Skilled Migration Programme (457 Visas) to be reformed to improve competitiveness

As part of Australia’s innovation and competitiveness agenda, the 457 visa programme will be reformed to ensure foreign workers supplement rather than substitute Australian workers with a means to fill genuine skills gap in the local labour market as well as a way to help businesses grow.

http://www.minister.immi.gov.au/media/sm/2014/sm218547.htm