PETITION TO INCLUDE TEMPORARY RESIDENTS / SKILLED MIGRANTS IN JOB-KEEPER PAYMENTS
The issue
I am pleading the govt to include the temporary resident visa holder in Australia into job-keeper payments.
They are the skilled force we all need and most importantly they are most vulnerable in today’s COVID crises with no help whatsoever and have families to feed and survive.
Please do not differentiate between PR, citizens and temporary residents when it comes to basic necessities, especially now that survival is in question.
Migrants have always been the backbone of Australian economy. There are more than 2.15 million temporary residents in Australia and mostly are skilled migrants and most eligible workforce.
The two biggest issues they currently face are the non-availability of Centrelink support and Medicare. Of course, they knew this when they were getting their visa but they were more focused on the career opportunities Australia had to offer. Also, as they are skilled and had full working rights, survival under normal circumstances was possible.
But now in the Covid-19 crisis, the lock-down and the closing of international borders they have no place to go. It’s a very suffocating and traumatic situation for temporary residents.
Most temporary residents are skilled migrants who were sent invitations from respective states to come and work in their chose occupation, to the extent that they were prohibited from working or living in different states for up to three years. But now they are left in the lurch with no jobs, no social security and no Medicare support.
To make things worse for them, the government announced the job seeker payments for companies to retain employees and sustain businesses. This also came with the biases of applicability for permanent residents and citizens forcing employers to choose only PR and citizens for calling back to work thereby abandoning the temporary residents.
We cannot deny that temporary residents are extremely valuable to the Australian economy and way of life. They not only pay their tax and medical expenses but also work in numerous sectors where there is a shortage of employees.
The issue
I am pleading the govt to include the temporary resident visa holder in Australia into job-keeper payments.
They are the skilled force we all need and most importantly they are most vulnerable in today’s COVID crises with no help whatsoever and have families to feed and survive.
Please do not differentiate between PR, citizens and temporary residents when it comes to basic necessities, especially now that survival is in question.
Migrants have always been the backbone of Australian economy. There are more than 2.15 million temporary residents in Australia and mostly are skilled migrants and most eligible workforce.
The two biggest issues they currently face are the non-availability of Centrelink support and Medicare. Of course, they knew this when they were getting their visa but they were more focused on the career opportunities Australia had to offer. Also, as they are skilled and had full working rights, survival under normal circumstances was possible.
But now in the Covid-19 crisis, the lock-down and the closing of international borders they have no place to go. It’s a very suffocating and traumatic situation for temporary residents.
Most temporary residents are skilled migrants who were sent invitations from respective states to come and work in their chose occupation, to the extent that they were prohibited from working or living in different states for up to three years. But now they are left in the lurch with no jobs, no social security and no Medicare support.
To make things worse for them, the government announced the job seeker payments for companies to retain employees and sustain businesses. This also came with the biases of applicability for permanent residents and citizens forcing employers to choose only PR and citizens for calling back to work thereby abandoning the temporary residents.
We cannot deny that temporary residents are extremely valuable to the Australian economy and way of life. They not only pay their tax and medical expenses but also work in numerous sectors where there is a shortage of employees.
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Petition created on 30 April 2020