The primary industry and horticulture sectors are a vital part of Australia’s economy, supporting 317,000 jobs. Forecasting significant growth within the sector, the National Farmers Federation (NFF) recently predicted a need for a further 10,000 employees each year over the next 10 years.
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Submitted by andrea on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 15:18
While they're counting the losses and cleaning up the mess, Queensland's fruit and vegetable growers hit by floods and Cyclone Yasi are also looking to the future.Alex Livingstone, from Growcom, is putting forward a case to government for a wage subsidy. "It keeps skilled labour in the area, because what we've found in the past is that if there's a major dislocation and a long time without paid employment, then the skilled labour tends to leave the area."
Submitted by andrea on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 15:17
The Federal Government says it's vital that young people are given a voice through initiatives such as ABC's Heywire.
Submitted by andrea on Thu, 10/14/2010 - 15:34
MAJOR banks say they are concerned about the impact of proposed water cuts on rural communities but deny they are moving to foreclose on farmers. The report was provided to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority before last week's release of a guide to a draft report recommending cuts to water allocations of between 27 per cent and 37 per cent.
Submitted by andrea on Wed, 09/08/2010 - 16:00
The first businessman to sign up to the National Broadband Network says it's got huge potential to improve healthcare in regional areas. Pharmacist Stephen Love from Scottsdale in Tasmania's north-east says it will allow people like him to get training and professional development that's currently only available in capital cities.
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 16:36
The National Farmers Federation has welcomed the Prime Minister's announcement to pay unemployed people to relocate to regional Australia to fill jobs.
Under Labor's plan, people who've been unemployed for longer than 12 months will get a $6,000 grant to assist with relocating to where they can get work.
The NFF estimates that an extra 100,000 jobs in agriculture will be on offer over the next five years.
Labor's pledge comes as the number of unemployed rose by 0.2 per cent in July.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the relocation grant will encourage unemployed people to move to where there's work available.
"As I've talked about during this campaign, there are parts of the country that are experiencing rapid growth and crying out for more workers," she says.
"We want Australians to get the benefit of those opportunities."
Submitted by andrea on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 16:20
The horticulture industry has a new lobby group after an agreement to establish a new fruit and vegetable representative body.
The Horticulture Taskforce will replace the Horticulture Australia Council which was wound down in May this year.
Chief executive of Apple and Pear Australia, Tony Russell, will chair the new body.
He says it will lobby all political parties to ensure that the industry isn't overlooked.
