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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

Flood relief to Timor-Leste from Melbourne

24 June 2021

Gathering the brothers and sisters: Timor-Leste diaspora and disaster relief

by Michael Rose

17 June 2021

ASEAN ag visa makes no sense

by Stephen Howes and Richard Curtain

27 May 2021

Pacific Labour Scheme: expanding while borders are closed

by Holly Lawton

Stakeholders including RSE workers met in Vanuatu for the 2019 RSE Conference

7 May 2021

Government’s role in the RSE: response to Richard Curtain

by Charlotte Bedford, Heather Nunns and Richard Bedford

29 April 2021

Fruit pickers want to choose their own path

by Michael Rose

28 April 2021

Opting out of the SWP: the absconders’ story

by Michael Rose

27 April 2021

Why people pick

by Michael Rose

26 April 2021

One day in the life of a fruit picker

by Michael Rose

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