WA Government’s visa reforms deliver jobs pay dirt

Sunday 8 October 2017

Back in March, new WA Premier, Mark McGowan, showed that unlike his federal Labor counterpart, Bill Shorten, he actually cares about his workers.

McGowan wrote to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to remove Perth from the Regional Sponsorship Migration Scheme, thus effectively preventing a pathway for overseas workers to gain a visa (see below letter).

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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.