Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Regional Services) Share this | Hansard source

The National Farmers' Federation has long advocated that we need to fill the skills shortages out in the regions. I can remember doing a Senate inquiry with Senator Lines many, many years ago through the Senate education and employment committee, where we heard directly from producers right down the east coast on the lack of labour in businesses, from strawberry farms to abattoirs.