There was tellingly little outcry from business groups as the federal government promoted itself as tightening the tap on access to global workers.
Even as the government put up a No Vacancy sign to the world’s goat herders, turf growers, deer farmers, blacksmiths, wool buyers, historians, potters and sculptors some industries were breathing a sigh of relief that the crackdown on the controversial 457 scheme didn’t go further.
