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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

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

27 July 2023

Beyond blackbirds: a response

by Kirstie Petrou and John Connell

Pacific Islanders planting sugar cane at Seaforth, Queensland, c. 1890s

18 July 2023

Pacific seasonal workers: not the new blackbirds

by Stephen Howes and Richard Curtain

Clare O'Neill, MP, at the National Press Club, May 2023

15 May 2023

The migration review and Pacific migration

by Stephen Howes

Vines in Marlborough, New Zealand (Tim Parkinson-Flickr)

9 May 2023

New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme: 38,000 workers by 2028?

by Charlotte Bedford

RSE worker in Queenstown, New Zealand, in 2019 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade-SmugMug)

19 April 2023

How often do Pacific seasonal workers return to New Zealand?

by Charlotte Bedford and Richard Bedford

RSE worker in Queenstown in 2019 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade-SmugMug)

13 April 2023

Pacific seasonal workers’ participation in the RSE scheme: the numbers and their implications

by Charlotte Bedford and Richard Bedford

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