The challenge for growers in Australian horticulture is to find sufficient labour for the months of...
Category - Pacific migration and labour mobility
Immobilised Solomon Islands seasonal workers
Australia shut its national borders to non-citizens on 20 March 2020 to slow the spread of COVID...
How are seasonal workers in Australia faring behind closed...
My previous blog (17 April) highlighted the plight of seasonal workers in Australia just before the...
Recovering from COVID-19: a Pacific pathway
How can we emerge from the COVID-19 nightmare in a way that maximises benefits for Australia and...
Allowing seasonal workers to continue to work in Australia: what...
The Australian government announced on 4 April that Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP) workers...
COVID-19: RSE responses, challenges and logistics
The New Zealand government has responded swiftly to the complex and rapidly changing environment...
Three insights from the Kiribati Social Development Indicator...
The Kiribati Social Development Indicator Survey (SDIS) 2018-19 was officially launched on 10 March...
SWP and Approved Employers: time for a high-level dialogue
The need for government to give attention to the situation of seasonal workers has been highlighted...
Fake news and other viruses: helping our seasonal workers stay...
In ordinary times, which these are not, Australians tend not to think very much about the Seasonal...
Border closures and grounded international travel – implications...
On 19 March 2020, the prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand both took the unprecedented move...