Foreign workers are continuing to earn more than locals as Australia's immigration pace soars to a new record high. Foreign workers are continuing to earn more than locals as Australia's immigration pace soars to a new record high (pictured is a stock image of a fruit picker)Australia's immigration surge has coincided with five years of flat wages. The CEDA research also found 42 per cent of temporary skilled migrants earned more than $78,000 a year, compared with 35 per cent of permanent skilled migrants. 'Temporary skilled visa holders experience better labour market outcomes than other migrants,' it said in its report, 'Effects of temporary migration'. It noted that 70 per cent of temporary migrants lived in Australia's two biggest states.

Source: Daily Mail July 15, 2019 05:03 UTC