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Australia calls on backpackers to help ease Omicron-fuelled labour shortage
Australia calls on backpackers to help ease Omicron-fuelled labour shortage
Australia threw out an invitation to backpackers on Wednesday, seeking reinforcements for a workforce crippled by an Omicron Covid-19 outbreak as the country's health system creaks under the pandemic's strain with more deaths predicted in weeks ahead.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his government was waiving the A$630 visa application fee for...
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