Posted on 04/18/2017 4:19:46 PM PDT by markomalley
Australia will abolish a temporary work visa popular with foreigners and replace it with a new programme requiring better English-language and job skills, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday.
Turnbull, struggling with poor voter approval ratings, rejected suggestions the visa policy change was in response to far-right wing political parties, such as One Nation, demanding more nationalistic policies.
But in a Facebook announcement Turnbull said: "Our reforms will have a simple focus: Australian jobs and Australian values."
In a similar vein, U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday directing changes to a temporary visa programme used to bring foreign workers to the United States to fill highly skilled jobs. The order is an attempt by Trump to carry out his "America First" election campaign pledges.
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OZ first,good concept.
OZ and America are on the same page.
The Aussies have a pretty sweet young persons work permit deal in Great Britain. They can work for a couple years in England and Brits can likewise work in Australia. I doubt they are scrapping that. There will be riots if that happens.
That’s why America has to accept Australia’s leftover muzzies.
Other countries following America’s/Trump’s lead, except the liberal in America, who prefer to kowtow to dictators and terrorists and militants the world-over.
Are the Aussie snowflakes going to have temper tantrums? I guess he is MAGA, too...
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