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Anger At Entry Of Skilled Workers

21 April 1995

The ACTU president, Mr Martin Ferguson, has demanded that the Federal Government stop issuing visas to foreign skilled workers recruited to take the jobs of Australians. He said yesterday it was an "absolute disgrace" that the Department of Immigration had allowed guest workers to enter.. read full story

Cooking Up A New Start In Life At A Werribee Cafe

13 April 1995

Glenn Luke spent four years as an apprentice chef, meeting what he thought was the necessary requirement for a career in Melbourne's restaurant trade. But the day he qualified simply became the day he joined Victoria's legion of jobless. ``Everywhere I went I got told I wasn't experienced enoug.. read full story

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