Dan Andrews dismisses ScoMo’s farm visa “fantasy”

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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has dismissed the Morrison Government’s announced Agricultural Visa, which is uncapped and due to come into effect on 30 September, as a “fantasy” due to insufficient quarantine facilities.

Andrews claimed the visa plan had not even been raised at national cabinet last week:

“That’s all great — so they’re going to issue visas to everybody, yes that’s a Commonwealth responsibility,” Mr Andrews said. “But, apparently, we have to quarantine them all in some unlimited capacity quarantine facility somewhere. It’s a fantasy.

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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.