Story by Belinda Kora in Port Moresby
For the first time in more than a year, farm workers from Papua New Guinea will arrive in Australia to join the seasonal workers program.
Just six will make the journey from Port Moresby later this week, compared with hundreds from Vanuatu and Tonga already at work on farms.
Ongoing community transmission of COVID-19 in PNG has meant Australian officials have been reluctant to allow workers to rejoin the program.
A senior advisor with PNG s Labour Mobility Unit, Dr Chakriya Bowman, said they ve been forced to watch as other Pacific workers began returning to Australia.