Farmers and unions clash over backpackers

By Daniel McCulloch
Updated August 11 2020 - 10:56am, first published 10:52am
Farmers are rejecting calls to dump the visa allowing oversea backpackers to be hired to pick crops.
Farmers are rejecting calls to dump the visa allowing oversea backpackers to be hired to pick crops.

Farmers and unions have clashed over calls to stop hiring international backpackers to harvest Australian crops and employ unemployed young people instead.

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