Earth to Grattan: $70,000 is not a ‘skilled’ salary

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The Grattan Institute last week published an article in The Conversation, on “how to provide temporary migrants with clear pathways to permanent residency and citizenship”.

Grattan makes the correct observation that an uncapped temporary migration system is incompatible with a capped permanent migration system:

It’s impossible to run an uncapped temporary migration program with a capped permanent program and offer all long-term temporary visa holders a road to permanent residency.

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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.