Horticulture joins chorus of farm anger at 457 skilled migrant visa changes

John Ellicott
Updated May 15 2017 - 7:11am, first published 5:00am
Rex Airlines boss in happier times with Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce when they were celebrating the graduation of Rex pilots at the airline's Wagga Wagga academy. Mr Howell says the changes to the skilled migration worker scheme, and taking pilots off the allowable list, will hurt his industry and could force the closure of regional routes and curtailing of schedules.
Rex Airlines boss in happier times with Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce when they were celebrating the graduation of Rex pilots at the airline's Wagga Wagga academy. Mr Howell says the changes to the skilled migration worker scheme, and taking pilots off the allowable list, will hurt his industry and could force the closure of regional routes and curtailing of schedules.

“Show some common sense”`. That’s the cry from almost four major agricultural industries asking the Federal Government to rethink its decision to take numerous agricultural jobs from the four-year skilled migration program.

John Ellicott

John Ellicott

senior journalist

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