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Australian aid Pacific & PNG Pacific migration Asian & global development

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

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

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