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Australia toughens foreign worker visas; says Australian jobs for Australians

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Japan can't say like Australia. Japan is short on workers. Too many job openings. Youngsters rather go to college than get a job. They even avoid marriage.

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I think this is a common sense approach at last. Oh yes the Overly Politically Correct may find Something wrong with it but it is clear that the current visa system has been severely abused for cheap labour and rather than filling skill shortages actually increased unemployment.

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We are an immigration nation, but the fact remains- Australian workers must have priority for Australian jobs," he said. "We'll no longer allow 457 visas to be passports to jobs that could and should go to Australians."

Autralia has been recently in the news only for its far-right wing shift, certainly not longer a country on my wish list to visit.

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Australian jobs and Australian values.

Sounds fair to me.

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'White Australia Policy' is coming back! Australia even go further than Donald Trump's one !

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