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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

Photography of backpacks on a luggage trolley on a train stations platform.

12 November 2021

Third-year backpacker visa proves popular

by Stephen Howes and Evie Sharman

17 June 2021

ASEAN ag visa makes no sense

by Stephen Howes and Richard Curtain

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

Shared accommodation for Working Holiday Makers at a working hostel in Queensland

14 October 2020

The role of ‘working hostels’ in the horticulture sector

by Kaya Barry

(Unsplash/Liz Caldwell)

19 August 2020

Working Holiday Makers not a long-term solution for horticulture

by Beth Orton

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