This article presents an historical and comparative analysis of the bargaining power and
agency conferred upon migrant workers in Australia under distinct policy regimes. Through …

The COVID-19 crisis has starkly exposed the existing economic vulnerability of temporary
migrants in many countries. In Australia, many temporary migrants, who were already at risk …

This is the first book to examine contemporary seasonal migration from Pacific island states
to Australia primarily to work in the agricultural sector. It reflects on the new age of …

As in other countries, the growth of precarious work arrangements in Australia from the late
1970s has had significant adverse effects on occupational health and safety (OHS). While …

This article examines how the interaction of migrant agency and policy arrangements
influence different forms of regulated temporariness in Australia's temporary migration …

The Pacific islands have weak economic growth and limited structural change compared to
the rest of developing Asia. Remoteness and low economic density are two causes. To …

The Australian agricultural sector plays a crucial role in the national economy. The sector
directly employs around 228,000 on-farm domestic workers and contributes nearly $60 …

Harvest labour markets in contemporary Australia present an intriguing and important
puzzle. The dominant discourse, vigorously promoted by employer associations, complains …

Drawing on long‐term ethnographic fieldwork with Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP)
workers in south‐east Australia, I reflect in this paper on the experience of interminable …

The horticulture sector in northern Australia, covering north of Western Australia (WA),
Northern Territory (NT), and north Queensland (QLD), contributes $1.6 billion/year to the …