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Pacific migration and labour mobility

Australian aid Pacific & PNG Pacific migration Asian & global development

18 November 2023

New data to inform big decisions around Pacific labour mobility

by Dung Doan, Matthew Dornan and Ryan Edwards

Samoan Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa meeting Samoan PALM workers in Australia in March 2023 (Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme-Facebook)

17 November 2023

Samoa’s shifting seasonal work priorities

by Evie Sharman and Charlotte Bedford

Workers' accommodation in Far North Queensland (Lindy Kanan)

16 November 2023

Safety and wellbeing of PALM workers: room for improvement

by Lindy Kanan and Judy Putt

The Falepili Union bilateral treaty was signed on 9 November 2023 by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano

14 November 2023

Australia-Tuvalu deal brings a visa-free Pacific closer

by Stephen Howes

Governor Allan Bird (centre) with people from East Sepik leaving to work in Australia

7 November 2023

Can PNG really supply 8,000 people to work overseas?

by Natasha Turia

Holding hands (National Cancer Institute-Unsplash)

26 October 2023

Pacific paternalism keeping families apart

by Stephen Howes

Immigration Minister Andrew Giles addresses the Senate

19 October 2023

Pacific Engagement Visa legislation finally through

by Stephen Howes and Evie Sharman

Australian arrival card (Anne Moorhead)

13 October 2023

Will the Greens support the Pacific Engagement Visa and with what conditions?

by Stephen Howes

Archbishop Peter Loy Chong (Archdiocese of Suva-Facebook)

12 October 2023

Why the Catholic Archbishop of Fiji is wrong to condemn seasonal work

by Richard Curtain

Forum Economics Ministers' Meeting August 2023

29 August 2023

The Pacific Engagement Visa in July and August: 2-1

by Stephen Howes

Samoan PALM workers in Tasmania, March 2023 (Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme-Facebook)

10 August 2023

by Ryan Edwards, Matthew Dornan and Dung Doan

Fiji Employment Minister Agni Deo Singh visiting seasonal workers in New Zealand in May 2023 (Fiji Government-Facebook)

8 August 2023

Pacific labour mobility over the last year: continued growth

by Charlotte Bedford

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