O’Neil’s new Strategy cloaks immigration-wolf Albanese in sheep’s clothing

The fine print claims, temp skilled workers constitute only 9% of all "temporary migration". So why such obsequious mechanisms? Why not just get real, about the wage threshold?

Reshaping permanent migration.

Here, the main ploy is adapted from the earlier Review – a "reformed points test" for skilled migrants.

The pseudo-science of our "points" test has wowed US and UK politicians. The recalibration proposed here is ho-hum. First, we must endure the ANU "discussion paper".

Integrity of international education.

These measures are classic bureaucracy - so ministers look ministerial. Test for language, apply greater scrutiny, bolster integrity unit, strengthen provider requirements. A "Genuine Student" Test – hilarious.

This mashup could have been crafted by Universities Australia itself. For whom, too much migration is never enough.

Greedy universities like clipping lucrative overseas-student tickets. And love the Labor deluge – 850,000 student/graduate visas.

Tackling [migrant] worker exploitation.

Similar story. The lame propositions – extra penalties, protections, regulations – could have been written by Business Council or woke ACTU.

Clare, if you want to squawk about "exploitation", don't be an odious hypocrite. Don't admit 2.2 million on temporary visas, with 850,000 on student/graduate visas.

Getting right skills in right places.

The claim is, migration "planning" will fix things, by "working with" the states. Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) will use "evidence" to define the "what, where" of skills needs.

No, they won't. States, industry, developers, employers, universities, will always demand More Migrants Please. JSA just becomes a rubber-stamp.

Migration should be set relative to environment and existing population, not by crony stakeholders. The existing populace should decide.

What's not in the strategy

Strident, overbearing, O'Neil is already touted as a "future PM". Why not, Labor being a party for corporate and educated elites.