Immigration minister Michael Wood says system has been running on an ‘exploitist charter’

Immigration minister Michael Wood says system has been running on an ‘exploitist charter’
Immigration minister Michael Wood says new work visa will raise the bar on working conditions (Image: Getty)
Jem Traylen
Immigration minister Michael Wood says rebalancing immigration away from relying on a low-cost labour model remains the government’s top priority for the portfolio.Wood told Parliament’s education and workforce committee on Tuesday he hoped the new accredited employer work visa would turn the page on what had been “a bit of an exploitist charter”.The new visa went fully operational on Monday, allowing accredited employers to hire as many migrant workers as they wanted if they pay the median wage and first advertise the j...

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