Seasonal labour
Alternative labels
Seasonal worker programs
Working paper
Health care management in Australia’s and New Zealand’s seasonal worker schemes
This paper discusses the relatively untouched topic of temporary migrants’ health care management in Australia’s Seasonal Worker Program (SWP) and New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme (RSE), which are temporary seasonal worker schemes.
Blog post
The horticulture labour shortage myth
In an era where structural aid cuts have undermined Australia’s capacity to deliver poverty reduction, there should be a more active approach to support a broader development agenda which includes migration, argues Henry Sherell.
Report
Demand for farm workers: ABARES farm survey results 2018
This survey report provides an-depth profile of labour demand, recruitment difficulties and future challenges facing farmers. The surveys covered broadacre, dairy and vegetable industries across all states, together with irrigated cotton and fruit and nut farms in the southern Murray Darling Basin.
Report
Pacific Islanders in regional Victoria: final project report
This major research project, led by Professor Helen Lee of Latrobe University, explored the socio‐economic status and well‐being of Pacific migrants in rural northwest Victoria, focusing on the towns of Mildura and Robinvale. The project’s final report makes a series of recommendations on employment, education, youth and immigration rights.
Book
Labour lines and Colonial power: Indigenous and Pacific Islander labour mobility in Australia
This book argues that both Pacific Islanders and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands peoples made purposeful migrations to find work, reflective of rich cultures and histories of mobility.