Australia offers visa fee refund to lure international workers and students as Morrison defends handling of pandemic

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Prime minister tells backpackers and students to ‘come on down’ as critical workforce shortages bite

Scott Morrison has announced financial incentives to lure international workers to Australia as he continues to defend his government’s handling of the pandemic in the face of the Omicron surge.

 

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This is a fucking joke or the government in Australia is out of their mind. Or maybe after you enter the country you go straight to jail, like Djokovic.

Nice gesture but hopefully will not be exploited, treated fairly and with dignity. Mr. Morrison doesn’t have a good reputation for treating people well. My suggestion is to weigh all other options first. Australia is last on my list.

What will be needed at the same time is some mechanism to ensure these people are informed of their rights as workers, and paid properly. The current Government will not do anything about this.

So long as they are not coming to show up how ludicrous its covid rules are.

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