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Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Push to bring in overseas truckies, farmhands reignites debate on importing unskilled workers to Australia
Push to bring in overseas truckies, farmhands reignites debate on importing unskilled workersSource: The Australian
FOREIGN truck drivers and farmhands could be brought to Australia as part of an overhaul of the guest-worker program designed to address chronic skills shortages.
The Immigration Department is reviewing the system of classifying occupations covered by the skilled migration program and is under pressure from employer groups to open the program to semi-skilled workers.
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