Business groups demand tax incentives, free Medicare and free flights to lure migrants

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The Business lobby’s migrant scab grab is unrelenting. So far this year, business groups have demanded:

  • Uncapped access to temporary migrant workers and the abolition of labour market testing so-called Temporary Skills Shortage (TSS) visas.
  • Speedier and cheaper visa application processes.
  • Doubling of the permanent skilled migration intake to 200,000 a year to make up for ‘losses’ over the pandemic.

Now the business lobby has truly ‘jumped the shark’, demanding tax incentives, Medicare benefits and free flights to prospective temporary migrants who choose Australia over other destinations, despite temporary migrant arrivals booming:

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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.