The government today announced it's going to slash the number of skilled migrants allowed into Australia to "save local jobs",

"We don't want people coming in who are going to compete with Australians for limited jobs."

Senator Evans says he sees little chance of a change to policy next year.

"What we'll look to do is run a smaller program and keep the capacity to make sure we can bring in any labour we might need as the year develops," he said.

Surely the opposition would object to this, given that the economics behind it are completely false? Nope, not our Malcolm,

Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says the Government should act to cut further if unemployment worsens.

"We've been calling for the Government to cut its immigration intake for months now in light of the worsening economic situation so this is a welcome move," he said.

"It's good that they've finally recognised the gravity to the threats to jobs in Australia and acted to reduce the immigration intake."

...and of course the union has chipped in with their thoughts as well,

The ACTU says it is prudent to make the cuts when unemployment is on the rise.

If the goal of both sides of the political fence is to impoverish us as a nation, then a job well done to all involved! This is just further evidence that neither side has a clue about what's going on and the whole political system in Australia is a sham: left, right - the only difference is who they steal from and who they 'redistribute' to.