“Australians First”: Australia abolishing 457 temporary skilled worker visa 9 years ago
This is not necessarily a bad thing.
I think most Australians would be aghast that 'foreign nationals' are taking the places of Australians on competitive fellowship grants like the ARC DECRA. Out of 200 fellowships 60 are given to foreign nationals, i.e., 30%.
Personally, I think it is a bad idea to give this type of grant to a foreign national as the researcher will most likely leave Australia once the fellowship is finished as they have little to keep them in the country (extended family, etc). I've seen it so many times...
http://www.arc.gov.au/selection-report-discovery-early-caree...