Turnbull Coalition’s kite flying to abolish the 457 Scam is just another diversionary con

Turnbull:

“Just back from selling out Australia to corrupt Adani-Modi Inc. in India, and read Donald Trump’s Hire Americans campaign to scrap the H-1B foreign worker visas.  It’s given me an innovative idea to divert media away from Adani and from pesky Abbott chiding…I call it my Abolish 457 Con.”

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced yesterday that he’s gunna abolish John Howard’s 457 visas, first introduced twenty years ago in 1996 to facilitate replacing Australian workers with foreign scabs.

AFP members protesting the preferencing of Syrian scab labour over Australians by Harvey Norman

 

Howard’s 457 Visas remain the so-called ‘Temporary’ Work (Skilled) Visa (subclass 457), where ‘skilled’ just means ‘can work’.

Turnbull, guilt-ridden from his corrupt agreement with the dodgy Indian billionaire, needs a media good news distraction from Martin Parkinson‘s PR suggestion box.  Turnbull says jobs must go to Australians first, as if he’s been reading our website.

Turnbullcrap:

“We have and we always will be an immigration nation, but we must ensure that the foundation of that success is maintained and the foundation is that our migration system is seen to work in the national interest.  We’re abolishing 457 visas, the visas which bring temporary foreign workers into our country.”

Actually, he’s not.

He’s just renaming 457s to another number like ‘458’ and adjusting the list of available job categories by 200, so foreign goat herders for instance are now excluded.  The term is reduced from four years to two years, but this can be renewed anyway.

The replacement backdoor visa scam doesn’t take effect for another year.  So what’s the urgency announcement for and not just put in the May Budget?  Well, it’s more Mal policy kite flying, making the ‘tough decisions’ like his kite flying of his 15% GST idea, capital gains tax idea, negative gearing idea, and Senate omnibusing. Chuck it out a line and see if the plebs bite.

Those foreigners already scamming 457 visas can keep doing so under some grandfathering exemption.  Those on other backdoor immigration visas can continue back-dooring immigration as well.

So the following visas are NOT changed:

• Electronic Travel Authority (subclass 601)
• eVisitor (subclass 651)
• Transit visa (subclass 771)
• Visitor (subclass 600)
• Work and Holiday visa (subclass 462)
• Working Holiday visa (subclass 417)
• Business Innovation and Investment (permanent) visa (subclass 888)
• Business Innovation and Investment (provisional) visa (subclass 188)
• Business Owner (subclass 890)
• Business Talent (Permanent) visa (subclass 132)
• Distinguished Talent visa (subclass 124)
• Distinguished Talent visa (subclass 858)
• Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186)
• Investor Retirement (subclass 405)
• Investor visa (subclass 891)
• Regional Sponsor Migration Scheme (subclass 187)
• Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)
• Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)
• Skilled Recognition Graduate visa (subclass 476)
• Skilled Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 489)
• Skilled Regional visa (subclass 887)
• State or Territory Sponsored Business Owner visa (subclass 892)
• State or Territory Sponsored Investor visa (subclass 893)
• Temporary Activity visa (subclass 408)
• Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485)
• Temporary Work (International Relations) visa (subclass 403)
• Temporary Work (Short Stay Specialist) visa (subclass 400)
• Training visa (subclass 407)
• Student visa (subclass 500)
• Student Guardian visa (subclass 590)
• Adoption visa (subclass 102)
• Aged Dependent Relative visa (subclass 114)
• Aged Dependent Relative visa (subclass 838)
• Aged Parent visa (subclass 804)
• Carer visa (subclass 836)
• Carer visa (subclass 116)
• Child visa (subclass 101)
• Child visa (subclass 802)
• Contributory Aged Parent (Temporary) visa (subclass 884)
• Contributory Aged Parent visa (subclass 864)
• Contributory Parent (Temporary) visa (subclass 173)
• Contributory Parent visa (subclass 143)
• Dependent Child visa (subclass 445)
• New Zealand Citizen Family Relationship (temporary) visa (subclass 461)
• Orphan Relative (subclass 117)
• Orphan Relative (subclass 837)
• Parent visa (subclass 103)
• Partner (Provisional and Migrant) visa (subclass 309 100)
• Partner (LGBTI) visa (subclass 801 820)
• Prospective Marriage visa (subclass 300)
• Remaining Relative visa (subclass 115)
• Remaining Relative visa (subclass 835)
• Global Special Humanitarian (subclass 202)
• In country Special Humanitarian (subclass 201)
• Protection visa (subclass 866)
• Refugee visa (subclass 200)
• Women at Risk visa (subclass 204)
• Emergency rescue visa (subclass 203)
• Bridging visa A –BVA- (subclass 010)
• Bridging visa B – BVB – (subclass 020)
• Bridging visa C – BVC – (subclass 030)
• Bridging visa D – BVD – (subclass 040 and 041)
• Bridging visa E – BVE – (subclass 050 and 051)
• Crew Travel Authority visa (subclass 942)
• Former Resident visa (subclass 151)
• Maritime Crew visa (subclass 988)
• Medical Treatment visa (subclass 602)
• Resident Return visa (subclass 155 157)
• Special Category visa (subclass 444)
• Special Purpose visa.

