Australia's Pacific guest worker scheme underway

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Updated February 17, 2009 10:42:49

After months of delays, Australia's Pacific guest worker scheme is finally underway. More than two thousand Pacific Islanders from Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and Kiritbat will be brought in to pick fruit on Australian farms. Joanna McCarthy reports, the first contingent of 50 Tongans arrived at Melbourne airport last night.

presenter: Joanna McCarthy
Speakers: Tongan guest worker,Pilo Kaelahi; Director of Australian labour hire company Tree Minders,Sam Fangaloka; Tongan guest worker, Peter Kaffa

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