Speak English !, page-21

Haha Wonganella on the whole you know the Chinese that come to Australia are comparatively high achievers.
The 19 that Rabbitoh says were on 457 visas for 10 years sounds strange to me. Firstly are people able to be on continuous 457 visas for 10 years and can we just accept the claim made that after 10 years they cannot communicate in English? Maybe its a case of having trouble with the accent or maybe ears need syringing
to improve hearing quality. Our hearing does deteriorate in older age and some are reluctant to get a hearing aid.