Shearer shortage puts pressure on local labour

By Vanessa Binks
Updated November 13 2020 - 1:43pm, first published 1:36pm
SE SWITCH: New Zealand shearer Aaron Bell moved to Willalooka two years ago and was thankful he did not have to worry about getting through "red tape" to get to Australia for this year's shearing season.
SE SWITCH: New Zealand shearer Aaron Bell moved to Willalooka two years ago and was thankful he did not have to worry about getting through "red tape" to get to Australia for this year's shearing season.

SA's shearer workforce is on the decline, making up just 14 per cent of the nation's total, so when COVID-19 restrictions put a halt on interstate and overseas shearers arriving during the peak season, some sheep producers were left in limbo.

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