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Last year, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the abolition of Visa 457, which allowed local business owners to employ skilled foreign workers in industries where the demand for their skills was unmet. The official line was that the move was part of the government’s “Australia First initiative,” as the said visa was sometimes being used to exploit cheap labor, thus leaving many Australians out of a job.
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