Cherry growers anxious for pickers as harvest time closes in

David Fitzsimons
Updated November 28 2016 - 5:42pm, first published 11:17am

A last-minute compromise deal to levy foreign backpackers with a 15 per cent tax has been welcomed by Orange growers but they are still worried by a lack of pickers.

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David Fitzsimons

I am a senior journalist at the Central Western Daily concentrating on council, government and real estate issues. Before moving to Orange I filled senior roles at the Daily Telegraph, Daily Telegraph-Mirror and the Daily Mirror in Sydney. They included being an editor, news editor, chief of staff and reporter.

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