Australia struggling to find ag workers
The study's project leader, Associate Professor Joanna Howe, from the University of Adelaide Law School, said the challenge in finding labour had become unsustainable and the amount of waste was a significant loss to the Australian economy.
"We are seen as the food bowl of Asia, but if we don't have the workers to get the produce out from the farms and into the supermarkets and out for export, it is a real concern about the sustainability of that industry," she said.
"It means that growers are finding it hard to expand because they are not sure they have enough workers to meet that expansion.
"We do not have a sustainable way at present of meeting labour supply in this industry."
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