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The picker ad does not list any experience requirements
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Indeed rating 4.6/5 (19 reviews, Agri Labour nationwide)
Postcode 0850 is eligible (plant and animal cultivation)
You can apply for both the picking and packing jobs at the same time
Watch out for
Short: picking about 4 weeks, packing about 6–8 weeks
Farm name and address not published
Ad doesn't mention accommodation or transport
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October average high 37.5°C
The advertisement does not say whether the Working Holiday visa is accepted
In 2019 the labour hire company signed an undertaking with Fair Work over underpaying seasonal workers (back pay made)
How it is calculated
Calculated automatically from public information with a fixed formula — not scored by hand and not a paid ranking. Seven items are each scored 0–10 and combined as a weighted average.
✓ Meets the specified work requirementSpecified work eligibility is a threshold: locations that do not qualify are marked "Does not count"; qualifying ones get no extra points.
Online reviews25%4.5Average ★ 4.6 · 19 reviews (few reviews, so pulled towards 6); Official finding of underpayment (2019) −3
Pay transparency20%9.0Hourly rate, amount stated in the ad
Accommodation15%5.0To be confirmed
Transport10%5.5To be confirmed
Legal and transparent10%6.0ABN active, Via labour hire
Amenities10%8.0Basic shopping in nearby small towns
Weather10%7.0Climate data to be added; 7 for now
7.5 or above is "Recommend", 6.0–7.4 "Worth considering" and below 6.0 "Consider carefully". Items that are still to be confirmed score lower than confirmed good conditions; online ratings with few reviews are pulled towards the middle value of 6, and records of underpayment or official penalties from the last 10 years lower the score. Full calculation method
Specified work eligibility
✓ Counts as specified work
Postcode
0850Regional Australia
Work category
Plant and animal cultivation
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This location counts as specified work. Postcode 0850 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
Katherine NT 0850 (farm / packing shed name and address not published; the Agri Labour page lists the location field as Darwin NT) Postcode 0850・Katherine · Map location is approximate Open in Google Maps
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: 2
Mango packer
CasualCounts as specified work$32.18–33.05/hr
Packing or horticulture experience preferred
Can do repetitive physical work
Careful
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Duties & requirements
Mango packer (casual)
Work duties
Packing and grading mangoes as directed by the packing shed supervisor; labelling; assembling, stacking and distributing cartons and trays; stacking pallets and preparing orders for dispatch; following quality and safety rules; keeping the work area clean and tidy.
Pay method
Hourly rate $32.18–$33.05 AUD/hour + penalty rates (as stated in the ad).
Hours
About 40 hours a week (the ad says consistent work)
Requirements
Packing or horticulture experience preferred (not required), Can do repetitive physical work, Careful, reliable and punctual, Follows instructions; team player
Licences
Not required
Packing fruit and vegetables falls under plant and animal cultivation specified work. The ad is marked Casual, short term, about 6–8 weeks. Source: https://www.agrilabour.com.au/candidates/current-positions/mango-packer-katherine-nt-bbbh29368/
Mango picker
CasualCounts as specified work$32.18–33.05/hr
Good work ethic and willing to learn
Can do physical work outdoors
Careful
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Duties & requirements
Mango picker (casual)
Work duties
Picking mangoes carefully to avoid bruising; using ladders, picking bags or snips safely; telling ripe, overripe and damaged fruit apart; sorting mangoes into bins or crates; following instructions and safe work practices.
Pay method
Hourly rate $32.18–$33.05 AUD/hour + penalty rates (as stated in the ad).
Hours
About 40 hours a week
Requirements
Good work ethic and willing to learn, Can do physical work outdoors, Careful, reliable and punctual, Able to work in a team
Licences
Not required
Picking fruit falls under plant and animal cultivation specified work. The ad is marked Casual, starts 2026-11-01, about 4 weeks, and does not list any experience requirements. Source: https://www.agrilabour.com.au/candidates/current-positions/mango-picker-katherine-nt-bbbh29370/
Work & environment
Work duties
Mango season picking and packing: pickers pick mangoes in the orchard using ladders and picking bags and sort them into crates; packers grade, pack, label and stack boxes and prepare orders for dispatch in the packing shed.
Work environment
Picking is in outdoor orchards, and the NT is very hot in October–November; packing is inside the packing shed and involves repetitive manual work.
Products & services
Mangoes
2 casual / seasonal roles. Duties, requirements and required licences are listed separately.
Pay and superannuation
Hourly rate
Advertised pay
$32.18–33.05/hrAdvertised hourly rate
Legal minimum hourly rate
$32.18Horticulture Award
Superannuation
12%Paid on top by the employer
How often you are paid
To be confirmed
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Pay
$32.18–$33.05 AUD/hour + penalty rates. The ad does not say which Award applies; fruit and vegetable farms usually fall under the Horticulture Award.
Applicable Award
Horticulture Award (MA000028)
Legal minimum hourly rate
Level 1 (new starter, up to 3 months): $32.18/hour Level 2: $33.05/hour Level 3: $33.55/hour Casual (including the 25% casual loading), effective from 1 July 2026.Fair Work pay guide
Piece-rate guarantee
Piece rates have a floor: each day you must get at least the hourly rate × hours worked that day (casual Level 1 $32.18 an hour). The piece rate must let an average worker earn at least 15% more than the hourly rate (about $37.01). Before you start, the employer must give you a written piece-rate record signed by both of you.
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
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 40 hours a week
Weather-dependent?
