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00:00My name is Hakawa, Hakawa Harry. I'm the director for the PNG Labour Mobility Unit.

00:22Papua New Guinea workers are very committed, loyal people. They're very strong, just basically

00:34all around the country, given the lack of opportunity that they have. Once they grab

00:41something or they're given that opportunity, they take it with both hands and they're committed

00:46to it.

00:47Papua New Guinea, I think, have been the most successful of the countries that we've had

00:53through the PALM scheme. Each individual has their own choice to make, it doesn't matter

00:59what country you come from, but we've found PNG to be very successful to date.

01:03We wouldn't be able to have been so successful with a projection of 10% growth over the next

01:09three years without the sustainable labour solution that the PALM scheme gives us. We

01:15started in 2016 with four gentlemen from PNG and they've proven to us how valuable

01:22the program is and the benefits to their family over this period of time.

01:27If I were an Australian employer, I would hire people from Papua New Guinea, especially

01:32in aged care, because we are a very communal people. We live with, we live very closely

01:39with our families. A lot of them are elderly, so a lot of our people have natural experience

01:47and tendencies to take care of our older generations.

01:52In March of this year, a couple of colleagues and I went to PNG to conduct an in-country

01:57recruitment trip. It was a really successful trip. I think we interviewed around 160 candidates.

02:03We came away with 100 candidates that we're now ready to place. We've already placed some

02:08of those candidates and they're performing really well.

02:10Personally, I've found that the PNG workforce has been very reliable for our host clients.

02:17They've been physically well suited to the jobs. They've come away with a relatively

02:21good understanding of what they were coming into, which is something that we hold in very

02:26high regard when we're liaising with labour sending units in the Pacific.

02:31We've got leaders who understand that this is a great opportunity for our young people

02:36and so we're excited to work with employers and companies on what do you need, what are

02:43your needs and what are your requirements for workers. For employers, come out, get

02:48to meet with us, get to meet with the hubs and let's talk about that opportunity and

02:54how we can work together on developing the kinds of workers you want. As much as it is

02:58a benefit for us, we want to be able to provide you the best type of workers that you want.

03:03We encourage employers to come into country. That's important and we can look after employers

03:10in our country as well. The LMU go out of its way to make sure that we show you what

03:19the country is like, what the country can be able to offer you and we always encourage

03:27you to go out to our provinces first and foremost and see for yourself what kind of province

03:34it is and what kind of place you're recruiting from and to give you the comfort that you're

03:39getting people that will come back and make a difference in the community and the lives

03:44of their family.

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