Business demands 200k visas a year at Labor jobs summit

Ronald Mizen, David Marin-Guzman and Tom McIlroy

Updated Jul 11, 2022 – 1.39pm, first published at 12.51pm

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Employers are calling for an urgent ramp-up of skilled migrants as a priority fix at Labor’s jobs summit in September as unions warn that they will fight for more safeguards to ensure temporary visa workers are not exploited.

Quick wins sought by business include a temporary two-year increase in skilled migration to 200,000 places a year, and making temporary skilled migration more accessible and responsive to employer needs by scrapping the so-called targeted occupation eligibility list.

Ronald Mizen is the Financial Review’s political correspondent, reporting from the press gallery at Parliament House, Canberra.

David Marin-Guzman writes about industrial relations, workplace, policy and leadership from Sydney.

Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent.