I-Australian Agriculture Worker Visa (Ag Visa) iyisinyathelo esiseduze nokuthela izithelo, ngemuva kokuthi uHulumeni Wombuso echithe iMithethonqubo Yezokufuduka, eyivumela ukuthi isebenze ngohlelo olwesekayo olulawulwa nguMnyango Wezangaphandle kanye Nezohwebo (DFAT).
UNgqongqoshe Wezolimo kanye neNyakatho ne-Australia, uDavid Littleproud uthi yisikhathi esiyingqophamlando kulo mkhakha futhi ufeza isithembiso sikahulumeni sokuthi i-visa isayinwe ibe ngumthetho kulo nyaka. Lo mthethonqubo uhlinzeka ngomfudlana omusha waseAustralia Wezisebenzi Zolimo ozohlinzeka ngokungena kanye nokuhlala isikhashana kwabasebenzi emikhakheni yezimboni eziyinhloko, futhi uhlinzekela nendlela yokufika kwabasebenzi lapho izingxoxo zezwe lomlingani seziphelile - ngethemba ukuthi ezinye zizophela unyaka.
"I-Ag Visa izohlinzeka ngabasebenzi besikhathi eside, abathembekile ezimbonini zethu ezibucayi ngenkathi ixazulula enye yezinselelo ezinkulu zesifunda e-Australia emlandweni wakamuva," kusho uMnu Littleproud. “Kuzovuleleka kubafakizicelo abavela emazweni ahlukahlukene kanti kumanje sisezingxoxweni namazwe amaningi esifundeni sethu anesifiso sokubamba iqhaza. Izosiza ezinhlelweni zasePacific esesinazo ebezibaluleke kakhulu ekusekeleni izimboni zethu eziyinhloko kuze kube manje. IPacific izohlala iyindlela esemqoka yomkhakha ukufinyelela abasebenzi ngalesi sivuno, nohulumeni uzibophezele ukuliphinda kabili inani labasebenzi basePacific e-Australia ngoMashi 2022. ”
Isithombe sihlonipha: Ividiyo yokukhuthaza ye-Ag Nationals Party's Ag Visa.
I-Australian Fresh Produce Alliance (i-AFPA) iyakwamukela ukuchibiyelwa, ithi izonciphisa ukuthembela embonini kubaxhumi bezimpahla futhi ihambisane kangcono nokuzibandakanya okuqhubekayo kwabasebenzi basePacific kanye nabase-Australia ezindimeni zokuvuna zonyaka. Uzohlinzeka ngokungena kanye nokuhlala isikhashana kwabasebenzi, okuvumela ukuqashwa kwamaqembu ezisebenzi zesikhathi esifushane kanye nesikhathi eside.
"Ngokombono we-horticulture, umkhakha wethu unenqwaba yezindima zesikhathi esifushane, ezinesizini kakhulu ezivame ukubona abasebenzi behamba phakathi kwabaqashi nezindawo ezilandela umsebenzi wokuvuna," kusho isikhulu se-AFPA, uMichael Rogers. “Imingcele ye-Ag Visa echazwe namuhla mihle ekunikezeni abanikazi bama-visa ithuba lokuqhuba izindima ezithile zonyaka kuyo yonke imboni futhi babuyele kule misebenzi unyaka nonyaka. Okubalulekile, i-Ag Visa izobaluleke kakhulu kokuvumela imboni ukuthi ithuthukise abasebenzi abakhiqizayo nababuyayo futhi bahlele kabusha abasebenzi bokuvuna bomkhakha. Kucace bha ukuthi i-Ag Visa ingena kanjani ngaphakathi kwezinketho zokuqashwa embonini yezolimo - lokho okubhekiswe ngqo eziqongweni zomsebenzi wokuvuna ngezikhathi ezithile zonyaka. Lokhu kugcwalisa ngokuphelele ukuqashwa okuqhubekayo kwabantu base-Australia, abasebenzi basePacific kanye nezinye izindlela ezinamakhono zokufuduka ezitholakalayo. ”
UCitrus Australia
Okunye okwamukele lezi zindaba kwakuwumzimba we-citrus Australia, iCitrus Australia, ne-CEO uNathan Hancock ethi ukwesekwa yilabo abangaphakathi kuhulumeni ababeka le visa phambili akukaze kungabonakali.
