backpackers

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Visa changes aimed at backpackers, returning students

Thumbnail for Byron backpackers becomes a gulag as 84 placed in hard lockdown

Byron backpackers becomes a gulag as 84 placed in hard lockdown

Thumbnail for Farm work visa ‘imminent’ as final sticking points resolved

Farm work visa ‘imminent’ as final sticking points resolved

Thumbnail for After surviving for months without customers, tourism sector is now short of staff

After surviving for months without customers, tourism sector is now short of staff

Thumbnail for Sweet rewards: The day I joined a hand-picked ‘Harvest Army’

Sweet rewards: The day I joined a hand-picked ‘Harvest Army’

Thumbnail for Farmers, tourism operators unite in plea to bring back the backpackers

Farmers, tourism operators unite in plea to bring back the backpackers

Thumbnail for Ripe for the picking: why COVID is forcing a rethink on farm labour

Ripe for the picking: why COVID is forcing a rethink on farm labour

Thumbnail for Hearts in our mouths: Bundaberg’s worst fears as backpacker hotel burned

Hearts in our mouths: Bundaberg’s worst fears as backpacker hotel burned

Thumbnail for Survivors’ fear and fury as Childers backpacker killer applies for parole

Survivors’ fear and fury as Childers backpacker killer applies for parole

Thumbnail for Temporary visas a pick-me-up for start of strawberry season

Temporary visas a pick-me-up for start of strawberry season

Thumbnail for Produce left to rot because pickers have nowhere to stay

Produce left to rot because pickers have nowhere to stay