Shearer shortage - what has gone wrong and how to fix it

Chris McLennan
Updated February 11 2021 - 4:18pm, first published 2:00pm
SHORT TERM: Australia's shearer training boss Craig French says shearer demand "will return to more normality in the winter". Picture: Lucy Kinbacher.
SHORT TERM: Australia's shearer training boss Craig French says shearer demand "will return to more normality in the winter". Picture: Lucy Kinbacher.

Many Australian woolgrowers are questioning their industry bodies over a shortage of shearers.

Chris McLennan

Chris McLennan

National Rural Property Writer

ACM national rural property writer based in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Career journalist. Multi award winner.

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