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Close-up photograph of an orange on a tree. There is text over the photo which reads "Australian Agriculture Visa. The Nationals for Regional Australia."

24 August 2021

Yesterday’s regional visa announcement: the end of the PLS?

by Stephen Howes

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 a colourful display of fruits and vegetables in a store, including cherries, apricots, capsicums, plums, eggplant and broccoli.

9 August 2021

Quarantine requirement for NZ seasonal workers removed: implications for Australia

by Richard Curtain

Neudorf Vineyard, Upper Moutere, NZ (Richard Bedford)

4 August 2021

New Zealand’s RSE scheme: struggling against COVID

by Charlotte Bedford

17 June 2021

ASEAN ag visa makes no sense

by Stephen Howes and Richard Curtain

Pacific seasonal workers to New Zealand: slow progress

15 June 2021

Pacific seasonal workers to New Zealand: slow progress

by Charlotte Bedford

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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