Skilled temporary foreign workers in Australia earn more: study

Updated March 21, 2008 19:35:11

New figures show temporary skilled workers being brought into Australia are earning above average wages, but Australian unions say many workers being brought in to Australia, mainly from Asia, are still being underpaid and exploited.

Presenter: Girish Sawlani
Speaker: Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Jeff Lawrence; Professor Phil Lewis, director, Centre for Labour Market Research, University of Canberra