Frustrated east coast states join forces to tackle agriculture labour shortage

Jamieson Murphy
September 3 2021 - 5:00pm
FRUSTRATED: State agriculture ministers (from left), Mark Furner, Guy Barnett, Adam Marshall and Mary-Anne Thomas will form an eastern state ag labour task force.
FRUSTRATED: State agriculture ministers (from left), Mark Furner, Guy Barnett, Adam Marshall and Mary-Anne Thomas will form an eastern state ag labour task force.

THE eastern states will join forces to tackle the labour shortage plaguing the agriculture industry, as frustration with the federal government bubbles over.

Jamieson Murphy

Jamieson Murphy

News director

Newcastle Herald news director. Interested in any and all yarns. Whisper g'day mate to me at jamieson.murphy@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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