Turnbull Government to abolish 457 visas ‘to prioritise Australian workers’

The federal government is set to abolish the 457 visa, which the media and marketing industry regularly uses to employ international talent, and replace it with two new visa classes.
In an announcement today, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said: “We’re putting jobs first, we’re putting Australians first. Australia is the most successful multicultural nation in the world. We are an immigration nation but the fact remains Australian workers must have priority for Australian jobs