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. While the United Nations has expressed concern about exploitation, the NT Chamber of Commerce, which oversees the program locally, says it monitors companies closely to guard against that.
