The Northern Territory struggles to find workers for low and semi-skilled jobs, but with a steady stream of foreign workers now flying in, that may be changing. The Pacific Labour Mobility, or PALM scheme, brings workers from eight Pacific nations and Timor Leste to work in Australia, and it’s now expanding to cover industries like hospitality and aged care. Tens of thousands of workers have signed up and while the United Nations is raising concerns about exploitation and the potential for modern day slavery, for the NT, it could be a gamechanger. By David O’Shea for Stateline NT.
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