Tongan PALM worker’s injury exposes gaps in Australia’s labour scheme

A Tongan worker’s experience after suffering a serious workplace injury in Australia has raised fresh questions about protections for workers recruited under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme. Davis Lausi’i, a mechanic from Tonga, was injured in March 2024 while repairing machinery at an orchard in New South Wales. His left wrist was crushed [...] The post Tongan PALM worker’s…