Guest/Audio: Fiji Women's Crisis Centre senior counsellor Ili Veibuli, Dr Matt Withers Lecturer, School of Sociology at ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences Australian farmers get people to pick their crops, and pacific islanders get to earn Aussie wages to support their families back home, but issues are starting to emerge in these island communities. Employing workers from the Pacific Islands, has long been seen as a win-win.Guest/Audio: Queensland vegetable grower Tony Gibb, Emeritus Professor Roger Stone, climate scientist at the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), South Australian commodity adviser Tess Walch Regardless, major food producers are already bracing for a hotter drier summer, and some are even now employing climate scientists as part of their businesses.
Australia's Bureau of Meteorology is yet to officially declare an El Nino, even as the US and UN peak weather agencies all confirm the climate driver is now active.
