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Media statement – Pacific workforce growth

2 February 2023

We welcome the 35,000 Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) workers who are now in Australia.

The Coalition created the PALM Scheme so we are happy to see it working well.

During the pandemic, the Coalition managed to double the size of the PALM Scheme from 12,500 to 25,000 to support Pacific economies and Australian food security.

The Coalition streamlined the Pacific Labour Scheme (PLS) and Seasonal Workers Programme (SWP) to ensure a more efficient and safer PALM Scheme, which is the real reason for this recent growth, benefiting both workers and farmers.

We encourage the Government to be more ambitious with future targets. It’s easy to meet commitments when you set the bar low and compare current figures to those during a pandemic.

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