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Australia gambles on attracting skilled migrants

Sally Anne Williams

Sally Anne Williams Source: SBS

The federal government has unveiled changes to its migration program, focusing on attracting highly skilled migrants to aid Australia's economic rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic. It comes as Australia’s net migration intake is set to fall into negative levels for the first time since World War Two.


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By Jennifer Scherer

Presented by Svetlana Printcev

Source: SBS



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The federal government has unveiled changes to its migration program, focusing on attracting highly skilled migrants to aid Australia's economic rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic. It comes as Australia’s net migration intake is set to fall into negative levels for the first time since World War Two.



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