457 reasons Labor has lost the plot JULIA Gillard's decision to exploit foreign worker xenophobia in western Sydney contradicts her immigration policy, weakens her political authority and reveals yet again the flawed judgment that bedevils Gillard's election agenda. Let's get the facts on the table. Despite Labor's cynical rhetoric it runs an expansive 457 temporary foreign workers visa intake into this country that in January this year totalled 105,325 workers, or 189,784 people when family members are included - far in excess of the Howard years.