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Fruit pickers should know work rights: ombudsman

16 Mar 10 | THE Fair Work Ombudsman has warned backpackers about how to defend their rights after revelations that fruit pickers have been abused, denied water and paid a fraction of what they are owed. |

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Fruitpickers sacked for pleading for water

15 Mar 10 | Backpackers are victims of rogue operators in the fruitpicking industry, writes Rick Feneley. |

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Bananas bouncing as nature's ultimate energy snack

08 Jun 09 | THE banana is being re-positioned as nature's ultimate packaged snack in a new three-year promotion campaign launched today at the Eighth Australian Banana Industry Congress at the Gold Coast.

Horticulture - Fruit

Breakthrough in strawberry harvesting

17 Apr 09 | The prototype of a low cost commercial robotic harvester that will be able to harvest strawberries, 24 hours per day in all weather conditions is now nearing completion. | Woolworths warns banana ... Visit Queensland Country Life

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