17 May 2016

Australia's diverse changes in overseas worker programs discussed

Recent changes to overseas worker programs in Australia reflect community and government concern about potential abuses of the program, the effect on the local workforce, and the exploitation of overseas workers. As such, the immigration department has now announced that after taking into consideration stakeholder feedback that it has received, the proposed streamlined short term mobility visa will not be implemented.

A Tax Alert prepared by EY's People Advisory Services group, and attached below, provides additional details.

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Full text of Tax Alert 2016-0877

Document ID: 2016-0877