Senate committee warned against privatizing Australian visa-processing
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Migration experts have warned a multi-billion-dollar plan to outsource visa processing threatens the integrity of Australia's migration system. The Department of Home Affairs stresses no jobs will be cut, but critics argue the move will do nothing to clear the application backlog. Praba Maheswaran has the story in Tamil written by Brett Mason and Matt Connellan for SBS News.
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