Budget 2018: Religious groups have won a valuable exemption that means they can hire workers from overseas without paying into the Skilling Australians Fund.
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- Government to claw back $300m from welfare debtors
- Foreign aid frozen but Pacific to get funding bonanza
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Religious organisations will be able to hire temporary migrants as bishops, ministers and religious assistants without paying into a fund designed to support 300,000 Australian apprenticeships.
The Turnbull government announced the Skilling Australians Fund in last year’s budget, but the legislation only passed the Senate on Tuesday afternoon.
