A hung Parliament means that it is unlikely that Carer visas and the Aged Parent visa will be culled for the time being.
It is also unlikely that the Labor drive to crush the 457 visa will have any momentum.
The downside will be that urgent reform and simplification of the statutory scheme will likely be stalled.
This election result will give RMAs better access to their local member who hopefully will be more responsive to their constituents legitimate concerns regarding the clients and the frankly unfair and totally capricious ministerial intervention guidelines
Local federal members will need to get back to the basics and gird their loins for the next election which may be likely sooner rather than lately.
what do you think?