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The Albanese Government’s fake migration review will reportedly recommend scrapping labour market testing, which requires employers to advertise a position for at least four weeks before employing a migrant, in favour of a modest $70,000 minimum salary floor for temporary ‘skilled’ workers.
This $70,000 threshold is well below the ACTU’s proposal for a $91,000 minimum wage floor for temporary ‘skilled’ migrants, which it took to last year’s Jobs & Skills Summit.
Former immigration department deputy secretary, Abul Rizvi, supports the changes claiming labor market testing is just a charade:
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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.
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