O Partido Trabalhista quer que os empregos sejam anunciados localmente por pelo menos 4 semanas, como parte de uma reforma dos vistos 457.
A lider do partido ultra conservador One Nation, Pauline Hanson, acusou a oposição hoje de estar copiando propostas do seu partido.
"We have to start ensuring that Australians have jobs. So, if not they're actually thrown onto the scrap heap, they actually are then on welfare, and they have rising costs of living in Australia. We cannot keep bringing in people from overseas to fill in jobs that belong to the Australian people."
O líder da oposição, Bill Shorten, disse ontem que era hora de dar emprego primeiro para os australianos desempregados.
"What we need to do here is prioritise Australian jobs first. We need to prioritise properly funding apprenticeships, giving young people the opportunity to fulfil their future. We're always going to have some guest workers as part of our economy. But when the economy slows down as it has, when the economy is rebounding from the mining boom, now is not the time to have slack laws."