So bugger all foreign scabs will be affected, and the net cost to Australia’s national interest?

State and Federal Governments will still be able to get around the smoke and mirror changes by using the Skilled Nominated Visa (190 visa subclass) or the Consolidated Sponsored Occupations List (CSOL) scheme. 

This means that if a foreigner knows fellow ethnics in a government department, they can nominate their countrymen ahead of Aussies to get a job.  All they need to is scream ‘Equity and Diversity‘ and you’re in like Flynn, ahead of qualified and experienced Aussies!

See list of government job options for foreigners below – Australia’s the Third World’s oyster!

If Mal is reading our website about putting Australians first then he should read our nationalist Blue Paper on Conditional Citizenship, which includes a genuine overhaul of the scam visa system.

Else stop bullshitting Australians as if we are mugs!

A rose by any other name would smell foul

 

Last September, 2016 there were 95,757 workers in Australia on primary 457 visas.  Changing the visa name from ‘457 ‘will make scrap all difference to Australia’s national interest, or to the work prospects or vocational training opportunities of Ordinary Australians and their families.

Mal says foreign scab employers like 7-Eleven, Gina Rinehart and Gerry Harvey (below) will have to undertake mandatory labour market testing, like putting job adverts on Gum Tree.

Scab!

Skilled migrants will have to be able to spell ‘English’ without an interpreter. Mal says “It will require a proper police record, a criminal check, which is not the case at the moment.”

That’s reassuring.

Those checks will apply to countries of origin in civil war where the records offices have been completely bombed (think Middle East and Africa).

And Pauline Hanson claims she was the inspiration behind the 457 visa renaming.

“My office or yours Malcolm”.

 

Else migrants can still get a visa under the Consolidated Sponsored Occupations List (CSOL) Scheme, as follows:

NB.  ‘nec’ is ‘not elsewhere classified’.

• Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Worker
• Accommodation & Hospitality Managers (nec)
• Actor
• Actors, Dancers & Other Entertainers (nec)
• Acupuncturist
• Advertising Manager
• Advertising Specialist
• Aeroplane Pilot
• Agricultural Technician
• Air Traffic Controller
• Air Transport Professionals (nec)
• Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Avionics)
• Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical)
• Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Structures)
• Ambulance Officer
• Amusement Centre Manager
• Anaesthetic Technician
• Animal Attendants & Trainers (nec)
• Antique Dealer
• Apiarist
• Apparel Cutter
• Aquaculture Farmer
• Arborist
• Archaeologist
• Architectural Draftsperson
• Architectural, Building & Surveying Technicians (nec)
• Archivist
• Art Director (Film, Television or Stage)
• Art Teacher (Private Tuition)
• Artistic Director
• Arts Administrator or Manager
• Auctioneer
• Author
• Baker
• Bed & Breakfast Operator
• Beef Cattle Farmer
• Betting Agency Manager
• Biochemist
• Biotechnologist
• Blacksmith
• Boarding Kennel or Cattery Operator
• Book or Script Editor
• Botanist
• Broadcast Transmitter Operator
• Building & Engineering Technicians (nec)
• Building Associate
• Building Inspector
• Business Broker
• Business Machine Mechanic
• Butcher or Smallgoods Maker (Excluding the activity of slaughtering animals, or primarily boning, slicing or packaging meat in a non-retail setting.)
• Cabler (Data &Telecommunications)
• Cafe or Restaurant Manager
• Call or Contact Centre Manager
• Camera Operator (Film, Television or Video)
• Canvas Goods Fabricator
• Caravan Park & Camping Ground Manager
• Cardiac Technician
• Careers Counsellor
• Chemical Plant Operator
• Chemist
• Chemistry Technician
• Chief Information Officer
• Cinema or Theatre Manager
• Clinical Coder
• Clothing Patternmaker
• Clothing Trades Workers (nec)
• Commissioned Defence Force Officer
• Commissioned Fire Officer
• Commissioned Police Officer
• Commodities Trader
• Communications Operator
• Community Arts Worker
• Community Worker
• Company Secretary
• Complementary Health Therapists(nec)
• Composer
• Conference & Event Organiser
• Conservation Officer
• Conservator
• Construction Estimator
• Contract Administrator
• Conveyancer
• Cook
• Copywriter
• Corporate General Manager
• Corporate Services Manager
• Corporate Treasurer
• Cotton Grower
• Counsellors (nec)
• Court Bailiff or Sheriff (Aus) / Court Collections Officer (NZ)
• Crop Farmers (nec)
• Customer Service Manager
• Dairy Cattle Farmer
• Dance Teacher (Private Tuition)
• Dancer or Choreographer
• Database Administrator
• Deer Farmer
• Defence Force Member – Other Ranks
• Defence Force Senior Officer
• Dental Hygienist
• Dental Prosthetist
• Dental Specialist
• Dental Technician
• Dental Therapist
• Dentist
• Detective
• Dietitian
• Director (Film, Television, Radio or Stage)
• Director of Photography
• Disabilities Services Officer
• Diver
• Diversional Therapist
• Diving Instructor (Open Water)
• Dog Handler or Trainer
• Dog or Horse Racing Official
• Drama Teacher (Private Tuition)
• Dressmaker or Tailor
• Driller
• Driving Instructor
• Drug & Alcohol Counsellor
• Earth Science Technician
• Economist
• Education Adviser
• Education Managers (nec)
• Education Reviewer
• Electorate Officer
• Electronic Engineering Draftsperson
• Electronic Engineering Technician
• Electroplater
• Emergency Service Worker
• Engineering Patternmaker
• Engineering Professionals (nec)
• Engraver
• Enrolled Nurse
• Entertainer or Variety Artist
• Environmental Consultant
• Environmental Health Officer
• Environmental Manager
• Environmental Research Scientist
• Environmental Scientists (nec)
• Equipment Hire Manager
• Exercise Physiologist
• Facilities Manager
• Faculty Head
• Family & Marriage Counsellor
• Family Support Worker
• Farrier
• Fashion Designer
• Film & Video Editor
