The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit gave holders the right to live and work in the country but did not grant them the right to permanent residence.
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Australia can’t run an uncapped temporary migration program with a capped permanent program and offer all temporary migrants a road to permanent residency.
Australia’s debates about migration tend to focus too much on numbers, and not enough on who we choose. Accepting 30,000 more skilled permanent workers is a good move – but there’s more to be done.
A recent study on the impacts of the 485 visa (which lets international students work temporarily in Australia after graduating) found it attracts many students here. But the outcomes are mixed.
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Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
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Deputy Program Director (Migration), Grattan Institute
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Deakin University
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Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
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Research Fellow at Institute for Democracy Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa, University of Cape Town
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Professor and ARC Future Fellow, School of Education, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Population Geography, University of Adelaide
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Research associate, Grattan Institute
