Sheila Newman: Kennett population policy, numbers and flow-ons: Regional migration and industrial law under Kennett
Video inside: This article is the text of a speech by Sheila Newman about how Kennett Government policies pushed up population growth in Victoria and Australia. Whilst many people remained for a long time under the impression that immigration numbers were a Federal domain, he began the practise of using regional migration definitions to attract people to urban Melbourne. He also de-toothed Victorian industrial law, affecting wages, condition and enforcement. The new interpretation of regional migration was adapted by other States and territories. Kennett's attack on Victorian industrial laws would ultimately pave the way for Workchoices and a much less effective system for ensuring that imported workers were not paid less than Australians, creating a new pull-factor in Australia.
Topic:
- Australia's population problem
- Victoria's population problem
- Kennett's immigration policy
- Kennett's industrial laws
- Jeff Kennett
- counter-growth lobby
- democracy alert
- Melbourne's population problem
- Melbourne's democracy problem
- property development under Kennett
- local government under Kennett
- industrial law
- constitutional law
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