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Berries Australia | Saturday, 4 April 2020, 3.11pm
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News Alert :: Critical Information COVID-19 UPDATE :: 03 April 2020
Berries Australia | Saturday, 4 April 2020, 2.57pm
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News Alert :: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) UPDATE for Berry Growers
Berries Australia | Friday, 3 April 2020, 1.41pm
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Update re: Accommodation for Fruit Industry Workers
Fruit Growers Tasmania | Wednesday, 1 April 2020, 4.15pm
With the agriculture and related services sectors deemed essential services, the Tasmanian Government through the Department of Communities Tasmania has reached out to Fruit Growers Tasmania to ensure there are no accommodation issues for fruit industry workers in Tasmania.
COVID – Weekly update
Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Wednesday, 1 April 2020, 3.26pm
APAL has set up a dedicated resource and information page that will be updated regularly as the coronavirus...
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APAL Awards for Excellence nominations closing soon
Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Wednesday, 1 April 2020, 3.18pm
Nominations for the APAL Awards for Excellence close in less than a week, on Monday 6 April. The...
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My harvest: Mat Fox, Pemberton, Western Australia
Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Wednesday, 1 April 2020, 3.12pm
APAL talks to growers about how their harvest is shaping up, some of the main issues they’re facing...
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Backpackers stay to assist Tasmanian fruit growers ride out pandemic
Fruit Growers Tasmania | Tuesday, 31 March 2020, 7.20am
Reproduced courtesy of the Examiner
With borders closing and quarantine measures are put in place around the world, some backpackers are choosing to stay in Tasmania to wait out the COVID-19 pandemic. And while they have had no trouble finding work, there are significantly fewer foreign languages being spoken on farms that are usually populated by travellers during picking season.
Getting ready for tax time
Fruit Growers Tasmania | Tuesday, 31 March 2020, 7.15am
Do you know what you can and can’t claim during tax time? It pays to learn what work-related expenses you can claim.
ATO information for agriculture workers
CGA to host COVID-19 telephone hookup for growers
Fruit Growers Tasmania | Monday, 30 March 2020, 10.25pm
Lingering air travel and airlines have been identified as key issues for Australia's cherry growers as the industry charts a way through the continuing COVID-19 situation. Cherry exports have grown in recent years following mainland market access to China, Vietnam and Korea, with growers increasingly reliant on air freight to service these markets.