In June 2021, hundreds of Samoans gathered outside the EFKS Youth Hall at Mulinu’u, arriving early...
Category - Pacific migration and labour mobility
Safety and wellbeing of PALM workers: room for improvement
The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme has been hailed as a triple win for the...
Australia-Tuvalu deal brings a visa-free Pacific closer
The announcement that Australia will provide 280 permanent residency visas to Tuvalu each year as...
Can PNG really supply 8,000 people to work overseas?
Papua New Guinea continues to have a low share of jobs under both the Pacific Australia Labour...
Pacific paternalism keeping families apart
In July of this year, the Australian government introduced a new aged care visa. The Aged Care...
Pacific Engagement Visa legislation finally through
After months of uncertainty, yesterday the legislation required to implement the Pacific Engagement...
Will the Greens support the Pacific Engagement Visa and with...
The Pacific Engagement Visa or PEV is the most important Pacific policy initiative of the Labor...
Why the Catholic Archbishop of Fiji is wrong to condemn seasonal...
In a recent Fiji Times opinion piece ‘The dark side of seasonal work’ (16 September 2023), the...
The Pacific Engagement Visa in July and August: 2-1
We’ve been tracking the Pacific Engagement Visa or PEV since Labor announced it during last year’s...
PALM hours
ABC Rural recently reported that Linx Employment had agreed with the Department of Employment and...