Labor should lift the annual skilled migration intake beyond 195,000 to make up for the missing workers who were unable to relocate to during the pandemic.
Labor should lift the annual permanent migration intake beyond 195,000 to make up for the hundreds of thousands of missing workers who were unable to relocate to Australia during the pandemic, business advocates say., Deloitte is calling on Labor to bring more skilled workers into the country and consider scrapping labour market testing.
“Migration always needs to be a demand-driven program, and at present the demand is such that you could go beyond that [195,000] cap,” she told“This demand is really going to be here for at least three to five years, while businesses look at things like different training models, apprenticeships, [and] automation.”
While the strategy worked, delays processing visas at the Department of Home Affairs mean the applicants won’t arrive any time soon. “Government should continue to leverage this advantage by ensuring efficient and cost-effective visa settings so that businesses can attract the skilled workers they need,” Mr McKellar said.
“We have one client that’s had to put on a part-time resource to track their responses because they have an obligation to reply to everyone who applies for these roles” she said.
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