Australia Courts Tourists to Help Rebuild After Bushfires

Fires raged in Victoria, Australia in 2019. The country’s government is asking working tourists to help rebuild affected areas. State Government of Victoria / Associated Press

Skift Take: This is smart policy. Many young people from Europe and North America want to live, temporarily, in Australia, and many of the country’s rural areas need rebuilding. Might as well put those young people to work in the bush.

— Brian Sumers

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