• Film, Television, Radio & Stage Directors (nec)
• Finance Broker
• Finance Manager
• Financial Brokers (nec)
• Financial Dealers (nec)
• Financial Institution Branch Manager
• Financial Investment Adviser
• Financial Investment Manager
• Financial Market Dealer
• Fire Fighter
• Fire Protection Equipment Technician
• First Aid Trainer
• Fisheries Officer
• Fitness Centre Manager
• Fleet Manager
• Flight Attendant
• Floor Finisher
• Florist
• Flower Grower
• Flying Instructor
• Food Technologist
• Footballer
• Fruit or Nut Grower
• Funeral Director
• Funeral Workers (nec)
• Furniture Finisher
• Futures Trader
• Gallery or Museum Curator
• Gallery or Museum Technician
• Gardener (General)
• Gas or Petroleum Operator
• Geologist
• Geophysicist
• Goat Farmer
• Golfer
• Grain, Oilseed or Pasture Grower (Aus) / Field Crop Grower (NZ)
• Grape Grower
• Graphic Designer
• Graphic Pre-press Trades Worker
• Greenkeeper
• Gunsmith
• Gymnastics Coach or Instructor
• Hair or Beauty Salon Manager
• Hairdresser
• Hardware Technician
• Health & Welfare Services Managers (nec)
• Health Diagnostic & Promotion Professionals (nec)
• Health Information Manager
• Health Promotion Officer
• Helicopter Pilot
• Historian
• Homoeopath
• Horse Breeder
• Horse Riding Coach or Instructor
• Horse Trainer
• Hospital Pharmacist
• Hotel or Motel Manager
• Human Resource Adviser
• Human Resource Manager
• Hydrogeologist
• Hydrographer
• ICT Account Manager
• ICT Business Development Manager
• ICT Customer Support Officer
• ICT Managers (nec)
• ICT Project Manager
• ICT Quality Assurance Engineer
• ICT Sales Representative
• ICT Security Specialist
• ICT Support & Test Engineers(nec)
• ICT Support Engineer
• ICT Support Technicians (nec)
• ICT Systems Test Engineer
• ICT Trainer
• Illustrator
• Importer or Exporter
• Industrial Designer
• Industrial Pharmacist
• Information & Organisation Professionals (nec)
• Insurance Agent
• Insurance Broker
• Insurance Investigator
• Insurance Loss Adjuster
• Insurance Risk Surveyor
• Intellectual Property Lawyer
• Intelligence Officer
• Intensive Care Ambulance Paramedic
• Interior Decorator
• Interior Designer
• Interpreter
• Jeweller
• Jewellery Designer
• Jockey
• Journalists & Other Writers (nec)
• Judge*
• Judicial & Other Legal Professionals (nec)
• Kennel Hand
• Laboratory Manager
• Landscape Gardener
• Leather Goods Maker
• Legal Executive
• Liaison Officer
• Librarian
• Library Technician
• Licensed Club Manager
• Life Science Technician
• Life Scientist (General)
• Life Scientists (nec)
• Light Technician
• Livestock Farmers (nec)
• Magistrate
• Maintenance Planner
• Make Up Artist
• Management Consultant
• Manufacturer
• Marine Biologist
• Marine Surveyor
• Marine Transport Professionals(nec)
• Market Research Analyst
• Marketing Specialist
• Massage Therapist
• Master Fisher
• Mathematician
• Meat Inspector
• Mechanical Engineering Draftsperson
• Mechanical Engineering Technician
• Media Producer (excluding Video)
• Medical Laboratory Technician
• Medical Technicians (nec)
• Metal Casting Trades Worker
• Metal Fitters & Machinists (nec)
• Metal Polisher
• Metallurgical or Materials Technician
• Metallurgist
• Meteorologist
• Microbiologist
• Middle School Teacher (Aus) / Intermediate School Teacher (NZ)
• Migration Agent (Aus)
• Mine Deputy
• Mining Engineer (Excluding Petroleum)
• Minister of Religion, (especially Islam)
• Mixed Crop & Livestock Farmer
• Mixed Crop Farmer
• Mixed Livestock Farmer
• Mothercraft Nurse
• Multimedia Designer
• Multimedia Specialist
• Music Director
• Music Professionals (nec)
• Music Teacher (Private Tuition)
• Musical Instrument Maker or Repairer
• Musician (Instrumental)
• Natural & Physical Science Professionals (nec)
• Naturopath
• Network Administrator
• Network Analyst
• Newspaper or Periodical Editor
• Nurse Educator
• Nurse Manager
• Nurse Researcher
• Nurseryperson
• Nutritionist
• Occupational Health and Safety Adviser
