Welcome to the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme consultation hub
Here you can have your say and provide your feedback about changes to policies, guidelines and more to help us support employers and workers in the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme.
Your insights and ideas are important to us as they help shape future policy and program design.
Responses provided through any consultation will remain confidential. Individual submissions will not be visible to other participants and will not be shared publicly.
The Australian Government has strict guidelines on discrimination and intimidation. We will not respond to, or accept submissions which are irrelevant, pornographic, discriminatory, hateful or threatening. Please have your say by contributing to the consultations on this website in a respectful and constructive way.
Open and upcoming consultations
| Title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Review into the Impact of key PALM scheme Deed and Guideline Settings | Closes 14 September 2025 | This review will examine the impact of key PALM scheme deed and guidelines settings to determine if they are meeting the government’s priorities. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) invites the public to make submissions to the Review into the Impact of key PALM scheme Deed and Guidelines Settings. |
Closed consultations
| Title | Closed date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Arrival and departure briefings stakeholder survey | 7 September 2025 | DEWR invited the public to make submissions to the PALM scheme worker arrival and departure briefings stakeholder survey. |
| PALM scheme recruitment cap employer survey | 8 November 2024 | The PALM scheme uses recruitment caps to define the maximum number of workers a PALM scheme employer can recruit under the PALM scheme deed. Further details on this consultation can be accessed on the DEWR website. |