Natasha Turia is a PhD candidate at the Australian National University. Natasha’s research explores the extent of decentralised recruitment in unlocking Papua New Guinea’s true labour mobility aspirations with the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility and Recognised Seasonal Employers schemes. 

Natasha has been involved in the implementation and review of PNG’s decentralised recruitment process since the reforms were introduced in 2019 and continues to engage with multilateral stakeholders. She has a Master of International Relations (Monash University, 2011) and supported labour mobility projects with sub-national level governments, World Bank and the Labour Mobility Partnerships.