July 2020
This submission relates to the Committee’s interests in the impact of wage theft, breaches of workplace rights and conditions on temporary migrants; policy responses to challenges posed by temporary migration; and whether permanent migration offers better long-term benefits for social cohesion. Pacific labour mobility is a key research area of the Development Policy Centre, and this submission draws on observations of Pacific labour mobility, particularly the Australian Government’s Pacific Labour Scheme and Seasonal Worker Programme.
Lawton, H. & Edwards, R. 2020, Submission to the Select Committee on Temporary Migration, Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra.