Horticulture industry pushes to change pay rates for workers outside the 'farm gate'

By Anna Patty
Updated July 5 2017 - 12:57pm, first published 12:52pm
'Things could get a lot harder for people like me and my workmates': Kay Rault outside the Fair Work Commission in Sydney Photo: Christopher Pearce
'Things could get a lot harder for people like me and my workmates': Kay Rault outside the Fair Work Commission in Sydney Photo: Christopher Pearce

Australia's biggest potato grower is leading a national push to pay employees like Kay Rault who work in packing and storage sheds located off farm sites the same rates as lower-paid farm workers.

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