The majority of Australians believe job readiness, understanding Australian cultural values and speaking good English are the most important qualities in new migrants.
An Essential Research poll, commissioned exclusively for SBS News, found three-quarters of respondents named "having skills and qualifications that will allow them to find a job" as a top three priority in determining whether someone should be allowed to move to Australia.
Of those, nearly a third ranked it as the most important deciding factor out of eight criteria.
