Skybury Farms
Transitioning workers from seasonal work to the Pacific Labour Scheme
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K&S Contracting
Saving money, making connections and developing new skills
K&S Contracting specialises in forestry and weed control. The business signed up to the Pacific Labour Scheme in 2018 after struggling to find reliable local labour for forestry work. It currently employs five Tuvaluans who are now active members of the local community.
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Cowra Meat Processing
Recruiting workers from Samoa has 'been a tremendous saving' for this business
Cowra Meat Processing employs around 200 workers but struggles to find staff. In 2018, general manager, Peter Browne, visited Samoa to interview workers through the Pacific Labour Scheme. In early 2019, seven men from Samoa started work at the processing facility.
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Ironbark Citrus
Each of these women has a goal to start a business or improve their farm
Five women from a remote village in the highlands of Papua New Guinea have been recruited to pick mandarins at Ironbark Citrus in outback Queensland. Ironbark Citrus joined the Seasonal Worker Programme in 2012 and also recruits workers from Timor-Leste and Tonga. Working in Australia has been life-changing for the workers.
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Nutrano Produce Group
These Solomon Island workers have built new houses and a church in their village
The isolation of Nutrano’s citrus farm means it has been hard to find workers who will stay for a whole season. The business joined the Seasonal Worker Programme in 2017 and now employs a large group of workers from the Solomon Islands. Many of the workers have built new houses, and the workers have also built a new church in their village with the money they have earned working in Australia.
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Goldfields Honey
Bringing specialist beekeeping knowledge from the Pacific to Australia
Goldfields Honey, midway between Bathurst and Orange in central west NSW, has recently joined the Pacific Labour Scheme. Beekeeping is a growing industry in the Pacific islands, so Australian apiarists can benefit from the experience Pacific island workers have in the industry.
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