Pacific Labour and Australian Horticulture

这项为期18个月的研究项目将调查增加太平洋和澳大利亚之间劳动力流动的成本和收益，包括在劳动力需求高峰期从太平洋岛国雇用天鹅山/米尔杜拉地区农业工人的季节性劳动力计划的可行性。它将在一个国际开发机构和地方政府之间建立开创性的合作，以调查这种计划如何能够同时促进太平洋岛国(通过汇款和技能转让)和澳大利亚区域的经济和社会发展(通过改善关键园艺产业的劳动力供应)。

This 18-month research project will investigate the costs and benefits of increasing labour mobility between the Pacific and Australia, including the feasibility of a seasonal labour program to employ agricultural workers from Pacific Island nations in the Swan Hill/Mildura region during periods of peak labour demand. It will forge a ground-breaking collaboration between an international development agency and local government to investigate how such a scheme might contribute simultaneously to economic and social development in Pacific Island nations (through remittances and skills transfers) and in regional Australia (by improving the labour supply to key horticultural industries).