Migrant workers don't harm jobs or wages of local workers

Skilled migrant

A migrant is installing electricity cable. Source: SBS

There are an estimated two-million temporary migrants in Australia at the moment, and as the economy slows and wages stagnate, their presence has increasingly become a political issue. But, a new report has found that those migrants are not harming the jobs or wages of local workers.


Prime Minister Scott Morrison last year, hinting at a reduction to Australia's permanent immigration intake, which the Government later followed through. 

Like many countries around the world, immigration is a constant issue for debate in Australia, but it gained an elevated level of prominence in the lead up to the coalition's unexpected federal election win. 

But a study by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia says the impression that some like to promote permanent and temporary migrants taking jobs of locals and harming the economy is incorrect.

Melinda Cilento, the C-E-O of CEDA, says the intake of temporary skilled migrants meets two important needs for the Australian economy.

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