Australia shouldn’t have kicked out temporary workers: Albanese | AngusGthompson
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia should not have forced temporary visa holders out the door during the pandemic after the exodus of working migrants left the nation with a massive skills and labour shortage.
As opposition leader, Albanese backed that call, but suggested workers on temporary visas should be eligible for JobKeeper. “It’s about how we do this beyond, yes, addressing the urgent needs which are there in particular professions ... but also about the nature of the mix as well. The truth is that unfortunately in some areas, temporary labour has been used to undercut wages and conditions, and we don’t want that either,” Albanese said, adding the nation needed to look to pathways to permanency instead.
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