The federal government has backflipped on a weekly hours guarantee for Pacific workers, earning scorn from unions and a backhander from the coalition.
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Tens of thousands of recruits from the Pacific and East Timor currently work in Australia under the PALM scheme, including large contributions to the agricultural and meat processing workforce.
Anthony Albanese's government has expanded and reformed the scheme, and had planned to guarantee short-term workers at least 30 hours a week while in Australia.
That requirement has now been dropped in favour of a 120-hour provision averaged over four weeks , championed by business.
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