-technologies to improve mobile phone connectivity
-weed control (e.g. purchase of registered herbicide)
-soil moisture probes (as an explicit investment under soil moisture monitoring activities).
Join Australian Red Cross in a five-part series of free webinars exploring drought and wellbeing. We have invited expert speakers along to share their insights with us so we can better support our own communities, ourselves and our loved ones in these tough times. The webinars are free but limited to 500 attendees so click below and register for one or all five today!
The event will take place on September 24, 2020, in the Hotel Monticello Conference Center in San Francisco de Mostazal, Chile.
The new date will provide great opportunities, as not only will we be able to analyze the 2019-20 season, but also discuss the opportunities and challenges for the 2020-21 campaign.
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Coronavirus and workplace laws- The Fair Work Ombudsman has a dedicated Coronavirus website to help you understand your rights and responsibilities during the outbreak and along the road to recovery. Visit the website for more information...
Temporary changes to the Fair Work Act- Changes have been made to support the implementation of the JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme. JobKeeper employers can ask their JobKeeper employees to change when they work or take paid annual leave, or can require them to reduce their hours or days, change their duties, or change their work location. Safeguards apply. Visit the Fair Work website for more information...
Workplace legal advice program- Fair Work are piloting a program to give eligible employers access to free, confidential legal advice to help employers deal with issues and get on with running their business. Visit the website for eligibility criteria and more information...
Information campaign for labour hire workers- The Authority will soon conduct an information campaign for labour hire workers to make sure they are aware of the Authority’s Report a Problem function – where members of the community including labour hire providers, hosts and workers can report suspected non-compliance by labour hire providers for investigation.
Managing and preventing exposure to COVID-19- The Victorian Government has announced the gradual easing of restrictions throughout the state, subject to the continued and effective management of the spread of COVID-19. Businesses that are reopening or planning their reopening can refer to health and safety guidance from WorkSafe Victoria and Safe Work Australia to help manage health and safety risks related to COVID-19. This includes information on physical distancing, personal protective equipment, cleaning, undertaking risk assessments and designing emergency plans.
Media Release
Minister for Agriculture, The Hon Jaclyn Symes
New Grants Keeping Critical Food Supply Businesses Going
Food production businesses and farms in Victoria will be supported in making their workplace safe and keeping supply chains uninterrupted thanks to support from the Victorian Government.
Minister for Agriculture and Regional Development Jaclyn Symes today launched the Business Adaptation grants program – part of the Working for Victoria Agriculture Workforce Plan – to support food supply chain businesses in rural, regional and outer metropolitan areas.
Under the program, individual grants of between $10,000 and $300,000 will support eligible businesses to meet the costs of adapting their workplaces to meet health, safety and social distancing requirements or adapt to business changes imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.
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