Migrant fears unfounded but more transparency needed

The influential Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) says its latest economic modelling demonstrates that concerns about temporary skilled migrants taking jobs away from local workers and driving down wages are “unfounded.”

However, it wants the federal government to set up an independent body to analyse and advise on which occupations are suffering skills shortages,  in order to bolster community and business confidence in temporary migration.

And it says  constant changes and reviews to laws governing foreign workers has hindered the ability of businesses to plan their workforces. It was particularly critical about the lack of consultation over the scrapping of 457 visas in 2017.

CEDA acknowledged community anxiety about the impact of migration on local job opportunities but said skilled migration had delivered benefits to “business, the economy more broadly and to the existing workforce.”

Source: Smh.com.au

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