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  1. This abattoir wants to hire 60 people but just one Australian applied
    By Jess Baker and Kate Forrester

    Plans to reopen a major West Australian abattoir are on ice after recent changes to visa processing priorities because it cannot attract local workers.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/wes

    #AgriculturalWorkers #Immigration #BeefCattleFarming #JessBaker #KateForrester

  2. Workplace watchdog finds 44 safety breaches across NSW farming sector
    By Caitlan Charles and Sarah Gerathy

    Five labour hire firms across the Coffs Coast on the New South Wales Mid North Coast have been ordered to stop work in certain areas after a SafeWork NSW blitz.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-31/saf

    #AgriculturalWorkers #CaitlanCharles #SarahGerathy

  3. UK concerned about possible changes to backpacker visa
    By Jane Norman

    Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has not denied that the UK has raised concerns about the prospect of British backpackers being forced to work in regional areas.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/hom

    #MigrationPolicy #FederalGovernment #Immigration #ForeignAffairs #AgriculturalWorkers #JaneNorman

  4. $20m avocado packing shed upgrade halves workforce with robots
    By Georgia Loney

    Robots replace half the casual workforce and double the output capacity at one of Australia's largest avocado packing sheds.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-23/avo

    #AgriculturalTechnology #Horticulture #AgriculturalWorkers #GeorgiaLoney

  5. Fair Work warning as court action looms over berry pickers' pay
    By Caitlan Charles

    The Fair Work Ombudsman takes court action against a labour-hire company for allegedly underpaying berry pickers on the Coffs Coast.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/lab

    #AgriculturalWorkers #LabourMarket #CaitlanCharles

  6. Wave Hill Walk-Off: Revisiting a 'pivotal moment' in land rights history
    By Jane Bardon

    To Kalkarindji Gurindji traditional owner and elder Rob Roy, the Wave Hill Walk-Off is one of the most important turning points in Australian history, which ultimately returned his land, and more than half of the Northern Territory, to Aboriginal people.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/wav

    #LandRights #IndigenousAustralians #History #LivestockFarming #Work #AgriculturalWorkers #JaneBardon

  7. Industry condemns labour hire company that misled inspectors on farm
    By Jennifer Nichols

    The Queensland Strawberry Growers Association president condemns the operators of a former labour hire provider for deliberately falsifying documents and breaching workplace laws.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/str

    #Agriculture #Economy #AgriculturalWorkers #HorticultureIndustry #FruitGrowing #LabourMarket #Courts #JenniferNichols

  8. Farmers say backpacker visa pause will risk Australia's food security
    By Justine Longmore, Warwick Long, Selina Green, and Sam Parry

    Rural communities and farmers are concerned they will lose an essential workforce as the brakes are put on working holiday visa applications.

    abc.net.au/news/rural/2026-08-

    #MigrationPolicy #Farmers #AgriculturalWorkers #JustineLongmore #WarwickLong #SelinaGreen #SamParry

  9. Injured farm worker left homeless as labour hire firm collapses
    By Bronwyn Herbert

    A Tongan mechanic, who came to Australia under a Pacific worker scheme, is stuck in visa limbo after suffering a workplace injury and experiencing homelessness and unemployment when the labour hire company he worked for collapsed.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/pal

    #Work #AgriculturalWorkers #WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #BronwynHerbert

  10. Labour hire company and four farms face more than $3 million in fines
    By Lua Ikenasio and Petra Oates

    A major labour hire legal case is set to begin in the Victorian Supreme Court and could see those accused face fines totalling more than $3 million.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-18/far

    #Courts #Farmers #HorticultureIndustry #AgriculturalWorkers #LuaIkenasio #PetraOates

  11. Licence loss, fines for companies hosting migrants in shoddy housing
    By Lily Kristanto

    Victorian labour hire companies that house migrant workers in substandard accommodation will risk losing their licence under changes aimed at protecting vulnerable workers.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-17/mig

    #AgriculturalWorkers #Agribusiness #HorticultureIndustry #HumanRights #RegionalCommunities #Work #RemoteWorking #Immigration #HousingPolicy #LilyKristanto

  12. Commonwealth water policy blamed for loss of 78 jobs at rice giant
    By Rachel Holdsworth and Sally Bryant

    After a month of consultation with staff and unions, SunRice has confirmed the loss of 78 jobs and changes to 92 positions in the Riverina, with the local council pointing the finger at water buybacks.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/sun

