English standards and failed drug tests: Meatworks call for visa changes

Jamieson Murphy
Updated March 2 2021 - 8:50am, first published March 1 2021 - 8:30am
LABOUR STRUGGLE: Meatworks struggle to fill vacancies with local labour, as up to half leave within six to 12 months, while many applicates are rubbed out for failing a pre-employment drug test.
LABOUR STRUGGLE: Meatworks struggle to fill vacancies with local labour, as up to half leave within six to 12 months, while many applicates are rubbed out for failing a pre-employment drug test.

THE government should reduce the level of English a skilled migrant needs to get a visa, the meat processing industry says, because many local applicants are failing pre-employment drug tests.

Jamieson Murphy

Jamieson Murphy

News director

Newcastle Herald news director. Interested in any and all yarns. Whisper g'day mate to me at jamieson.murphy@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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