A new agriculture visa promised to fill worker shortages yet to bear any fruit

A fruit picker harvests oranges on a farm near Leeton, NSW.

A fruit picker harvests oranges on a farm near Leeton, NSW. Source: AAP

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The Federal Government announced the scheme last June and promised workers from up to ten ASEAN countries would be on the ground in Australia by the end of that year. But so far they haven't managed to secure anyone.

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