Two-thirds of temporary visa holders exploited

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The SMH has published another report on the “industrial scale” rorting of Australia’s visa system, with visa scams estimated to have brought in 100,000 fraudulent workers into Australia:

Rizvi said the Trafficked investigation revealed individual cases that were part of “industrial scale” visa rorting.

“The Trafficked investigation highlights the case of one migration agent who has been involved in around 150 bogus asylum applications,” he said.

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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.