Rumour has it, that Qantas is in the final stages of recruiting some engineers from the Philippines to work in their heavy maintenance facilities, Brisbane in particular. Now I can understand if there was an absolute shortage of engineers, Qantas would have to do something drastic such as this. But the fact of the matter is, people are LEAVING up in Brisbane. The reason for this is the inability of Qantas to pay a decent wage to it's employees, whilst parasites like Dixon and the board have their noses in the trough.
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/skilled-workers/sbs/