Current News

It is now easier for you to understand your workplace rights and responsibilities under the Horticulture Award and the Wine Award.

The new Horticulture Showcase includes resources and information to help workers and growers find information about pay and entitlements.

The YV QFF Taskforce, Agribusiness Yarra Valley and Professor Michael Renton (Uni of W.A.) are mapping fruit fly risk in the Yarra Valley in preparation to determine the best sites to place fruit fly traps for our area wide management and prevention of QFF.
 
We acknowledge “QFF risk” comes from all fruit production (including domestic), and the people enabling fruit movement/sales. This is also being mapped as part of the risk assessment. Please note that commercial fruit production location information is dually useful to help determine new and improved QFF trap locations to best support the early warnings to Yarra Valley fruit growers.

This study will help form a guide as to where we need to place traps for early warning purposes. This information will only be seen by the QFF YV Regional Co-Ordinator, Agribusiness Yarra Valley, and Michael Renton’s research team – all in agreeance to privacy via contact.

We are now seeking permission from Growers in the Yarra Valley to pass on address details to the Yarra Valley QFF Co-Ordinator. If you do not wish for your address to be passed on, please email the VCA by 03 October 2019 to advise at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For Growers that are happy for the VCA to pass on their address, it would be greatly appreciated if you could please provide us with GPS co-ordinates. The VCA will provide this information.

Any further questions can be directed to:
Bronwyn Koll- Agribusiness Yarra Valley
Queensland Fruit Fly Regional Coordinator (Yarra Valley)
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Helpful Links

• Wondering if your contractor has registered? You can find that you have lodged an application on the Labour Hire Authority website.  If the application is still being considered and a decision has not been made by 29 October 2019 then the contractor may continue to operate until a decision is made on their licence.

• The Labour Hire Authority website provides a range of scope scenarios to help give you an idea of what is and is not labour hire. These scenarios have been developed in response to your feedback and will be progressively updated. To find out the general definition of Labour Hire – click here.

Events
The Authority has delivered over 95 information sessions and forums across Victoria to help providers and hosts understand their obligations.

These sessions have involved a range of industries such as security, cleaning, meat processing, fruit and vegetable harvesting and processing, vocational training, finance, consulting and IT, healthcare, manufacturing, accommodation, construction and transport.

Scheduled information sessions

• Friday, 20 September 2019 from 3:00pm, Melbourne CBD
• Thursday 26 September 2019 at 1:30pm, Melbourne CBD

More sessions will be added.

Click here to visit the Labour Hire Authority website and register for upcoming events.

On-Farm Infrastructure Support Grant continue to be available until funds are expended. 

Grants of up to $5,000 are available to eligible farm businesses in Central and East Gippsland and Northern and North West Victoria. Eligible farm businesses are required to provide at least dollar for dollar matching funding co-contribution.

The grants will assist farm businesses implement on-farm infrastructure that improves drought management and preparedness.

Full details are availble on the Agriculture Victoria website - Link to more information
or to download guidelines and application form - Guidelines downloadand Application Form download