Mango growers look to seasonal pickers from Vanuatu as COVID-19 produces worker shortage | Landline

A plane load of workers from COVID-free Vanuatu made headlines when they arrived in the Northern Territory for the mango season.
It was controversial because the jobs weren't going to Australians when unemployment figures were among the worst in decades.
Landline's Kristy O'Brien found most of the workers have been going to the same farm for years.
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