The Tasmanian Liberal Government is working in partnership with our agricultural businesses and the industry to attract and retain an effective seasonal workforce as we continue to recover and rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic.
As part of our $1.9 million Agricultural Workforce Resilience Package, the Tasmanian Government will invest $430,000 over two years to five agriculture peak bodies in Round One of the extended Strategic Industry Partnership Program (SIPP).
We are committed to helping our agriculture businesses recover from COVID-19, and initiatives like this will be vitally important in achieving our goal to grow Tasmania’s agriculture sector to $10 billion a year by 2050 - driving investment and creating local jobs.
The two year boost to the SIPP will help businesses in a number of ways, including
It’s great news for our primary industries sector and will help the industry build resilience in the face of challenges, while attracting the workforce they need and providing greater opportunities to diversify.
It will also complement our Tassie Harvest Jobs campaign that has been instrumental in helping more Tasmanians into work in our vital primary industries sector.
Industry peak bodies receiving funding in the first round are:
The SIPP provides targeted small grants on a co-investment basis to peak industry bodies and organisations, recognising the critical role they play in supporting our agri-food industry sectors.
We also expect further rounds of the SIPP to pilot an industry-sponsored boost to regional transport, with $250 000 over two years of the total SIPP fund earmarked for this purpose.
We will continue working closely with industry to ensure they have what they need to harvest produce, which feeds our state and nation.
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