Shorten is right to target temporary foreign workers

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By Leith van Onselen

Let’s recall Bill Shorten’s comments in November whereby he claimed that temporary foreign workers are ‘taking the jobs’ of Australians and must be pared-back. From The Guardian:

“What’s happening is we’ve got people coming to work in Australia, nearly 1m people [or more] with temporary work rights and, in some cases, they’re getting ripped off and exploited, lowering wage outcomes and taking the jobs of nurses, motor mechanics, carpenters, auto-electricians…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.