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SWP workers are located across a vast geographic area (DESE presentation at SWP Liaison Officers’ Workshop, March 2020)

24 July 2020

Why do large labour hire companies dominate the SWP?

by Richard Curtain and Stephen Howes

A team of ni-Vanuatu seasonal workers stranded in New Zealand (Pete Bumseng)

21 July 2020

Stuck in New Zealand: the experiences of Pacific seasonal workers

by Rochelle Bailey

Stethoscope (Hush Naidoo Unsplash)

15 July 2020

Medicare, family separation and temporary migrants

by Holly Lawton

Seasonal workers waiting for their repatriation flight from New Zealand (Saksak Temar)

10 July 2020

RSE COVID-19 responses, getting Pacific seasonal workers home

by Charlotte Bedford

Past participants in the SWP from Kiribati (Credit: DFAT/Flickr CC BY 2.0)

19 June 2020

Pacific labour mobility in the media spotlight

by Stephen Howes

Apples are one of many late summer crops that rely on seasonal workers for harvesting (Credit: Joanna Nix on Unsplash)

18 June 2020

A major labour shortage at harvest time is looming

by Richard Curtain

Close to 250 SWP workers from Solomon Islands were due to work on Australian farms this winter. (Credit Olivia Dun)

29 May 2020

Immobilised Solomon Islands seasonal workers

by Olivia Dun, Karen McNamara, Carol Farbotko, Celia McMichael and Fanny Thornton

Border closures are impacting incomes of SWP workers (Credit Brad Folkens Flickr CC by 2.0)

29 May 2020

How are seasonal workers in Australia faring behind closed borders?

by Richard Curtain

Participant in Australia's Seasonal Worker Programme (Credit DFAT Flickr CC BY 2.0)

1 May 2020

Recovering from COVID-19: a Pacific pathway

by Richard Curtain

Seasonal Worker Programme participant (Credit DFAT Flickr CC BY 2.0)

17 April 2020

Allowing seasonal workers to continue to work in Australia: what more is needed

by Richard Curtain

(Credit Kalomel Sepa)

15 April 2020

COVID-19: RSE responses, challenges and logistics

by Rochelle Bailey and Charlotte Bedford

7 April 2020

Three insights from the Kiribati Social Development Indicator Survey

by Ryan Edwards

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