    #AgriculturalWorkers #RiceGrowing #RachelHoldsworth #SallyBryant

  13. 'Harrowing stories of mistreatment and harm' in modern slavery report
    By Emma Siossian and Charles Rushforth

    A NSW parliamentary inquiry into modern slavery risks in regional areas found evidence of migrant workers living in near uninhabitable conditions, forced to work demanding hours and threatened if they spoke up.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/nsw

    #HumanRights #AgriculturalWorkers #StateandTerritoryParliament #EmmaSiossian #CharlesRushforth

  14. This is not **News** per se, by which I mean this is not a new development. In one form or another, precarious agricultural workers have been take *to the cleaners* over the centuries (from Australia’s colonial past to the present #NeoLiberal #NeoColonialism). Wherever there’s a buck to be made by skipping around laws and regulations, there is sure to be some clever arsehole that comes up with a scheme to vaccum up easy cash. That, is the state our society has come down to and some of the worst perpetrators of this *financial fraud* are #LabourHire companies. They provide nothing that can’t be had by other more equitable schemes and skim the cream off the top for the privilege of screwing workers. ** A pox on all their houses.**

    “Australia's growing reliance on temporary migrant labour has fuelled a booming labour hire industry, with contractors sitting between growers and workers, often recruiting, transporting and housing them.” (Source: abc.net.au/news/2026-08-04/aus )

    #Regulate #PoliceRegulations #ProsecutePerpetrators #AgriculturalWorkers #WorkerAbuse #ModernSlavery #AusPol #NoMoreLabourHires #JoinYourUnion #InUnity #WorkplaceRelations #FairWages #WorkersRights #SeasonalWorkers #ImportedLabour

  15. The vulnerable workers bearing the cost of providing Australia with cheap food
    By Adele Ferguson, Chris Gillett, and Madi Chwasta

    Behind the fruit and vegetables on Australia's supermarket shelves are workers whose stories are rarely heard.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-04/aus

    #Work #AgriculturalWorkers #Immigration #FoodandDrink #Supermarkets #AdeleFerguson #ChrisGillett #MadiChwasta

  16. President Trump's intensified deportation campaign is targeting agricultural and meatpacking communities, with recent arrests in Milan, Missouri, focusing on workers outside plants—near homes and roads. A 2025 Supreme Court ruling expanded "reasonable suspicion," allowing agents to consider race, language, and location, which critics argue encourages racial profiling. U.S. citizen and Maya descendant José Affholter, detained after questioning agents, described feeling dehumanized by the experience. This enforcement surge threatens immigrant labor forces and raises civil rights concerns, highlighting tensions between immigration policy and community safety. Click here for more: missouriindependent.com/2026/0 #Immigration #CivilRights #RacialProfiling #AgriculturalWorkers #ICE #SupremeCourt

  17. "Monterey County Agriculture is a $4.3 billion-dollar economic sector that depends on 55,000 farmworkers to harvest our crops each year, primarily immigrants; some have resided in our communities for decades.
    Our nation’s fresh food supply and local economy are fully dependent on this workforce, and we consider this a #NationalSecurity priority in a time of agricultural labor shortages.” —#MontereyCounty Farm Bureau montereycfb.com/immigration-re

    Two-page guidelines below, “What to do if ICE or Border Patrol show up at your fields or facilities,” posted by Rep Jimmy Panetta (California’s 19th Congressional District) on June 10, 2025: panetta.house.gov/services/imm

    #SalinasValley #SaladBowlOfAmerica #PajaroValley #MontereyCounty #SantaCruzCounty #SantaClaraCounty #SanLuisObispoCounty #immigrants #AgriculturalWorkers

  18. As someone that works outside in high heat, I'm very aware of the dangers of heat stroke. Fortunately, I determine my own safety and preparedness when it comes to protecting myself, but what about businesses that only respond to legislation and threats of fines?

    I'm sure it's not only the US that is struggling with this question...

    csmonitor.com/Environment/2023

    #WorkerSafety #HeatStroke #AgriculturalWorkers #SummerHeat #HeatWaves #HeatWaveSafety #ExtremeHeat #Agriculture

  19. Rotten asparagus and just-in-time workers: Canadian agricultural industry framing of farm labour and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Anelyse Margaret Weiler
    Evelyn Encalada Grez

    #MigrantWorkers #Farmworkers #FarmWorkers #Covid19 #FoodSecurity #CanAg #Agriculture #AgriculturalWorkers #Food

    #Read all you want! #OpenAccess
    #Share generously! #KnowledgeSharing
    #Grow your understanding of #FoodStudies
    #Repeat

    canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.