India’s foreign minister is urging the government to do more to clear Australia’s crippling visa backlog, as a blowout in waiting times prompts foreign students to consider other destinations and heaps pressure on businesses unable to fill jobs.
External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was in Canberra this week for talks with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong, as well as Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles and Education Minister Jason Clare.
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Michael Read is the Financial Review's economics correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com
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