10 Nov 2020

Rural contractors miss out on spots in managed isolation

From Morning Report, 8:40 am on 10 November 2020

Rural contractors warn crops will die in fields and there will be shortages of stock feed, if skilled migrant workers can't get rooms in managed isolation hotels.

They says the government promised 10 percent of the rooms for critical workers, but the contractors haven't been able to secure their workers a spot.

Katie Todd has the story.