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    Regional skilled migrant visas cut by more than 18,000, budget figures show
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    Regional skilled migrant visas cut by more than 18,000, budget figures show


    Regional skilled migrant visas cut by more than 18,000, budget figures show

    https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/regional-skilled-migrant-visas-cut-by-more-than-18000-budget-figures-show/news-story/566d5a9993e5388735e4f503512aab1a?amp

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    1. Nippys4 on

      Giving the people what they want I see.

      Can’t wait to hear how labor are demons for this move lmao

    2. letsburn00 on

      Rural areas of late have been pushed themselves very hard towards the party with the loudest anti-immigration stance, One nation. This is in theory exactly what they voted for, but this article (and I’m sure later complaining) will be acting like this is Labor not listening to people in rural areas.

      Meanwhile, the immigration department has open offers for voluntary redundancies for the people who investigate if Student visa applications are fraudulent, which is the path for a very significant number of people and government analysis shows it consistently exceeds expected numbers.

    3. Weissritters on

      So if you cut immigration who is going to regional areas and pick fruit? Are they just going to rely on those islander arrangements only?

    6. Vinura on

      The same regional areas that always seem to have a landline story about how people have to drive 6 hours to see a doctor or specialist because their town doesn’t have one or hasnt had a replacement because the previous ones got old and retired?

    7. Thoresus on

      Conversation with my (boomer) mother recently:

      “I pay my taxes everyone should get treated equally. OMG I CANT BELIEVE THAT THEYRE MAKING OVER 65’s LOSE THEIR HEALTH CARE REBATE. DID YOU KNOW HOW MUCH INTEREST RATES WERE IN THE 1980s?”

      No they arent, theyre just getting the same rebate as people under 65

      “THAT ISNT FAIR”

    8. Max_J88 on

      There is no overall cut, it is just more to add population pressures in Sydney and Melbourne.

    10. Honest_Switch1531 on

      I am a bit puzzled regarding immigration. Immigrants are supposed to have skills that are in short supply in Australia. Why then are many of the immigrants I come across delivery drivers, or uber drivers, or similar. How are they meeting the immigration criteria?

    11. Bmo2021 on

      I mean I hope it wasn’t payback or watch your back from Labor, we’ve literally just watched Trump’s last 2 shows and still finishing season 2 and we’ve seen how freaking stupid voters can be.

    12. ParkingGoose5726 on

      Does anyone know the closest equivalent to an “own goal” in footy (Australian rules) or cricket?

    13. Particular_Counter50 on

      Here we go, time to start bashing the government for too little migration.

    15. ICallItFootball on

      they have figured out that it doesn’t work this way- many people move to the metro once they get their PR. Also, there are select occupations for skilled migration visas in regional areas and not sure how much it will contribute to the farmers because regional can be Central coast or even Illawarra.

      Also, the government increased the permanent residency pathway from employer sponsorship, so that’s where the slashed number went.

    16. fluffy3118 on

      As someone from a regional town, we definitely noticed this. Lack of doctors, aged care workers and nurses.

      People bang on about immigration but they dont realise they do the jobs Australians dont. They go on about them stealing our jobs but those jobs are available because they don’t want to work.

    17. Extension_Eye1937 on

      Yet the amount of houses on the market stays the same. Almost like the immigrants were never the problem.