Jamieson Murphy

A national awareness campaign has been launched to encourage city-dwellers to make the tree change.

Value adding to agriculture through food and fibre manufacturing, along with funding infrastructure and tax cuts would encourage tree changers.

"It could be quite a variable rollout depending on where you are," the Regional Health Minister said.

Bold tax reforms are needed to lure more businesses to the bush and capitalise on the boom in working-from-home tree-changers many regional areas are experiencing.

They're cheaper and quicker to build than dams, there is no evaporation or algae blooms and there could be one sitting right beneath your feet.

There is money on the table for water projects, but Labor says the government has been forced to make up for lost time, after not a cent was handed out from a four-year, $2 billion fund.

Sheds more light on the extent of the labour shortage the industry faces, due to the mass exodus of overseas workers due to COVID-19.

Do you think these ideas will help fill the ag labour shortage?

The government has launched a dual-pronged approach to tackle the upcoming labour shortage the ag industry faces.

The eight hubs will be based in regional areas that reflect the key agricultural and climatic zones across the country.