Addressing the Controversy: challenges and Benefits of Hiring Foreign Workers on 457 Visas

By Melanie Macfarlane · 20 February 2017 · Locked

Addressing the Controversy: challenges and Benefits of Hiring Foreign Workers on 457 Visas

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In 1996, then Prime Minister Paul Keating proposed the 457 Temporary Skilled Employer Sponsored Visa program. The subsequent Howard government then oversaw the implementation of the scheme, which enabled Australia to catch up to the immigration programs of many other developed countries, and thus increase its participation in global trade. The program still exists today […]

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