Australia’s Pacific worker scheme is far from perfect – but we can make it better
- Written by Peter Mares, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme (PALM) is a crucial source of workers across regional Australia. About 32,000 people from nine Pacific nations and Timor-Leste work in Australia under PALM.
Over seven months of researching the scheme – interviewing workers, employers, country liaison officers, trade union organisers, community...
