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A review of Australia’s migration system says regional visas aren’t working and the benefits of migration to regional areas may be overstated.
The 200-page report says Australia’s migration system is “broken” and “tinkering” around the edges will not be effective and “major reform” is required to attract skilled workers, drive economic growth, and protect against their exploitation.
Regional visas were not left unscathed in the report by former PM&C secretary Dr. Martin Parkinson and migration experts Professor Joanna Howe and John Azarias…