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Protecting migrant workers from being exploited

The temporary skilled worker visa – often called the 457 visa – has been a controversial issue for a few years now.  Some of the criticisms have been based on clear-cut cases of migrants on 457 visas being mistreated or exploited.  But there has also been those opposing the 457 visa all together and calling [...]