Meat processor can’t find enough locals

By Yolanda Redrup
Updated April 20 2017 - 9:12am, first published 9:00am
The average Australian school leaver doesn't want to work in meat production, says Western Australian Meat Marketing Co-operative's Coll MacRury.
The average Australian school leaver doesn't want to work in meat production, says Western Australian Meat Marketing Co-operative's Coll MacRury.

Abattoir boss Coll MacRury has been forced to employ foreign workers at his company's meat processing plant in Western Australia, having struggled to find locals who are prepared to do the repetitive work.

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