'Why would you give me a first extension and not a second one when the borders are still shut and I still cannot make my way to Australia?'
As Australia follows through with its national roadmap to reopening the nation, it has allowed temporary visa holders, skilled migrants and international students to arrive in Australia from last week.
In 2019 Australia recorded 25,350 engineering graduates and almost 75 per cent of them were international students, leaving the country heavily reliant on migrants to fill a skill shortage in the industry. "The reality is that without more people with the right skills that we need, businesses are going to find it harder and harder," CEO of Australian Industry Group Innes Wilcox said.
"Developed economies have, for the last 50 or so years, relied on population growth to drive economic growth," former immigration department deputy secretary Abul Rizvi said.
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