Free Migration Agreements as a solution to labour shortages? (1 Viewer)

[vikraman]

What do you guys think? FMA's with countries that have a similar standard of living as us would create a larger pool of labour for Australian businesses and slow wage inflation. I'm thinking FMA with Canada and EU to start with?

 

[Chemical Ali]

Relevant article:

http://onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=11517

 

[vikraman]

Completely open borders will not preserve the Australian way of life that most immigrants come to Australia for anyway. It will also leave the people who currently live in Australia worse off in most ways. A situation none of us want. Capped FMA's (say 500,000 a year with a priority to skilled workers for 10-20 years with an eventual goal of full liberalisation) with compatible cultures however will to an extent, give us the best of both worlds. None of the cultural and ethno-religious setbacks with most of the labour market gains. The points the article makes about minimum wage and housing costs are completely valid though along with our extremely protectionist "bio-security" regime aimed at protecting Australia farmers while hurting Australian consumers under the guise of "protecting Australian ecology". Best example is apples, don't you find it ridiculous that we have to pay 9$ for a kilo of apples when the same bloody apples from China costs 3$. The examples thereof are endless...

 

[Rothbard]

hahahahahahahahahah fma with the eu are you retarded do you know nothing about the eu

they would rather let turkey in than break their fucking monopoly on immigration that the eurozone gives them hahahahahahaahahahahahahahah