Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie has singled out the number of 457 visas as a reason for what she sees as a lack of employment opportunity in Australia.
Senator Lambie is wrong. This fact check is based on research from a previous fact check regarding the number of 457 visas. It has been updated with new government data. Department of Immigration statistics show that the number of people who have been granted 457 visas (primary and secondary) which would still be valid as at the date of the last publicly available information — March 31, 2016 — was 415,103. The number of people who were actually using the visas in Australia on that date was 177,390.
Fact check: Are there 'over a million 457s' in Australia?
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