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Farrel met the visiting journalists from India, at the Australian Parliament in Canberra
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“Just as Australia is trying to get access to India’s agriculture market, India is seeking to access the Australian labour market.”
— Senator Don Farrel, Australia’s Minister for Trade and Tourism
Australia is looking at the whole system of visa structure which may help provide India with greater access to its labour market, according to Australia’s Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator Don Farrel, reported newindianexpress.com.
Farrel, who met the visiting journalists from India, at the Australian Parliament in Canberra, said that just as Australia was trying to get access to India’s agriculture market, India was seeking to access the Australian labour market.
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“We do need some allies and India presents the opportunity. We are an Island nation and we can increase jobs by increasing trade and not becoming protectionist.” Farrel
“This is always a sensitive issue in Australia. Were happy to look at that. We are reviewing the whole structure of the visa system. There are something like 120 different visas in the Australian system and we are hoping to simplify it. During Covid, around a million visas could not be processed. The pending number of visas has been reduced and we trying to reduce it further. We are looking at how we design a fit-for-purpose migration system. There is an excellent opportunity for young Indian workers, especially in the digital space.”
To a query on whether the Indian investments in coal and gas would be hit following Australia’s transition to green energy, the minister ruled out that it could have an impact in the short term. However, in the long term, “Australia will be phasing out fossil fuels and ramping up its industry but not any time soon,” he said.
“We do need some allies and India presents the opportunity. We are an Island nation and we can increase jobs by increasing trade and not becoming protectionist,” Farrel said. “We are in the process of increasing the trade. The first month after ECTA was signed, a total of AUD (Australian dollar) 2.5 bn goods went into India at lower tariffs. It is a positive outcome. We want access to agriculture market.”
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