[Completely off-topic for SLUG; please respect MFT and followup to slug-chat]
On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 10:26:20AM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote: > A new study has found the skilled temporary work visa system has reduced > career opportunities for Australian information technology graduates. And buying all of our software overseas has been a great boon for local graduates, I'm sure. > The study, by Victoria's Monash University's Centre for Population and > Urban Research, says there are around 5,000 skilled temporary work visa > holders working in information technology. > > It has found, on the available evidence, some visa holders have replaced > qualified Australians. > > Author Bob Kinnaird says the influx has greatly contributed to reduced > demand and poor job prospects for local IT graduates. > > "Numbers of Australian students enrolling in IT has fallen from nearly > 18,000 to less than 9,000 in the space of just five years." So we need to up the number of temporary work visas for IT to match the shortfall in new graduates -- there's 9,000 less suckers^Wgraduates each year now. > The report has also called for the publication of the salaries of visa > holders and for employers to be forced to pay market rates. Uhm, employers *are* the market. Free markets are great, as long as they don't impact me. <sigh> - Matt -- I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate everyone else's. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
