A Labor MP has called on the government to issue tens of thousands more spouse and partner visas as a way of kickstarting permanent migration and economic growth after the pandemic.
The comments from backbencher Julian Hill - who sits on the Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Migration - come amid fierce debate within the federal opposition over shadow home affairs minister Kristina Keneally's plea to "put Australian workers first" through an overhaul of the migration program post-COVID.
How do clowns like this get elected? he is in the labor party and wants to take jobs away from Australians
