Due to border closures there has been a lot of recent debate about securing an adequate seasonal...
Category - Pacific migration and labour mobility
Do remittances lead to dependency? The case of Timor-Leste
In little more than ten years Australia’s Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP) has gone from nothing to...
Like winning the lotto: the SWP in good times and bad
In late July, Good Will Hunters’ Rachel Mason Nunn sat down with Jemma Mackinnon and Kerry...
Why do Canada and Germany allow in seasonal and other workers...
New Zealand’s and Australia’s much better COVID-19 performance compared with Canada and Germany has...
APTC and the pandemic
Recent months have shown us more than ever the need to be flexible and responsive, to pivot when...
Why do large labour hire companies dominate the SWP?
Australia’s Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP) is often seen, incorrectly, as an aid program. For...
Stuck in New Zealand: the experiences of Pacific seasonal workers
It has been a long, exhausting, and stressful season for many seasonal workers and employers...
Medicare, family separation and temporary migrants
The United Workers Union has launched a recent campaign lobbying for Medicare coverage for Pacific...
RSE COVID-19 responses, getting Pacific seasonal workers home
As New Zealand has relaxed its COVID-19 restrictions, attention has turned to getting several...
Pacific labour mobility in the media spotlight
Recently, the Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP) and Pacific Labour Scheme (PLS) have got a bad rap in...