It’s time to dump the list-based approach to temporary work visas

Will Mackey, Grattan Institute; Brendan Coates, Grattan Institute, and Henry Sherrell, Grattan Institute Australia’s temporary skilled migration program is hard for businesses to use while still not protecting migrants from exploitation. There is a better way, concludes a new report from the Grattan Institute on fixing temporary skilled migration. The long-standing practice of restricting temporary…