MB has long argued that Australia’s skilled visa program is poorly targeted with the majority of visas granted to professions experiencing an oversupply of workers.
According to the federal government’s own historical skills shortage data, engineering has not been in shortage. Yet, the federal government has kept engineers on the skills shortage list, thereby ensuring that migrant engineers continue to oversupply the labour market.
The results are predictable, with nearly half of all migrant engineers remaining unemployed and another third working in jobs well below their qualification:
