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Pacific migration and labour mobility

Australian aid Pacific & PNG Pacific migration Asian & global development

Kyneton Olives (Alpha Fickr CC BY-SA 2.0)

28 November 2018

A Pacific step down

by Stephen Howes

(Michael Coghlan/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)

27 November 2018

Backpackers v seasonal workers

by Stephen Howes

5 November 2018

by Stephen Howes and Richard Curtain

Front page reporting from the Vanuatu Daily Post, Saturday 15 September 2018

15 October 2018

The SWP under threat: 4 November update

by Stephen Howes and Sachini Muller

RSE workers in Central Otago (Credit: Rochelle Bailey)

12 October 2018

Joint recruitment in New Zealand. Why not in Australia?

by Rochelle Bailey and Charlotte Bedford

(Areta Ekarafi/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

3 October 2018

Structural changes for SWP: lessons from New Zealand

by Richard Curtain

2 October 2018

Overhauling the Seasonal Worker Programme

by Stephen Howes

(Marko Mikkonen/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

28 September 2018

Proposed backpacker visa reform will increase worker exploitation and cause strategic damage

by Stephen Howes

Visas for Australia and New Zealand (Jeff Nelson/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)

26 September 2018

Are Pacific islanders making a career out of seasonal work in Australia? No.

by Stephen Howes

31 August 2018

Global Compact for Migration and ways to improve labour mobility from the Pacific

by Richard Curtain

8 August 2018

ANZ seasonal labour programs are not too reliant on return workers: part two

by Stephen Howes

6 August 2018

ANZ seasonal labour programs are not too reliant on return workers: part one

by Stephen Howes

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