Earlier this week, Property Council executive turned Melbourne Lord Mayor, Sally Capp, begged for hordes of low skilled, low-paid migrants to “get Melbourne moving again”:
Our city is in desperate need of workers not traditionally favoured in visa program processes. Restaurant, bar and cafe owners tell me they urgently need waiters, baristas, bartenders and kitchenhands. In other sectors important to the city, we need gallery staff, theatre ushers, shop floor workers, security guards, cleaners and many more. To our traders, these are essential workers…
The City of Melbourne has advocated strongly for international students to receive automatic 401 temporary work visas, which will increase the labour force for our city businesses…
The full text of this article is available to MacroBusiness subscribers
