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Australia: Immigration - Introduction of Seasonal Worker Program
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(Aug. 29, 2008) Australia is introducing a three-year Seasonal Worker Pilot Program, under which workers from Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Vanuatumay work for up to seven months a year in the horticulture industry. Under the program, as many as 2,500 visas will be available over a three-year period.
The pilot program will operate in regions with a lack of available labor, and workers are entitled to the same wages and conditions as any other worker in Australia. (Press Release, The Hon. Tony Burke MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Horticulture Industry Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme (Aug. 17, 2008), available at http://www.maff.gov.au/media/media_releases/august_2008/horticulture_industry
_pacific_seasonal_worker_pilot_scheme.)
- Author: Lisa White
- Topic: Immigration More on this topic
- Jurisdiction: Australia More about this jurisdiction
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Last updated: 08/29/2008