Australian PM Targets Imported IT Workers

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Submission + - Australian PM Targets Imported IT Workers (arnnet.com.au)

Submitted by beaverdownunder on Thursday March 14, 2013 @08:26PM

beaverdownunder writes: Debate 'down under' has started to rage surrounding the importation of 'temporary' IT workers on so-called '457' visas, with the Prime Minister promising to bring in tough new restrictions on foreign workers in a pre-election pledge despite evidence that there are insufficient numbers of Australians to fill the skills 'gap'. Some quarters argue the foreign workers are necessary to drive growth in Australia's IT industry, while others have cited examples where large Australian companies have imported workers needlessly, displacing qualified Aussie personnel.

What do you think? Is Big Technology only trying to improve its bottom line? Or are qualified Australian / American / Canadian etc. IT workers an endangered species?

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