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Labor's crackdown on temporary visa requirements won't much help Australian workers

Written by Ross Guest, Professor of Economics and National Senior Teaching Fellow, Griffith University

Labor wants higher minimum pay for temporary visa holders, but most are already being paid much more.Shutterstock

Bill Shorten is holding out the prospect of protecting Australian workers from foreign ones.

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