QA I was recently thinking that this issue has gone somewhat quiet lately. As with unpopular government action, this is what airline management hope for; that those with objections will eventually grow tired of raising them and the issue will simply be accepted.
This 457 issue represents the front line of a defacto pilots' dispute and needs to be demonstrated to the gov't to be unacceptable while there are still pilots in this country willing to work for acceptable conditions. To bring in foreign labour on anything less is unacceptable and should be shouted down by every pilot in the country and every foreign-based Australian pilot who thinks he might want to come home to work one day.
If you're in GA and think it doesn't affect you think again. Write to your MPs.