{
  "id": 13829539,
  "title": "Australia has too much low-skilled immigration",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/australia-has-too-much-low-skilled-immigration",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T00:00:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/10/australia-has-too-much-low-skilled-immigration/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Australia’s immigration system is overwhelmingly geared towards lower-skilled workers. Every skilled permanent visa class allows the primary applicant to include a spouse/partner and dependent children as secondary applicants. Even though they are counted in the skilled stream, secondary applicants do not need a skills assessment, meet occupation list requirements, a points test, or meet minimum…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}