Do we need location-based migrant visas? | POLL
THE Regional Australia Institute is calling for location-based visa conditions for regional migrant workers, coupled with a regional policy rejig.
RAI chief executive Jack Archer has called for rural and regional communities, businesses and governments to come together and make a case for new migrant workers to fill the shortfall of full-time workers in the bush.
The government would respond to the community-lead approach by designating a town in need as a priority settlement location to receive migrants, who would be required to stay in the region for at least five years.
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