Does Agri Labour Australia – Header Operator (Nullawil) count as specified work?

Yes. The work location's postcode 3529 is on the Department of Home Affairs Regional Australia list, and Plant and animal cultivation work can count towards your specified work days.

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Farms and orchards・Grain farm (harvest season, labour hire role)

Agri Labour Australia – Header Operator (Nullawil)

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To be confirmed. The ad provides accommodation but does not say whether you need your own car.

Nullawil, VIC 3529・Swan Hill

Hiring now・Peak season Hiring started: 2026-10-08 ✓ Counts as specified work・Plant and animal cultivation

Header operator for the grain harvest near Nullawil (labour hire role, free accommodation provided)

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Last checked: 2026-10-09Before you apply

At a glance

Pay$40.00/hrAdvertised hourly rate Peak seasonOct–DecIn season now HoursAbout 50 hours a week AccommodationProvided TransportTo be confirmed LicencesNone requiredRequirements: 2 ReviewsNo reviews yet LegitimacyABN activeVia labour hire

Key points

Pros

$40.00/hr
Free accommodation during the harvest
The labour hire provider holds Victorian labour hire licence VICLHL06503

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Postcode 3529 counts as specified work (plant and animal cultivation)

Watch out for

Grain harvest and header experience required
About 50 hours per week, long hours at peak times
Via labour hire; the farm is not named

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Remote location; the town has 92 people

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Specified work eligibility

✓ Counts as specified work

Postcode: 3529Regional Australia
Work category: Plant and animal cultivation

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This location counts as specified work. Postcode 3529 is on the Department of Home Affairs "Regional Australia" list, and the work type is "Plant and animal cultivation".

Use the postcode of the work location — not the company's head office, and not where you live.

Work address

Grain farm near Nullawil, VIC 3529 (farm name and address not stated in the ad)
Postcode 3529・Swan Hill · Map location is approximate
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Work category

Plant and animal cultivation
Harvesting and packing fruit and vegetables, pruning trees and vines, livestock work, and primary meat processing such as slaughtering, cutting and packing. Secondary processing such as winemaking or processed meats does not count.

Within one employer, not every role counts as specified work (for example office admin or cleaning depends on Home Affairs' current temporary concession). Check the label on each role below, and keep every payslip.How specified work days are counted

Note: on 17 September 2026 the government announced second and third visas will move to a ballot. Completing specified work makes you eligible to enter, but it no longer guarantees a visa (start date not yet announced).Details

Jobs

Roles: 1

Header operator

Seasonal (temporary)Counts as specified work$40.00/hr

Grain harvest experience required
Experience operating headers and broadacre harvesting equipment
Experience with New Holland headers highly regarded
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Duties & requirements

Work duties

Safely operate headers and harvesting equipment to harvest wheat, barley, chickpeas, sorghum and other crops; adjust header settings to crop and paddock conditions; monitor crop flow, grain quality and losses; daily pre-start checks and routine maintenance; report mechanical issues; work with farm managers, chaser-bin operators and truck drivers; record hours, paddocks harvested, fuel use and maintenance.

Pay method

Hourly rate
$40.00/hr (as stated in the ad).

Hours

About 50 hours per week; long, flexible hours at the peak of harvest

Requirements

Grain harvest experience required, Experience operating headers and broadacre harvesting equipment, Experience with New Holland headers (61-foot front) highly regarded, Able to work long and irregular hours at peak times, Able to handle long days of outdoor work

Licences

Not required

Harvesting grain crops counts as specified work in plant and animal cultivation. Postcode 3529 counts as specified work (plant and animal cultivation). Source: https://www.agrilabour.com.au/candidates/current-positions/header-operator-nullawil-vic-bbbh29696/

About this employer

Work duties

Broadacre grain harvest: operating a header to harvest wheat, barley, chickpeas and sorghum, plus machine checks and maintenance records.

Work environment

Large broadacre farm; long hours at the peak of harvest, working outdoors and in the cab.

Products & services

Wheat, Barley, Chickpeas, Sorghum

1 casual / seasonal roles. Duties, requirements and required licences are listed separately.

Pay and superannuation

Hourly rate

Advertised pay: $40.00/hrAdvertised hourly rate
Legal minimum hourly rate: $32.18Pastoral Award
Superannuation: 12%Paid on top by the employer
How often you are paid: To be confirmed

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Pay: $40.00/hr. The ad does not state the applicable Award; grain farms generally fall under the Pastoral Award.
Applicable Award: Pastoral Award (MA000035)
Legal minimum hourly rate: FLH1 (new starter, less than 6 months' experience): $32.18/hour
FLH2: $33.05/hour
FLH3: $33.11/hour
Casual (including the 25% casual loading), effective from 1 July 2026.Fair Work pay guide
Piece-rate guarantee: Shearing and similar piece work have separate rules; general farm hand piece rates have no daily minimum guarantee. If the employer provides food and accommodation, up to $165.86 a week can be deducted.
How you are paid: To be confirmed
By law wages must be paid in money (cash, cheque or bank transfer) at least monthly; whichever method is used, the employer must give you a payslip within 1 working day of paying you.
How often you are paid: To be confirmed
Under the Award: Paid weekly or fortnightly; casuals may be paid at the end of each engagement, or weekly / fortnightly as agreed
Superannuation: Yes. Your employer must also pay 12% of your wages into your super account — this applies to working holiday makers too, however much you earn. From 1 July 2026 it must be paid within 7 working days of each pay day. You can claim it back after leaving Australia (taxed at 65% for working holiday makers).
Tax: If the employer is registered as a Working Holiday employer, 15% is withheld on the first $45,000 of income. Being taxed 30% suggests the employer may not be registered; without a tax file number (TFN), 45% is withheld.

