Rumours of labour scams involving deals for cash and the promise of residency are behind a report damning the blueberry industry on the Coffs Coast

By Jamie Brown
December 5 2020 - 5:00am
Piece workers on a blueberry farm near Coffs Harbour are paid by the kilogram. It is true that slow pickers make very little money.
Piece workers on a blueberry farm near Coffs Harbour are paid by the kilogram. It is true that slow pickers make very little money.

A focus on labour and conditions, particularly poor pay for a day's work among agricultural workers on the Coffs Coast have sent ripples through industry at a time when the cost of a harvest to the farmer has never been so high.

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