Daniel Walton

The Australian Workers’ Union is seeking a guaranteed minimum wage for fruit pickers before the Fair Work Commission this week.

The federal government has announced a new seasonal agriculture worker visa that will be extended to all 10 ASEAN countries.

The New South Wales government’s 2020 plan to privatise the state’s plantation forests has been delayed by the bushfire crisis. Labor and the union representing forestry workers — many of whom have been fighting fires — have called for the $1 billion deal to be shelved.