Biggest 457 visa losers? Small business
Foreign lawyers, accountants, cooks and programmers - the biggest users of 457 visas - will all still be allowed under the new rules which add red tape that will hurt small employers.
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RBA's new headache as first buyers boom
The growth increases the headache for the RBA, which finds itself hamstrung by a galloping housing market and weak labour market.
Quality stocks are 'going cheap'
Many of Australia's best companies can now be bought without the premium that normally accompanies quality stocks, Morgan Stanley says.
Fragile gas unity shatters before meeting
The superficial display of unity between east coast gas producers over the domestic gas squeeze has shattered heading into the second CEOs meeting in Canberra.
Markets Live: ASX looks to bounce
Investors are snapping up sold-down iron ore miners and telco stocks as the ASX bounces off its lows.
Big banks support scrapping sales incentives
The banks have pledged to do away with incentive payments that rely on meeting sales targets.
Tech firms betrayed by 'innovation' PM
Abolishing 457 visas exacerbates the difficult task of attracting top talent and is a complete U-turn from the innovation-friendly Prime Min...
Visa crackdowns cultural not economic
Championing the protection of jobs and wages of local workers has figured prominently in the global backlash against immigration in the US, ...
Why every professional services firm should split in two
The entire professional services industry is splitting in two; there's the the high-end work and the grunt work that clients see as a commod...
Galaxy S8: so good your eyeballs will pop
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