cultural ignorance undermines Australia's recruitment of Pacific Island workers
- Written by: Kaya Barry, Senior Lecturer & ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Griffith University
Alice and Scott* have been running their two-storey pub-turned-backpacker hostel in Queensland’s Wide Bay region, north of Brisbane, for more a decade. Over the years they’ve provided accommodation for thousands of backpackers and itinerant workers who come to the region for fruit-picking jobs.
Before the pandemic, the hostel bustled...
