As her Vernview Orchard at Launching Place welcomed some of the first overseas farm workers returning to the state, Ms Finger has warned the industry needs to re-think how it sources labour during peak harvest periods.Six workers from Vanuatu have arrived at Vernview in the Yarra Valley and they are among the first group of 200 from Pacific islands that has arrived in Victoria after quarantining in Tasmania.
"It's a stressful time for us all - there are enough issues with weather and prices without having labour issues as well."Ms Finger said it was becoming"pretty desperate" before Easter, with her farm's labourers struggling to harvest a bumper crop.
Maybe they should pay a decent wage.
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