Statutory figures last checked: 2026-10-05. Your actual pay is what your employer's contract and payslips show.

Hours

Usual hours: About 50 hours a week
Weather-dependent?: To be confirmed

When they need workersHiring now・Hiring started: 2026-10-08

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Usual hours: About 50 hours per week
Shifts: To be confirmed
Weather-dependent?: To be confirmed
Additional notes: The ad says about 50 hours per week, with long and flexible hours at the peak of harvest.
Peak season: Posted on 2026-10-08 with an immediate start; seasonal harvest work for about 2–3 months.
Hiring: Hiring now: on 2026-10-08 Agri Labour Australia posted "Header Operator – Nullawil, VIC" (ref. BBBH29696) on its website. The role is casual seasonal harvest work starting immediately for about 2–3 months, with free accommodation during the harvest. The ad gives no closing date.
Header Operator (header operator, casual, $40/hr, free accommodation; posted 2026-10-08, no closing date stated)
Hiring started: 2026-10-08
Hiring status is checked automatically every day; last checked: 2026-10-09. See the job ad

Accommodation & transport

Accommodation: Provided
Transport: To be confirmed
Amenities: RemoteRemote; shopping is inconvenient
Nearest town: Nullawil

View this company on Google MapsNullawil, VIC 3529

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Accommodation

Accommodation provided
Free accommodation is provided during the harvest (ad wording: Free accommodation provided for the duration of the harvest assignment).

Transport

To be confirmed
The ad provides accommodation but does not say whether you need your own car.

Getting there without a car: No public transport to the farm was found.
Public transport: Not found.
Nearest airport: Melbourne (Nullawil is about 302 km from Melbourne, Wikipedia)
Nearest town: Nullawil (population 92 in 2021, about 302 km from Melbourne, Wikipedia); the ad lists the location under the Swan Hill VIC area

Amenities

Nullawil is a small town of 92 people (2021), about 302 km from Melbourne (Wikipedia).

Grocery shopping: No supermarket information was found.
Medical: Not found.
Other: To be confirmed

Online reviews

No verifiable reviews yet

How to apply

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You will need

Grain harvest and header operating experience required
Able to work long hours at the peak of harvest

Restrictions

Harvest season only, about 2–3 months
Experienced header operators only
The ad does not say whether Working Holiday visa holders are accepted

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Before you apply

Apply online with the "Apply now" button on the Agri Labour job page.

Licences required

No licence is needed for general roles.

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Official website: agrilabour.com.au
Careers page: Go to the careers page
Labour hire: Agri Labour Australia (Agri-Labour Australia Pty Ltd)

Legitimacy

Company registration: ABN activeABN 23 142 526 216
Employment arrangement: Via labour hire

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Make sure it is a registered company that gives payslips and pays super, so your specified work days will hold up.

Company registration: ABN 23 142 526 216・Agri-Labour Australia Pty Ltd・Active
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Employment arrangement: Employed through a labour hire agency: Agri Labour Australia (Agri-Labour Australia Pty Ltd, labour hire); the farm where the work takes place is not named
Labour hire licence: VICLHL06503
Notes: ABN 23 142 526 216 (Agri-Labour Australia Pty Ltd, Australian private company), active since 2010-03-31, registered for GST since 2010-03-31, main business location QLD 4390 (ABR, checked 2026-10-09). Victorian labour hire licence VICLHL06503: status Active, granted 2021-09-03 and expiring 2027-09-03, registered name Agri Labour Australia Pty Ltd, registered industries including agriculture – farming, growing and packing (Victorian Labour Hire Authority public register, searched by ABN on 2026-10-09). Report of 2019-04-23: the Fair Work Ombudsman found Agri-Labour underpaid 19 Vanuatu seasonal workers a total of $50,823 for tomato picking between 2017-12 and 2018-04; the company back-paid the full amount, made a $15,000 payment to the Commonwealth, and signed an enforceable undertaking (including two external audits).

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Sources

Last checked: 2026-10-09. If you see outdated or incorrect information, let us know.

Not yet confirmed (4)

The actual farm name and address are not published; the coordinates use Nullawil's locality point.
The posting date comes from the WordPress job data on Agri Labour's website (the date field in wp-json); the ad page itself shows no date.
Whether Working Holiday visas are accepted: not stated in the ad.
Award: not stated in the ad; listed as the Pastoral Award (MA000035), which generally applies to grain farms.

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$40.00/hrHiring now・Peak season

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