The Liberals are in a make-it-or-break-it moment, following more than a year of slumping polling numbers and at most a year left before the next federal election.
The government has rigged the market for industry, with the influx of cheap foreign labour suppressing the capacity for domestic workers to bargain for better wages and working conditions.
While the government waits for proposals to fix the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, many migrant workers across the country are suffering from abuse and praying for a shot at permanent residency.