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Labour mobility and migration

Australian aid Pacific & PNG Pacific migration Asian & global development

3 June 2022

The Coalition and labour mobility: success, to a point

by Stephen Howes

19 May 2022

Labour mobility campaign wrap: both parties make major commitments

by Evie Sharman and Stephen Howes

PLS participants prepare to leave Fiji for Australia, April 2022 (Fijian Government-Facebook)

11 April 2022

A pathway to permanency for Pacific meat workers

by Stephen Howes and Richard Curtain

Image of tweet from @Menlu_RI (Retno Marsudi, Foreign Minister of Indonesia). Text says: "Kicking things off for 2022 with my good friend FM @MarisePayne Flag of IndonesiaFlag of Australia Exchanged communication on Indonesia's participation in Australian Agriculture Visa Program (19/01). Received assurances that it would allow Indonesian migrant workers w dignified, safe, & rewarding employment"

11 February 2022

Rationale fades as ag visa details emerge. Will Indonesia decide to antagonise the Pacific?

by Stephen Howes

4 February 2022

Absconding for asylum: Pacific temporary workers in Australia

by Stephen Howes

Backpacker in Cairns (Jo Christian Oterhals-Flickr)

27 January 2022

The horticulture ‘labour crisis’ needs a calm, PALM response

by Evie Sharman and Stephen Howes

Seasonal workers stranded in Australia (Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania)

13 January 2022

Less worker exploitation under the SWP

by Mark Zirnsak

RG Casey Building in Barton Canberra

8 December 2021

The Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade, Aid and Labour Mobility

by Stephen Howes and Evie Sharman

Photography of backpacks on a luggage trolley on a train stations platform.

12 November 2021

Third-year backpacker visa proves popular

by Stephen Howes and Evie Sharman

9 November 2021

Will seasonal workers be prioritised over backpackers?

by Stephen Howes and Evie Sharman

ni-Vanuatu workers back home after working in Australia on the SWP scheme (World Bank-Flickr)

8 October 2021

The PLS in the press: a need for better analysis

by Michael Rose and Stephen Howes

Clouds over a farm in regional Australia (Anne Moorhead)

24 September 2021

Australia at risk of introducing a racist regional visa policy

by Stephen Howes

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