'It would have been easier if I had put them on a boat': Jeff arcs up over workers' visa delays

By Danielle Cetinski
Updated June 6 2014 - 6:40am, first published 4:00am
RED TAPE: Jeff Hort is frustrated he cannot teach skills to people from Papua New Guinea due to delays in visa approvals.
Photo: STEVE GOSCH 0605sgpng1
RED TAPE: Jeff Hort is frustrated he cannot teach skills to people from Papua New Guinea due to delays in visa approvals. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 0605sgpng1

JEFF Hort’s idea to train people from Papua New Guinea to weld may have been a simple one, but getting them to Australian shores has proven a difficult task.

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