Pacific islanders heading to Katherine to help with mango harvest

Chris McLennan
Ashley Walmsley
Updated August 20 2020 - 1:35pm, first published August 4 2020 - 5:00pm
HELP: Packing mangoes in Katherine, traditionally it has been a job helped by backpackers and other international arrivals.
HELP: Packing mangoes in Katherine, traditionally it has been a job helped by backpackers and other international arrivals.

UP to 170 workers will be brought over from Vanuatu to help with the Northern Territory's mango harvest.

Chris McLennan

Chris McLennan

National Rural Property Writer

ACM national rural property writer based in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Career journalist. Multi award winner.

Ashley Walmsley

Ashley Walmsley

Editor, Good Fruit & Vegetables

Ashley Walmsley is the editor of ACM's only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. He also writes the weekly, The Ringer, column in the Qld Country Life.

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