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Tag - Pacific labour mobility

Students at Fasi Moi Afi primary school in Tonga (Conor Ashleigh-DFAT-Flickr)

Seasonal work supports everyday expenses in Tonga

by Hiroshi Maeda and Ryan Edwards
February 3, 2023
Farmer Sione Vaianginam with his children in Nuku'alofa, Tonga (Asian Development Bank-Flickr)

Migration seems to be shifting gender norms in Tonga

by Ryan Edwards
January 13, 2023

Reforming Pacific Australia Labour Mobility

by Stephen Howes and Evie Sharman
Oct, 2022

PALM reforms submission: The case for industry-managed compliance and how to maximise its effectiveness

by Richard Curtain
Oct, 2022
Tongan worker picking fruit in NT, Australia, 2017 (DFAT-Flickr)

Tongans support labour mobility

by Ryan Edwards
December 9, 2022
Participants at the 5th PLMAM in Apia, Samoa (PACER Plus-Facebook)

The Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting: finding its feet

by Charlotte Bedford and Evie Sharman
December 7, 2022
Protection visa application page on the Department of Home Affairs website

Further growth in onshore asylum applications from the Pacific

by Stephen Howes and Evie Sharman
December 6, 2022
Samoan workers on ladders in a New Zealand orchard

Growing pains: Samoa’s participation in New Zealand and Australia’s Pacific labour schemes

by Charlotte Bedford
November 7, 2022
Samoan seasonal workers heading to Australia in 2021 (Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme-Facebook)

Recruitment pathways and motivations in Samoa’s new labour trade

by Angela Anya Fatupaito, Leva’a Samoa James Utuva, Sa’u Emo Tauave, Alofipo Siligamanaia Alofipo, Malama Meleisea, Penelope Schoeffel, Tiffany Arthur and Kalissa Alexeyeff
October 24, 2022
APTC training in Vanuatu (Rob Maccoll-DFAT-Flickr)

Brain drain 3: specific problems and solutions

by Richard Curtain
October 20, 2022
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