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New inquiry into temporary business visas Federal parliament’s Joint Migration Committee will investigate Australia’s temporary skilled migration program next year. Committee chairman, Don Randall has announced an inquiry into eligibility requirements and monitoring, enforcement and reporting arrangements for temporary business visas. “Australia has invested heavily in training young Australians, but strong economic growth in Australia has led to a skills shortage in key industry sectors,” Mr Randall said. “Australia’s temporary skilled migration 457 visas are playing an important role in attracting people with the skills Australia needs.” The Committee will investigate the adequacy of current eligibility requirements for temporary business visas. It also wants to look at the effectiveness of monitoring, enforcement and reporting arrangements for this visa category. “The Australian Government recently announced measures to improve monitoring and compliance under the temporary skilled migration program,” Mr Randall said. “Temporary skilled migrants are vital to Australia’s ongoing prosperity. The Committee therefore wants to see if the current arrangements for temporary business visas are functioning efficiently or need to be improved.” Members of the public will be able to make submissions in writing to the Committee until 2 February 2007. Public hearings will be held from mid February 2007. Further details on the inquiry can be obtained on the Committee’s website at http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/mig or by contacting the committee secretariat on (02) 6277 4560 |
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