABC News, 13 January 2023
