This week the Australian Government announced a “new era for Pacific Australia labour mobility”. A...
Category - Pacific migration and labour mobility
Flaws in the Australian Agricultural visa
Much about the new Australian Agricultural visa smacks of poor public policy. Four flaws stand out:...
Tasmania’s ban on Tonga’s SWP workers
As noted in my previous blog, since the restart of Australia’s Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP) and...
RSE repatriation: Kiribati needs to step up
When New Zealand closed its international border on 19 March 2020 following the onset of the COVID...
I-Kiribati female seasonal workers in New Zealand: lived...
As recounted in our first blog, 286 I-Kiribati workers, including 97 women, have been in New...
I-Kiribati female seasonal workers in New Zealand for the long...
On 1 August 2021, 16 months after New Zealand and Kiribati closed their international borders in...
Yesterday’s regional visa announcement: the end of the PLS?
In my last blog on the subject, I set out three ways by which the June ASEAN agricultural visa...
APTC’s labour mobility mandate: 16 years on
The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (formerly College) was announced in 2005 by then Prime...
Quarantine requirement for NZ seasonal workers removed:...
The cautious New Zealand government has removed the requirement for seasonal workers from the...
New Zealand’s RSE scheme: struggling against COVID
At the start of July 2021, over 350 stakeholders in New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer...