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Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Foreign Affairs and Trade Measures No. 1) Regulations 2022
Regulations to establish legislative authority for government spending on certain activities administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Funding is provided for:
-the development and implementation of an Australian Agriculture Visa program, which will contribute to a long-term, reliable workforce for Australian primary industries ($87.2 million over four years from 2021-22, and $23.4 million per year ongoing from 2025-26);
-the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme, which supports a mobility program to provide workers from Pacific island countries and Timor-Leste with the opportunity to take up temporary seasonal and non-seasonal work opportunities in Australia ($47.1 million over four years from 2021-22); and
-continued support to, or for the benefit of, the Republic of Palau following its graduation from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development list of Official Development Assistance recipients on 1 January 2022 ($12.0 million over three years from 2022-23).
Source: FFSP-Amendment.pdf and FFSP-Amendment-Explanatory-Statement.pdf
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