Australia’s Role in the Global Governance of Migrant Labour

2017 Foreign Policy White Paper – Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

25 Pages Posted: 5 Nov 2018

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Giovanni Di Lieto

Monash University, Business School, Department of Business Law and Taxation

Date Written: 2017

Abstract

It is in Australia’s best interest to promote and spearhead an international body dealing with issues of migration for the purposes of employment, here called the “Organization for Migrant Labour” (OML) for purposes of simplicity.

The OML is seen here as the missing link in the international economic law area in comparison to a labour equivalent of the World Trade Organization.

The hypothetical institutional architecture here proposed is grounded in current political and legal realities, thus taking into account the core normative issues, problems and literature that in recent times have emerged at the institutional, policy and scholarly levels.

Accordingly, the following analysis seeks to tackle the major issue of state/OML interface, namely the extent to which Australia might derogate border sovereignty, as well as the effects of a globally structured migrant labour and its transnational arrangements on Australian social security aspects.

Effectively, this submission argues that assuming leadership in the global migration governance discourse should be framed and justified in terms of reclaiming Australia’s sovereignty, rather than ceding it.

Keywords: Migrant Labour, Australian Foreign Policy, International Economic Law

JEL Classification: K33, F02, F5, F6

Suggested Citation

Di Lieto, Giovanni, Australia’s Role in the Global Governance of Migrant Labour (2017). 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper – Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3266294 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3266294

Giovanni Di Lieto (Contact Author)

Monash University, Business School, Department of Business Law and Taxation ( email )

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