A meat processor says a 'housing crisis' in one of the country's most productive agricultural regions is making it difficult to recruit long-term employees at abattoirs.
ABC Rural: Kim HonanA meat processor says a"housing crisis" in one of the country's most productive agricultural regions is making it difficult to recruit long-term employees at abattoirs.An SA State Parliamentary committee hearing has been examining the economic contribution of migration to South Australia
Representatives from JBS and Teys, the two largest meat processing companies in Australia, spoke at a State Parliamentary committee hearing on Tuesday, looking at the economic contribution of migration to South Australia. "There's really no rental properties available [in Bordertown], there's over 20 applications on a waiting list and that's just with one real estate," Mr Schiller said.
"If we wanted to introduce a permanent double shift in Bordertown, it would be impossible, currently … that would require an additional 150 people and the infrastructure would not support that. But they said facilities and suitable accommodation need to improve to attract workers, both migrants and Australians, to work in the regions.
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