Interview with
David Speers, Sky News, Canberra
David Speers: The Immigration Minister Scott Morrison is with me this afternoon.
Thank you for your time. I want to start on the 457 visas. Unions have been
expressing concern today about a loophole they say has been reopened that is
going to allow more foreign workers in at a time when unemployment is rising.
Explain to me exactly what the government has done here.
Minister Morrison: Well it is quite a minor change. What it
involves is that when someone has already been approved to be a sponsor of 457s
rather than having to go back and fill out all the paperwork again to have that
renewed when they have reached a certain number of employees they can continue
to do it but every single 457 employee who has been employed must satisfy all
the tests that are currently required for finding an Australian do the job
first. So there is no change to that.
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