• Operating Theatre Technician
• Optical Dispenser
• Optical Mechanic
• Organisation & Methods Analyst
• Orthoptist
• Other Sports Coach or Instructor
• Other Sports Official
• Painter (Visual Arts)
• Park Ranger
• Parole or Probation Officer
• Pastrycook
• Patents Examiner
• Pathology Collector (Aus) / Phlebotomist (NZ)
• Performing Arts Technicians (nec)
• Petroleum Engineer
• Pharmacy Technician
• Photographer
• Physicist
• Picture Framer
• Pig Farmer
• Plastics Technician
• Plumbing Inspector
• Police Officer
• Policy & Planning Manager
• Policy Analyst
• position of Research Associate or Research Fellow in a University)
• Post Office Manager
• Potter or Ceramic Artist
• Poultry Farmer
• Power Generation Plant Operator
• Precision Instrument Maker & Repairer
• Primary Products Inspectors (nec)
• Primary School Teacher
• Print Finisher
• Print Journalist
• Printing Machinist
• Prison Officer
• Private Tutors & Teachers (nec)
• Procurement Manager
• Production Manager (Forestry)
• Production Manager (Manufacturing)
• Program Director (Television or Radio)
• Program or Project Administrator
• Property Manager
• Public Relations Manager
• Public Relations Professional
• Quality Assurance Manager
• Quarantine Officer
• Radio Journalist
• Radio Presenter
• Railway Station Manager
• Real Estate Agency Principal
• Real Estate Agent
• Real Estate Representative
• Records Manager
• Recreation Officer
• Recruitment Consultant
• Regional Education Manager
• Rehabilitation Counsellor
• Research & Development Manager
• Resident Medical Officer
• Residential Care Officer
• Retail Buyer
• Retail Pharmacist
• Retirement Village Manager
• Roof Tiler
• Safety Inspector
• Sail Maker
• Sales & Marketing Manager
• Sales Representative (Industrial Products)
• Sales Representative (Medical & Pharmaceutical Products)
• Saw Maker & Repairer
• School Laboratory Technician
• School Principal
• Science Technicians (nec)
• Screen Printer
• Sculptor
• Senior Non-Commissioned Defence Force Member
• Shearer
• Sheep Farmer
• Shoemaker
• Signwriter
• Singer
• Small Offset Printer
• Snowsport Instructor
• Social Professionals (nec)
• Software & Applications Programmers (nec)
• Software Tester
• Sound Technician
• Specialist Managers (nec)
• Sports Administrator
• Sports Centre Manager
• Sports Development Officer
• Sports Umpire
• Sportspersons (nec)
• Stage Manager
• Statistician
• Stock & Station Agent
• Stockbroking Dealer
• Student Counsellor
• Sugar Cane Grower
• Supply & Distribution Manager
• Surveying or Spatial Science Technician
• Swimming Coach or Instructor
• Systems Administrator
• Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages
• Technical Director
• Technical Sales Representatives (nec)
• Technical Writer
• Technicians & Trades Workers (nec)
• Telecommunications Cable Jointer
• Telecommunications Linesworker
• Telecommunications Technician
• Television Equipment Operator
• Television Journalist
• Television Presenter
• Tennis Coach
• Textile, Clothing & Footwear Mechanic
• Toolmaker
• Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner
• Training & Development Professional
• Translator
• Transport Company Manager
• Travel Agency Manager
• Travel Attendants (nec)
• Tribunal Member (especially Sharia)
• Turf Grower
• University Lecturer (Suitable for the
• University Tutor
• Upholsterer
• Urban & Regional Planner
• Vegetable Grower (Aus) / Market Gardener (NZ)
• Vehicle Body Builder
• Vehicle Painter
• Vehicle Trimmer
• Veterinary Nurse
• Video Producer
• Visual Arts & Crafts Professionals (nec)
• Vocational Education Teacher (Non Trades)
• Vocational Education Teacher (Trades)
• Watch & Clock Maker & Repairer
• Web Administrator
• Web Designer
• Web Developer
• Welfare Worker
• Wholesaler
• Wine Maker
• Wood Machinist
• Wood Machinists & Other Wood Trades Workers (nec)
• Wood Turner
• Wool Buyer
• Wool Classer
• Workplace Relations Adviser
• Youth Worker
• Zookeeper
• Zoologist