Two years ago, we praised WA Premier, Mark McGowan, for standing up for workers and demanding the federal government remove Perth from the Regional Sponsorship Migration Scheme, thus effectively preventing a pathway for overseas workers to gain a visa:
At the time, the McGowan Government also trimmed the state’s skilled migration list, slashing it to just 18 eligible occupations from 178 previously:
Mr McGowan said in the current economic climate it did not make sense to give jobs to migrants ahead of West Australians.
