Fruit across the nation is in danger of being left to rot due to a chronic shortage of fruit pickers on Australian farms says Sky News host Peta Credlin.
This is the "direct impact" of the shortage of international backpackers, Ms Credlin said. Ms Credlin spoke with Piñata Farms Managing Director Gavin Scurr about the issues facing the industry.
Ms Scurr said in a normal season "we would have about 400 people harvesting and packing strawberries on our property here on the Sunshine Coast". "At the moment we're struggling to get half that number". "And that's due to the Australian border being closed, we understand why it is closed, however with the lack of backpackers and the seasonal workers, we're desperately short of labour".
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