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World Bank Senior Economist Dr Dung Doan discussing Wave Two of Pacific Labour Mobility Survey with PALM horticulture workers

2 October 2025

No evidence SWP affected domestic farm worker earnings

by Ryan Edwards and Toan Nguyen

Backpacker in Cairns (Jo Christian Oterhals-Flickr)

27 January 2022

The horticulture ‘labour crisis’ needs a calm, PALM response

by Evie Sharman and Stephen Howes

Two people hand harvesting grapes at Granton Vineyard in Tasmania

23 July 2021

Foreign workers on Australian farms: not if but how

by Stephen Howes

Stakeholders including RSE workers met in Vanuatu for the 2019 RSE Conference

7 May 2021

Government’s role in the RSE: response to Richard Curtain

by Charlotte Bedford, Heather Nunns and Richard Bedford

29 April 2021

Fruit pickers want to choose their own path

by Michael Rose

28 April 2021

Opting out of the SWP: the absconders’ story

by Michael Rose

27 April 2021

Why people pick

by Michael Rose

26 April 2021

One day in the life of a fruit picker

by Michael Rose

23 April 2021

Who we are and what we eat: policy, ethnography and blueberries

by Michael Rose

22 April 2021

RSE review III: are top-down government-driven changes the best way?

by Richard Curtain

21 April 2021

RSE review II: how to respond to negative impacts

by Richard Curtain

20 April 2021

RSE review I: employers and community, not just governments

by Richard Curtain

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