The ‘backlogs’ the Albanese Government should be clearing

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Over the months leading up to last week’s Jobs & Skills Summit, the Albanese Government continually waxed lyrical about the massive visa ‘backlog’ Labor supposedly inherited from the former Coalition Government.

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This culminated with Labor’s declaration at the Summit that it would work to clear the backlog as soon as possible:

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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.