Chiltern cherry farmer Bill Hotson welcomes pickers on new ag visa

Victoria Ellis
June 20 2021 - 4:00am
PICKERS NEEDED: Cherry farmers Bill and Lois Hotson of Hotson's Cherries near Chiltern. Mr Hotson says the government's new visa would help him find pickers during the cherry harvest. Picture: JAMES WILTSHIRE
PICKERS NEEDED: Cherry farmers Bill and Lois Hotson of Hotson's Cherries near Chiltern. Mr Hotson says the government's new visa would help him find pickers during the cherry harvest. Picture: JAMES WILTSHIRE

A cherry farmer near Chiltern has welcomed a new agricultural visa which could see more than 10,000 farm workers from Southeast Asia help out on Australian farms.

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Victoria Ellis

Victoria Ellis grew up on the Border and loves reporting for her home community. She is a University of Wollongong Journalism graduate. In 2018 Victoria was awarded the Bruce Gordon Scholarship for Journalism and completed a 10 week internship with WIN News Illawarra. In 2019 she was awarded The Border Mail's Cameron Thompson Scholarship, where she completed a three week internship, before taking up ongoing employment in 2021.

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