Australian Banana Growers Council calls for hotel quarantine subsidy

Victoria Nugent
Updated April 13 2021 - 11:24am, first published April 12 2021 - 2:30pm
Atherton Tablelands grower Andrew Serra is among the Australian Banana Growers Council members calling for a hotel quarantine subsidy for agricultural workers.
Atherton Tablelands grower Andrew Serra is among the Australian Banana Growers Council members calling for a hotel quarantine subsidy for agricultural workers.

The Australian Banana Growers' Council has called for Queensland to match New South Wales' half-price hotel quarantine for seasonal agricultural workers but the government has taken the stance that the cost factor is "less of an issue in Queensland".

Victoria Nugent

Victoria Nugent

National sheep and wool writer

National sheep and wool writer for ACM's agricultural publications. Former livestock editor for Queensland Country Life. Send your story tips to vnugent@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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