Visa scheme ‘broken’ as only 209 Pacific Islanders access labour scheme

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A CENTRAL plank of the Federal Government’s push to boost Australia’s engagement with the Pacific, its new Pacific Labour Scheme, has had a disappointing first year, the Opposition says. The Foreign Affairs and Trade Department has revealed that the Pacific Labour Scheme brought just 203 Pacific island country nationals to work in Australia since starting […]

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