To be confirmed
When they need workersHiring now・Hiring started: 2026-10-07
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Usual hours
About 40 hours a week
Shifts
To be confirmed
Weather-dependent?
To be confirmed
Additional notes
Both ads say about 40 hours a week. Agri Labour's mango harvest info page says days are usually 8–10 hours and often start very early.
Peak season
Packers: the job list says start 2026-10-12, about 6–8 weeks; pickers: start 2026-11-01, about 4 weeks. Agri Labour's mango harvest page says the season around Darwin and Katherine in the NT starts in August, and a season usually lasts 4–8 weeks.
Hiring
Hiring now: Agri Labour's job page has 2 mango jobs in Katherine: Mango Packer (Casual, short term of about 6–8 weeks, about 40 hours a week; starts 2026-10-12) and Mango Picker (Casual, starts 2026-11-01, about 4 weeks, about 40 hours a week), at $32.18–$33.05/hour + penalty rates. Posted on Agri Labour's website on 2026-10-07 (WordPress data); the same two ads are also on Gumtree. No closing date given. Mango Packer (casual, about 6–8 weeks, listing says it starts 2026-10-12); Mango Picker (casual, starts 2026-11-01, about 4 weeks) Hiring started: 2026-10-07 Hiring status is checked automatically every day; last checked: 2026-10-08.See the job ad
To be confirmed Neither ad mentions accommodation, so ask when you apply.
Transport
To be confirmed The ad does not mention transport, and the farm's location is not published.
Getting there without a car
No transport arrangements to the farm were found, so ask about this when you apply.
Public transport
Katherine is about 320 km south of Darwin on the Stuart Highway; The Ghan train stops once a week in each direction (Wikipedia).
Nearest airport
Katherine's airport is at RAAF Base Tindal, about 15 km from the town centre; Airnorth flies 3 times a week to and from Darwin and Alice Springs (Wikipedia).
Nearest town
Katherine (exact farm location not published)
Amenities
Katherine is a small regional centre in the southern Top End (population 9,643 in 2021).
Grocery shopping
Katherine Shopping Centre has a Woolworths (Wikipedia).
Medical
Katherine District Hospital has emergency, surgery, maternity and other services (Wikipedia).
Fair Work Ombudsman investigation: from 2017-12 to 2018-04 Agri-Labour underpaid 19 Vanuatu seasonal workers on a tomato farm near Shepparton, Victoria, a total of $50,823 (calculating piece rates from whole-crew output, not recording hours and deducting pay without consent). The company back-paid the wages, paid a further $15,000 and signed an undertaking enforceable in court (including two external audits). (2019-04-23・Source)
The Indeed rating covers Agri Labour reviews from all over Australia, with none from Katherine (there is one 2015 review from Mataranka that does not mention accommodation). No backpacker accounts were found.
Review summary last checked: 2026-10-08. Online reviews are personal experiences and may be out of date or not reflect the whole picture; ratings change over time, so the original sites prevail.
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You will need
Can do physical work outdoors in the heat
Packers: packing or horticulture experience preferred (not required)
Restrictions
Short: picking about 4 weeks, packing about 6–8 weeks
The advertisement does not say whether the Working Holiday visa is accepted
Farm name and address not published
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Before you apply
Apply online with "Apply now" on the Agri Labour job pages (packers: https://www.agrilabour.com.au/candidates/current-positions/mango-packer-katherine-nt-bbbh29368/; pickers: https://www.agrilabour.com.au/candidates/current-positions/mango-picker-katherine-nt-bbbh29370/). The same ad on Gumtree gives no email or phone number.
Licences required
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Monthly temperature & rainfall
October is Katherine's hottest month, with an average high of 37.5°C and a record high of 43.1°C; the wet season runs roughly from November to April (Wikipedia).
Climate data to be added.
Legitimacy
Company registration
ABN activeABN 23 142 526 216
Employment arrangement
Via labour hire
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Company registration
ABN 23 142 526 216・Agri-Labour Australia Pty Ltd・Active View on ABN Lookup
Employment arrangement
Employed through a labour hire agency: Agri Labour Australia (Agri-Labour Australia Pty Ltd, labour hire); the mango farm where you would actually work is not named
Notes
ABN 23 142 526 216 (Agri-Labour Australia Pty Ltd) active since 2010-03-31, registered for GST since 2010-03-31, main business location QLD 4390 (ABR, checked 2026-10-08). The Northern Territory (NT) currently has no labour hire licensing scheme, so there is no licence number. 2019-04-23 report: the Fair Work Ombudsman found that from 2017-12 to 2018-04 Agri-Labour underpaid 19 Vanuatu seasonal workers on a tomato farm near Shepparton, Victoria, a total of $50,823 (calculating piece rates from whole-crew output, not recording hours and deducting pay without consent); the company back-paid the wages, paid a further $15,000 and signed an undertaking enforceable in court (EU, including two external audits) (https://southburnett.com.au/news2/2019/04/23/farm-workers-get-back-pay/).
Last checked: 2026-10-08. If you see outdated or incorrect information, let us know.
Not yet confirmed (5)
The actual farm name is not published; the coordinates use Katherine town centre (ABS area centre). The location field on the Agri Labour job page says Darwin NT, while the title and body say Katherine.
The posting date 2026-10-07 was read from the WordPress data (wp-json) on Agri Labour's website; the ad page itself shows no date.
Whether Working Holiday visa holders are accepted: not stated in the ad.
Award: not stated in the ad; shown as the Horticulture Award (MA000028), which generally applies to fruit and vegetable farms.
The Indeed rating covers Agri Labour reviews from all over Australia, not this farm specifically.