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Tag - Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP)

Pacific labour mobility growth: winners and losers

by Evie Sharman and Stephen Howes
May 6, 2022

Learning about agriculture from the SWP

by Federico Davila, Olivia Dun, Carol Farbotko, Natascha Klocker, Ema Vueti, Lavinia Kaumaitotoya and Brent Jacobs
April 29, 2022

Labor promises to inaugurate a new era of Pacific labour mobility

by Stephen Howes and Evie Sharman
April 28, 2022

Seasonal work at the Job Security Inquiry: what did we learn?

by Evie Sharman and Stephen Howes
April 1, 2022

Why absconding hasn’t been a problem in New Zealand’s RSE

by Charlotte Bedford
March 18, 2022
Image of tweet from @Menlu_RI (Retno Marsudi, Foreign Minister of Indonesia). Text says: "Kicking things off for 2022 with my good friend FM @MarisePayne Flag of IndonesiaFlag of Australia Exchanged communication on Indonesia's participation in Australian Agriculture Visa Program (19/01). Received assurances that it would allow Indonesian migrant workers w dignified, safe, & rewarding employment"

Rationale fades as ag visa details emerge. Will Indonesia decide to antagonise the Pacific?

by Stephen Howes
February 11, 2022

Absconding for asylum: Pacific temporary workers in Australia

by Stephen Howes
February 4, 2022
Seasonal workers stranded in Australia (Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania)

Less worker exploitation under the SWP

by Mark Zirnsak
January 13, 2022
RG Casey Building in Barton Canberra

The Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade, Aid and Labour Mobility

by Stephen Howes and Evie Sharman
December 8, 2021

Will seasonal workers be prioritised over backpackers?

by Stephen Howes and Evie Sharman
November 9, 2021
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