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Tag - Working holiday makers

Backpacker in Cairns (Jo Christian Oterhals-Flickr)

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

by Evie Sharman and Stephen Howes
27 January 2022
Photography of backpacks on a luggage trolley on a train stations platform.

Third-year backpacker visa proves popular

by Stephen Howes and Evie Sharman
12 November 2021

ASEAN ag visa makes no sense

by Stephen Howes and Richard Curtain
17 June 2021

Fruit pickers want to choose their own path

by Michael Rose
29 April 2021

Opting out of the SWP: the absconders’ story

by Michael Rose
28 April 2021

Why people pick

by Michael Rose
27 April 2021

One day in the life of a fruit picker

by Michael Rose
26 April 2021

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

by Michael Rose
23 April 2021
Shared accommodation for Working Holiday Makers at a working hostel in Queensland

The role of ‘working hostels’ in the horticulture sector

by Kaya Barry
14 October 2020
(Unsplash/Liz Caldwell)

Working Holiday Makers not a long-term solution for horticulture

by Beth Orton
19 August 2020
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