The unexpected shutdown of Australian herb and salad grower Dicky Bill has left backpackers and Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme workers scrambling for new jobs.
More than 180 people were working at Dicky Bill Australia’s Queensland and Victorian farms when they suddenly found themselves unemployed last week as the family-run company went into voluntary administration.
Dicky Bill’s summer crops are grown at Maffra, Victoria. (Supplied: Dicky Bill)
Dicky Bill operated two farms at Maffra in Gippsland and Drinan, west of Bundaberg.
The ABC understands at least 30 of the workers from the Maffra farm have found work at local farms and in Mildura, but many others are still searching as Christmas looms.
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