457 visa program axed by Malcolm Turnbull

The Turnbull government is abolishing 457 visas. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the temporary visas for foreign workers would be replaced by a new class of visa, better targeted to ensure that foreign workers were only brought in to fill genuine skills shortages.

Source: SBS

“Australia is the most successful multicultural nation in the world. We are an immigration nation, but the fact remains: Australian workers must have priority for Australian jobs", Mr Turnbull said.

 “So we’re abolishing 457 visas, the visas that bring temporary foreign workers to our country.”

Mr Turnbull said the government would no longer allow 457 visas to be passports to jobs that could and should go to Australians.