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Visa 457 abolished and replaced with stricter conditions

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visa 457 Source: SBS

The Turnbull government has cracked down on foreign worker visas and adopted an "Australians first" approach to skilled migration, scrapping the controversial 457 visa program and announcing a much stricter replacement.



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