According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), there were 480,100 job vacancies in Australia in May, an increase of more than 100 percent from February 2020 prior to Australia closing its international border
The Australian government has flagged an increase to the country’s migrant intake. Brendan O’Connor, minister for skills and training, said the new Labour government was considering raising the annual migration cap from its current level of 160,000 with more skilled migrants, including health care workers and IT specialists to address labor shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), there were 480,100 job vacancies in Australia in May, an increase of more than 100 percent from February 2020 prior to Australia closing its international border.
The increase in the migrant cap is expected to be formalized in the federal budget after October this year
The new migrant cap will be canvassed among trade unions and employer groups at the government’s jobs and skills summit in September. “We’ve got a big job ahead to address the skills crisis but Labor will do more to train the local workforce and crack down on the exploitation of foreign workers,” O’Connor said recently.
He also insisted standards would not be dropped. “We do have to be more sophisticated in measuring people’s competencies,” he told Nine Entertainment newspapers. “Everywhere we look there are shortages: the traditional trades, advanced manufacturing, retail, tourism, the tech industry, aged care, doctors, nurses.”
The increase in the migrant cap is expected to be formalized in the federal budget after October this year.
*********************************************************************
Readers
These are extraordinary times. All of us have to rely on high-impact, trustworthy journalism. And this is especially true of the Indian Diaspora. Members of the Indian community overseas cannot be fed with inaccurate news.
Pravasi Samwad is a venture that has no shareholders. It is the result of an impassioned initiative of a handful of Indian journalists spread around the world. We have taken the small step forward with the pledge to provide news with accuracy, free from political and commercial influence. Our aim is to keep you, our readers, informed about developments at ‘home’ and across the world that affect you.
Please help us to keep our journalism independent and free.
In these difficult times, to run a news website requires finances. While every contribution, big or small, will makes a difference, we request our readers to put us in touch with advertisers worldwide. It will be a great help.
For more information: pravasisamwad00@gmail.com