Jason Soon from Catallaxy says, "If we’re going to have a test to get into Australia, it might as well be an IQ test than this pointless reeling out of facts and wet propaganda. But then we know that’s not on the cards as this SMH story says: ‘Those aged under 18 or over 60 and people with physical and mental incapacities would not have to sit the test. People with low literacy would take it in an alternative format’. So what’s the point of it?"
If you have an IQ test and the cut off is, say, 100 then statistically half of the people cannot get in. Firms in Australia may want skills that have nothing to do with IQ, e.g. a factory may want someone who is able to sort sausages or a farm may want someone with the ability to pick fruit. The test will have the same effect as taxation or tariff in that it will put a wedge into the labor market and make it less competitive.
However, Howard needs something to distract people from IR, so it needs to be done for political reasons.
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