Local industry ‘infuriated’ at new wage rules

NEW laws requiring growers and farmers to pay all workers a minimum hourly wage will bring the region’s horticulture industry “to its knees”, according to a local expert and a Riverland MP. The Fair Work Commission last month ruled all workers...

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by Hugh Schuitemaker
Local industry ‘infuriated’ at new wage rules
Citrus SA chair, and Sunlands-based grower, Mark Doecke says the introduction of a minimum wage for horticulture workers will result in jobs being lost in the Riverland. PHOTO: Christine Webster

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