Mixed success for ag on visa speed-up to catch harvest
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Australian agriculture has faced delays in approving working-holiday visas for seasonal harvest workers, with applicants waiting about six weeks. Approvals now appear to have accelerated just in time for the harvest, though results have been mixed.
Following six anxious weeks waiting for visas to be approved for harvest, backpacker visa approvals appear to have sped up in the nick of time.
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