Temporary migrants banned from trucking in industry rebuff

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Temporary migrants banned from trucking in industry rebuff
7/9/08
Australia

Restrictions on the use of so-called 457 visas to allow temporary foreign heavy vehicle drivers into the transport industry will hurt employers, the industry says.

Pleas by the trucking industry to maintain the use of migrant workers to meet a crippling driver shortage have been rejected by the Federal Government, which has accepted recommendations from its working group to ban access to the visa program for drivers.

The Trucking Industry Working Group reported to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship it should remove the industrys access to the Temporary Business (Long Stay) Subclass 457 visa for drivers.

A one-sentence statement from the Minister, Chris Evens, confirms "some road transport drivers" were removed from the list of eligible occupations from July 1.
http://www.qbr.com.au/index.cfm?storyid=35594&cp=displaystory
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Cybergal, Jul 9, 2008

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