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Burke's quiet visa change prioritises onshore workers

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Australia's Home Affairs minister Burke has made a quiet shift in visa policy to prioritize onshore workers over overseas skilled workers, ABC News reports. The move aims to reduce net overseas migration. The opposition Coalition calls it managing migration by stealth.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-05/government-priorit...

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