457 Visas To Be Scrapped

[icyfroth]

Malcolm Turnbull has announced he is abolishing the 457 visa program for skilled migrants.

The prime minister said Australia was a successful multicultural "immigration nation" but it was time to put Australians first.

"The fact remains Australian workers must have priority for Australian jobs," he said in a video posted to Facebook on Tuesday.

"We will no longer allow 457 visas to be passports to jobs that could and should go to Australians."

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten slammed the plan via Twitter.

"Make no mistake, the only job Malcolm Turnbull cares about saving is his own," he wrote.

And One Nation leader Pauline Hanson took some credit for the policy change.

"The government will deny their tough talk on immigration and plan to ban 457 visas is because of One Nation but we all know the truth!" the senator tweeted.

Mr Turnbull later told reporters in Canberra Mr Shorten, as employment minister in a Labor government, was the gold medal winner of issuing 457 visas.

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/04/18/australian-workers-must-have-priority-turnbull-scraps-...

But is it really just a new name for the same thing?

[davidc4430]

what mr turnbull is doing is taking a loaf of bread that labor wrapped in brown paper, removing the brown paper and recovering in lovely liberal paper.

its still a loaf of bread

but the new paper will cost more than the old plain brown paper, so who do you suppose will pay for the new coloured paper?

my guess is the people who buy the bread.

for those without an imagination, the businesses who need skilled workers will pay for the 'you bute new malcolm paper'

that will then be passed on to you know who.....US.

[davidc4430]

oh, btw...heard malcolm interviewed on radio this morning about this 'new?' plan, just how many times can he say 'jobs for australians' in one interview without taking a breath?

[myoclon1cjerk]

You can probably sum up this new scheme in three words. Smoke and mirrors.

[lyndal1838]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

oh, btw...heard malcolm interviewed on radio this morning about this 'new?' plan, just how many times can he say 'jobs for australians' in one interview without taking a breath?

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He is only following the example of his new best friend Donald Trump who wants to make everything about America/Americans.

[davidc4430]

Scientists fear 457 visa changes will hinder research; universities seeking urgent clarification

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-19/scientists-fear-457-visa-changes-will-hurt-research-labs/84543...

i wonder if malcolm ever actually thinks before opening his mouth these days?

tony goes feral on the weekend and within a couple of days malcolms out anouncing stuff that once you look past the 'more jobs for aussies' slogan you realise its not just pizza delivery guys comming in on these visas.

and if there are pizza dilvery guys or anyother silly jobs comming in on visas of course that needs stopping, but lets not crack an almond with a sledghammer huh.

[davidc4430]

HR, coders and manufacturing: The occupations most affected by 457 visa changes

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-19/australia-457-visas-occupations-affected/8454494

[tezza2844]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

oh, btw...heard malcolm interviewed on radio this morning about this 'new?' plan, just how many times can he say 'jobs for australians' in one interview without taking a breath?

Well at least it's a change from Jobs and Growth

[ambercat16]

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@tezza2844 wrote:

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@davidc4430 wrote:

oh, btw...heard malcolm interviewed on radio this morning about this 'new?' plan, just how many times can he say 'jobs for australians' in one interview without taking a breath?

Well at least it's a change from Jobs and Growth

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I'm waiting for "Australia First"  

Malcolm is sounding more like Trump every day.  Such a disappointment he has turned out to be.

[myoclon1cjerk]

Trump, or Hanson ?