Labor to lift foreign worker wages to crack down on visa 'rorts'

Labor is promising to boost the minimum wage of skilled overseas workers to prevent them being used as cheap replacements for local workers.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten

Bill Shorten is pledging to rewrite rules around foreign workers if Labor wins in the federal polls. (AAP) Source: AAP

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Published 23 April 2019 9:17am
Updated 23 April 2019 1:20pm
By Stephanie Andary
Presented by Al Bayt Baytak


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