Pacific Australia Labour Mobility Scheme: Worker and Employer Participation Data

PALM scheme data provides information on workers and employers participating in a program that fills labour gaps in rural and regional Australia. The data includes worker country of origin, industry, participation stream (short-term up to 9 months or long-term 1-4 years), and state or territory, as well as employer counts and types. It is published by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated on 2026-05-13.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional labor demand patterns based on employer location and industry data mentioned in the description
• Track migrant worker flows and demographics based on country of origin and state/territory information
• Compare participation trends between short-term (up to 9 months) and long-term (1-4 years) worker streams
• Assess the scheme's sectoral impact based on industry classifications for agriculture and related manufacturing

Strengths

• Data covers both worker demographics (country, industry, stream, location) and employer characteristics (number, type)
• Explicitly distinguishes between short-term (up to 9 months) and long-term (1-4 years) participation streams
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-05-13)

Provenance

Source

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

Collection Method

Administrative data from the PALM scheme

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 05:19:53.980457

Geography

Australia, with focus on rural and regional areas