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Farmers say backpacker visa pause will risk Australia's food security

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Farmers say backpacker visa pause will risk Australia's food security
Farmers say backpacker visa pause will risk Australia's food security
Rural communities and farmers are concerned they will lose an essential workforce as the brakes are put on working holiday visa applications.
Australia pauses backpacker visas from 24 countries, including Singapore and Thailand
Australia has slowed processing of new working holiday and backpacker visas, with applications from 24 countries already suspended as the government finalizes a wider package of migration cuts.
Australia slows down ‘backpacker visas’ in fresh migration crackdown
Australia is slowing the issuance of new “working holiday” visas popular with backpackers as the government looks at policies to cut migration to the country. “They are still being processed, but they are being processed more slowly than they were previously,” Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said on Sunday. The visas
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Bloomberg🏁 first to report2 days ago
Australia Slows ‘Backpacker’ Visa Process as Migration Cuts Eyed
Australia is slowing the issuance of new “working holiday” visas popular with backpackers as the government looks at policies to cut migration to the country.
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