In late May, I praised Australia’s union movement for demanding that the minimum salary threshold for skilled migrants be set well above full-time average weekly earnings – i.e. above $90,000 – in order to be credible:
“To be credible the threshold needs to be well above full-time average weekly earnings,” [Michael Wright, the acting national secretary of the Electrical Trades Unionsaid]. “There can’t be a genuine ‘skills shortage’ if the wages are below the median”…
This call was immediately rejected by the Grattan Institute’s resident immigration shill, Brendan Coates, because it would exclude low wage ‘skilled’ migrants:
