Meat Industry lobbying for halal butcher visas

Meat Industry lobbying for halal butcher visas
MIA sources around 150 halal butchers from offshore. (Image: Alliance)
Rebecca Howard
The Meat Industry Association is lobbying the government to create a special migration visa for halal butchers, arguing the current shortfall in migrant workers is putting $3.3 billion of exports at risk.“We are very disappointed with the immigration reset,” MIA chief executive Sirma Karapeeva told the primary production parliamentary select committee. “Unfortunately, the approach seems to be a one size fits all,” she said.The government has signalled immigration policy changes that could see the country back away f...

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