Australia slashes skilled-worker visas as Trump gears up for H-1B restrictions

Australia's contentious "457" skilled-worker visa program will be abolished and replaced, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Tuesday. “We will no longer allow 457 visas to be passports to jobs that could and should go to Australians,” Turnbull said. “We’re putting jobs first, and we’re putting Australians first.” If the rhetoric sounds familiar, that's because it […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/04/18/australia-slashes-skilled-worker-visas-as-trump-gears-up-for-h-1b-restrictions/