Migration Council chair demands lower wages

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For years Chief Executive of the Australian Industry Group and Migration Council of Australia Chair, Innes Willox, has lobbied against laws to prevent wage theft, lobbied against stricter labour hire rules, has spread copious propaganda about skills shortages, and has lobbied for endless mass immigration.

Earlier this month, Innes Willox complained yet again about chronic skills shortages and the need for migrant Labor:

Innes Willox: “The massive and alarming skills shortages that we are now seeing emerge across the economy. From high skills right through to semi-skills to very low skilled jobs, businesses are having a lot of trouble attracting the people they need”…

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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.