国家党议员Damian Drum敦促莫里森政府“让台湾知道我们对背包客打开大门”，代理移民部长Alan Tudge对招揽台湾工人填补整个农业紧急的劳工紧缺表示持开放态度。
到3月为止澳洲农民面临缺乏多达26000人，促使几个联盟党后排议员在周二的党会议中表示担心。
联邦预算透露会拨款五千多万，吸引年轻的无业澳洲人到边远地区摘水果，并且对做农活的外籍人士修改签证规定，但有的议员和农业相关人士怀疑这可能不足够。
Drum先生说Goulburn Valley地区的农民建议从台湾招揽工人填补空缺。这个地区在他在维州的Nicholls选区。
他告诉《澳洲人报》说: “我们除了登广告和让台湾人知道我们对背包客打开大门的，其他都不用做。“
“我们可能要包机，但最终我们是从一个没有新冠的环境把人带过来。我们在澳洲有一个跟澳洲人口一样的国家。澳币比当地货币高出三倍，因此我们对于任何潜在背包客来说都是一个吸引的国家。”
任何此举都很可能加剧与中国的紧张关系，中国对其他国家与台湾的关系很敏感。
Tudge先生说政府已经做出“重大改变”来帮助农民填补工人短缺，重新启动季节性工人和太平洋岛国劳工计划，允许背包客留在澳洲的时间更久。
当被问到政府是否会考虑Drum先生的台湾建议，Tudge先生说: “我们会继续密切考虑可以帮助农民和旅游业的建议。“
自由国家党议员Warren Entsch说他不在乎额外的工人从哪来，但承认”我们一定要行动，因为我们在一个迫切的状态。”
他也称太平洋岛国人获得签证延期但离开了农场去其他行业做现金工作，这样他们不要交更多的税。
Entsch先生说: “你一定要保证那些在这里的人(季节性工人，太平洋岛劳工和打工度假签证)要留在农业，这是第一个困难。”
“第二，虽然我们提供更多的奖励，但我们发现澳洲人，特别是更年轻的，对到农场不感兴趣。我们需要有萝卜或者大棒来鼓励他们到那里，预算是萝卜，但他们可能需要一点大棒。”
周二莫里森告诉联盟党说政府在努力解决工人短缺问题，承认在疫情期间很难找到海外的劳工。
Acting Immigration Minister Alan Tudge has left open the possibility of targeting Taiwanese workers to fill Australia’s critical labour shortage across the agriculture industry, after Nationals MP Damian Drum urged the Morrison government to “let Taiwan know we’re open for backpackers”.
Australia’s growers face a workforce gap of up to 26,000 people by March, prompting several Coalition backbench MPs to raise concerns in Tuesday’s partyroom meeting.
The federal budget unveiled more than $50m in incentives to get young, unemployed Australians into the regions picking fruit and changes to visas for overseas nationals doing agricultural work, but some MPs and agricultural stakeholders are sceptical this will be enough.
Mr Drum said producers in the Goulburn Valley region, located in his Victorian electorate of Nicholls, have suggested a cohort of workers from Taiwan would help fill the shortage.
We don’t need to do anything other than an advertising program and let Taiwan know we’re open for backpackers,” he told The Australian.
“We might have to put on planes but ultimately we’re bringing people in from a COVID-free environment. We’ve got a country the same (population) size of Australia in the Asian region. The Australian dollar is effectively four times as valuable as the local currency and we are therefore an attractive nation for any potential backpackers.”
Any such move would likely escalate tensions with China, which is sensitive to other countries’ relationships with Taiwan.
Mr Tudge said the government had made “significant changes” to help farmers fill workforce shortages by restarting the seasonal worker and Pacific labour programs and allowing flexibility for backpackers to stay in Australia longer.
Asked if the government would consider Mr Drum’s Taiwanese proposal, Mr Tudge said: “We’ll continue to look closely at options to support farmers and our tourism sector.”
Liberal National Party MP Warren Entsch said he did not care where extra workers from overseas came from but conceded “we’ve got to do something because we’re in a desperate situation”.
He also claimed Pacific Islanders who had their visas extended were moving off farm and doing cash work in other industries so they did not have to pay more tax.
“You’ve got to make sure those that are here (on seasonal worker, Pacific labour and working holiday visas) are staying in the agriculture sector, that’s the first challenge,” Mr Entsch said.
Secondly, although we’ve provided more incentives, we’ve found Australians – particularly the younger people – are not interested in getting into the field. We need to be able to have some sort of carrot or stick to encourage them to do the time there. The budget was more a carrot but maybe they need a bit of a stick as well.”
Scott Morrison told the Coalition partyroom on Tuesday the government was working hard to fix the worker shortage problem, acknowledging it was difficult to get people from overseas during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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这是一个好主意，把所有在DHL、中国大使馆、上海电信、顺风快递、中国防疫中心等单位工作的台湾朋友都拉去摘水果，免费，干到死
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虽说我很看不惯国家党，但这的确是个好主意。
这位议员能够为国家，为选区农民考虑，是值得赞扬的。
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哈哈哈，不知道台湾群众看到了作何感想。。。
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顺便也把香港的也拉过来啊
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谁能告诉我为什么澳洲找台湾人干苦力会惹怒中国？这里面的逻辑是？觉得中国舍不得？
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台湾人來之后不会去摘水果，而是干起他们最擅长的工作：你好这里是DHL...
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中国人就别讽刺台湾人电信诈骗了。
跟中国没法比。中国电信诈骗的规模至少是台湾的100倍以上，光去年就抓了15万人
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今年的澳洲WHV签证卡境外的大部分都废掉了，尽说些无用的屁话，首登快过期了没签证了去呼吁让他们摘水果？境内的台湾WHV干久了也不乐意摘水果了，真信任就开台湾的travel bubble
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台湾人摘水果，然后喂莫里森吃
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看台湾人好欺负么？中央连线那么多排队领钱的健康年轻人农场主们都不敢用
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哈哈哈哈
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餐饮业对此建议表示无比欢迎
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城里人付不起高价的农产品，农村工资低，城里领救济的来农村成本高，也挣不到救济的钱数。
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城里人花4刀买蓝莓就觉得是富人了。
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本国人积极去三特灵排队领救济钱，
没人去摘水果，是否该改革一下福利制度？
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这种季节工台湾人挺多的
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台湾岛也曾经是经济龙呢，怎么到这儿就摘蓝莓
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岛国人不挺好吗？为啥台湾人？
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傻帽儿
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听着好心酸，赶快送几万个年轻力壮劳动力为我干活
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好主意，摘水果总比当电话骗子强
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在联盟党眼里台湾人还不如岛国和东南亚，还真第一次听说让台湾人来做澳洲劳动力都不愿意做的工作
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台湾人快来吧，等你摘水果！
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台妹可以来。。
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来了先隔离就行
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瞎说什么大实话
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这算不算是歧视？
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本土失业人群到这份上了还是不肯摘水果？发救济的同时部分变成工作不行吗
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总理赶紧给蔡总统打电话借人呀
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