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Horticulture Award Changes Webinar
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Horticulture Award Changes Webinar

The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) is running a webinar to answer questions about the new minimum wage guarantee and new record keeping requirements for pieceworkers employed under the Horticulture Award.

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Fresh Faces in Horticulture
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Fresh Faces in Horticulture

Retaining workers was identified as a challenge by growers and stakeholders in the development of the VegNET Gippsland Regional Extension Strategy. 

Want to join the Fresh Faces network ? It’s open to workers in horticulture who’ve been in the industry more than 6 months but less than three years.

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Got an AgTech idea ?
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Got an AgTech idea ?

Do you have an agtech idea for the horticulture industry that you want to trial? 

The horticulture levy-funded Gatton Smart Farm project is now inviting Expressions of Interest for satellite projects. 

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Masterclass Scholarships
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Masterclass Scholarships

Applications for the June intake of the University of Tasmania’s Masterclass in Horticultural Business are now open.

There are five scholarships available for vegetable industry members, valued at $8,000 per scholarship.

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