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Meet the Pacific Islander seasonal workers who helped rebuild Lismore

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As clean up begins in Lismore in northern NSW after devastating floods, dozens of Fijian and Samoan workers under the Seasonal Worker Programme visa arrangement are assisting the country they now call home.
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