The Outlook: for Immigration

Australia, a nation shaped by permanent migration, appears to be shifting to a new reality which some say is a permanent shift to temporary migration. Peter Mares is the author of All Work, No Stay?, an analysis commissioned by SBS and published on August 21. It looks at the growing numbers of temporary visas and the consequences of that, and asks whether Australia's model of permanent settlement is giving way to a new reality - Australia as a guest worker society.

Airline passengers make their way through Melbourne Airport Source: AAP

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