"Babone iqhaza elibonakalayo lomkhakha wezolimo emnothweni wezwe nokubaluleka kokuxhasa izinkulungwane zabalimi," kusho uMnu Hancock. “Ukushoda kwamakhono kube yinkinga yesikhathi eside kubalimi futhi le visa izokwenza ukuthi imboni ikubambe ukwehla. Egameni labo, sibonga uhulumeni ngokunikela yonke iminyango kahulumeni ukuthi isebenze ngokubambisana ekuletheni i-visa yezolimo. Kube nomsebenzi omkhulukazi ekusithekeni ngamalungu amaqembu womfelandawonye, kanye neminyango kahulumeni, ukusebenzisa imithetho ye-visa ngomhla ka-30 Septhemba njengoba kwakuthenjisiwe. Kuyisinyathelo sokuqala esibalulekile sendlela yesikhathi eside, esimeme yokuthola abasebenzi abanamakhono, abanamakhono amancane nabangenamakhono embonini yezithelo ezisawolintshi. ”
ICitrus Australia ibivele ibonisana namalungu ayo ukuthi i-visa ingasetshenziswa kanjani ngamabhizinisi abo.
"Silangazelela ukufaka isandla ohlakeni lwama-visa ukuqinisekisa ukuthi kuhlomula abalimi nabasebenzi be-ASEAN abafuna ukwakha umkhakha embonini yezolimo," kusho uMnu Hancock. "I-visa yezolimo ayizonikeza nje kuphela ukuzethemba kubalimi bethu bezithelo ezisawolintshi ukuthi baqhubeke nokutshala imali ezinhlelweni zabo zokuthumela ngaphandle kodwa izobenza bakwazi ukugxila ekuheheni abasebenzi ababuyela emapulazini abo nasemaphakethe abo, okuholela ekwandeni kokusebenza kahle kwebhizinisi labo."
Inhlangano Yabalimi Kazwelonke
INational Farmers 'Federation ibikhankasela i-visa iminyaka engaphezu kwemihlanu, kanti uMphathi Omkhulu uTony Mahar uthi uzokwandisa amathuba okuqashwa kwabasebenzi abanamakhono aphansi abavela emazweni ase-ASEAN, kanti i-NFF ikholelwa ukuthi izingxoxo seziqalile ukunweba i-visa eya kwamanye amazwe.
“I-Ag Visa iyithuluzi le-bespoke elenzelwe ukubhekana ngqo nokushoda kwamakhono amaningi futhi okuhlukahlukene. Ukuze isebenze kahle iVisa kumele iphatheke kalula futhi ivumele abasebenzi ukuthi bahambe phakathi kwamapulazi ngokuya ngesidingo somsebenzi, ”kusho yena. "Silangazelele ukuqhubeka nokusebenza noNgqongqoshe uLittleproud noHulumeni ngemininingwane yeVisa nokuthi ingabhekelela kanjani abalimi nabasebenzi."
I-NFF ikubize lokhu “njengokuntwela kokusa kwabasebenzi bezolimo” kodwa futhi ibhekane nezimangalo zoMkhandlu Wezinyunyana wase-Australia (i-ACTU) wokuthi abanikazi be-Ag Visa bazoba sengozini yokuphathwa kabi ngokubabiza ngokuthi bangumzamo nje iphuzu elingenalwazi lokushaya amaphuzu ”.
"Uma i-ACTU ingazihlupha ngokuzifundisa, bebeyokwazi ukuthi i-NFF ibihlale incoma ukuthi iVisa ivuleleke kuphela kubalimi abakwazi ukukhombisa ukuthi banakekela abasebenzi babo futhi abangakwazi ukuqasha endaweni," kusho uMnu Mahar. kusho. "Ukuhlinzeka abasebenzi basepulazini ngesipiliyoni esihle nesiphephile kuyisisekelo se-Visa futhi okubaluleke kakhulu kwi-NFF."
UMnu Mahar uyanezela ukuthi umthwalo manje usuhulumeni wohulumeni bezindawo nezindawo kanye nezikhulu zabo zezempilo ukuvuma amalungiselelo okuhlukaniswa kwabantu ukuze kuhlaliswe ngokuphepha izisebenzi ezingenayo ezivela kwamanye amazwe, kufaka phakathi ukucatshangelwa kokuvalelwa wedwa epulazini.
Iphepha leqiniso elivela kuHulumeni wase-Australia elinolwazi nge-Ag Visa lingatholakala kuwebhusayithi ye-DFAT.
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