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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

Photograph of a palm tree behind which is a low brick wall and a harbour full of small sailing vessels, taken in Majuro in the Marshall Islands.

17 September 2021

PLS+SWP=PALM: more questions than acronyms

by Stephen Howes

A man fishing in Nuku'alofa, Tonga (Conor Ashleigh-DFAT-Flickr)

8 September 2021

Tasmania’s ban on Tonga’s SWP workers

by Richard Curtain

APTC graduation ceremony Samoa 2013 (Kevin Hadfield-AusAID-Flickr)

11 August 2021

APTC’s labour mobility mandate: 16 years on

by Stephen Howes

Photograph of migrant workers learning metal fabrication skills

23 July 2021

Does emigration hurt businesses in migrant-sending countries?

by Ryan Edwards

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