Some time ago, Chinese friends working in Australia were cheering at the extension of their visas and the relaxation of their age requirements.
In just two months, however, the Australian Federation of Trade unions (ACFTU) came out again as a demon!
To create more jobs for local residents, they are pushing for the abolition of working holiday visas.
This abolition, of course, is not a complete abolition, but a reduction in duration from two years to one year.
That means that people who hold a holiday visa for work will no longer have a policy that they can renew it for another year under certain conditions!
Perhaps some friends are not very familiar with this visa, first give everyone a science popularization.
What is a part-time holiday visa?
Working vacation visa (Work and Holiday Visa), is generally referred to as WHV, visa belongs to 462 visa.
Since 2015, Australia`s government has offered 5000 visas a year for young Chinese to work on vacation, which will be opened three times a year, or about 1500 per year.
(photo source: Australian Embassy website)
What can I do with this visa?
(photo source: Australian Immigration Service website)
What are the requirements for visa application?
(photo source: Australian Immigration Service website)
Although the application requirement is not high, but the most difficult is to snatch the quota. Especially in such a large number of China, luck is particularly important. After all, there are only 1500 places per time.
Still, having such a visa will give more Chinese young people a chance to come to Australia and realize their dream of working while vacationing, which is a good experience.
Recently, the union`s proposal to abolish a working holiday visa was met with strong protest and discontent from all sides of Australia, particularly farm organizations and tourism agencies.
They argue that working vacation visas are crucial to economic in rural areas.
1. The professions will face a shortage of technicians
Osmond, chief executive of the Travel and Transportation Forum, said Australia faced a "significant" shortage of skilled workers in all occupations and that the sector was particularly desperate for skilled workers to help fill the gap.
The abolition of a working holiday visa would jeopardize the chances of 36,000 backpackers working in tourism or fruit picking and agricultural manual work remaining in Australia.
(photo source: solar Herald)
Those who come to Australia on a working holiday visa form an important part of Australia`s tourism workforce, especially in Australia`s rural areas, where they are important members.
2. Farm wasteland is serious
It is fruit harvesting season, but the farm lacks enough pickers, which will lead to hundreds of tons of vegetables and fruit being allowed to rot in the fields.
(fruit damaged by ice cannon in the middle of last month)
Agricultural minister David Littleproud said it was difficult to find local residents willing to do the job, so more backpackers were needed to help solve the problem of understaffing.
3. Tourism may lose hundreds of millions of dollars
You know, the vast majority of backpackers` income will be spent in Australia, and much of it will be spent in rural areas.
A total of three hundred and eight thousand nine hundred and ninety nine migrant vacationers have come to Australia over the past year, injecting A $3.1 billion into economic, according to data.
Migrant vacationers spend as much as A $10, 000 per person, which means that the loss of tourism in Australia could be as high as 360 million if the second year`s holiday visa is cancelled.
(photo source: solar Herald)
The state`s best tourist attractions and agricultural communities will also suffer millions of Australian dollars in losses, after all, nearly half of backpackers who work in Australia have spent some time in the state.
(figure source: network)
So, is a working holiday visa really perfect for overseas friends?
If you look closely at it, it may not be.
1. Thousands of backpackers sent to remote areas
Thousands of backpackers are expected to be sent to work in remote areas to pick fruit and care for animals, according to a federal government visa scheme to address the shortage of farm staff.
And the so-called remote areas, the Immigration Department gives clear scope: throughout the Northern Territory, Western Australia and the north of Queensland. And in the future these areas may be expanded to cover key remote areas of New, Kunzhou, Victoria, and Western Australia, as well as the Northern Territory, South Australia, and Talla!
2. Serious exploitation by employers
Seasonal employee subsidies will be reduced to A $300 from the current A $500 and labour market tests will double to six months.
Many people think that the job signing has become slave signing, this is only the exploitation of Australia`s government!
Some time ago, Australian media on expose in the history of the largest scale of exploitation! Said a large number of foreign students and overseas workers were exploited by employers and owed 1 billion Australian dollars in salary!
Look at two real cases.
Rodolphe Lafont, who holds a holiday visa to work in France, works on a farm in Victoria to help farmers pick fruit. When he learned that his salary was only A $5 an hour, he chose silence.
He didn`t want to appeal to lawer for his rights because it was too much trouble and money. In addition, he did not want the labourers to be hurt by the original reward, in vain.
Jannik Lasschlott, a German man who worked on a farm in the new state, chose to file a complaint with Fair Work because he could not stand the worst living conditions, and he was fired.
After reading these, the so-called working vacation, as if not so beautiful as imagined.
The intensity of work and the low pay of salary abound. And even endure the harsh living environment for a long time.
Most of the time is a part-time job, so where does the holiday come from?
And in Australia, where the cost of living is so high, the chances of making money are far less likely.
Today, I would also like to remind Chinese friends who hold working vacation visas.
In the face of unfair treatment, do not choose to swallow,
We should learn to take effective measures to safeguard our legitimate rights and interests.
