Have you all seen today's Australian, the article about Qantas lobbying for two year visas for (what was) 457 visa pilots to be extended to a minimum of five year
This is the current state of the 457 visa abuse program, erm, or whatever it’s called now, Qantas in this instance would be using it in the spirit that it was created for (or at least that’s what their narrative is), as its ‘just until the academy’s up and running and addressing the skills shortage’...
Like almost every other business in Australia, they’ll use (abuse) this program to merely avoid wage rises that would attract retain local staff.
The unions should be out there campaigning against ANY special extensions whatsoever.