Do skilled migrants help the economy?
6/18/202624 min
There's a lot of heated debate about Australia's immigration program. And so when a new report on the economic outcomes of skilled worker visa holders hit host Carrington Clarke's inbox - he was eager to find out more.
Today on the podcast, Carrington is in conversation with Dr. Peter Varela, research fellow at the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the Australian National University - one of the report's authors.
So what does the data tell us? And does it offer any solutions to improve the productivity of the Australian Labour market?
Also - the government unveils carve outs for CGT. We get Peter Varela's take after his appearance at the Senate Inquiry earlier this week.
Carrington Clarke and Dr. Peter Varela, research fellow at the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the Australian National University, break it all down on ABC Business Daily.
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First 90 secondsCarrington Clarke· Host0:00
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Carrington Clarke· Host0:19
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Peter Varela· Guest0:22
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Carrington Clarke· Host0:24
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Speaker 2· Soundbite0:26
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Carrington Clarke· Host0:29
Search Background Briefing Podcast on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, guys. We've got a special episode of ABC Business Daily for you today. There's so much heated political debate at the moment about Australia's immigration program, and last week I found an email in my inbox which dealt with the economic outcomes for Australia's skilled migration program, and some really interesting insights into how migrants do depending on which visa they get to come over to Australia. So, if you'll bear with us, this is a special episode in a slightly different format than you're used to, but I think you'll really enjoy the chat. So welcome to ABC Business Daily. [upbeat music] I'm Carrington Clark.
Peter Varela· Guest1:17
And I'm Dr. Peter Varella, research fellow at the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the Australian National University.
Carrington Clarke· Host1:23
Peter, thank you so much for joining me on the pod. Give me an idea of what sparked this particular piece of