Travel restrictions to result in national shearer shortage

Billy Jupp
Joely Mitchell
Updated July 29 2020 - 6:14pm, first published 6:00pm
A national shearer shortage is on the cards as travel restrictions prevent overseas shearers helping in the busy spring shearing season.
A national shearer shortage is on the cards as travel restrictions prevent overseas shearers helping in the busy spring shearing season.

There are ongoing concerns that COVID-19 border shutdowns and travel restrictions will result in a national shearer shortage heading into the busy spring shearing season.

Billy Jupp

Billy Jupp

Senior Livestock Journalist

Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.

Joely Mitchell

Joely Mitchell

Stock & Land editor

Joely started her career at Stock & Land as a cadet journalist in 2016. She is now the editor of the paper.

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