Thinktank calls on government to streamline visas to address ‘Covid-induced drag’ on migration system
Australia’s net overseas migration will not fully recover until 2024 as the nation faces a “cumulative” loss of more than 600,000 people due largely to the pandemic, an economic thinktank says.
Ahead of the jobs and skills summit on Thursday and Friday, Ceda has proposed that various lists of skills shortages that qualify for different visas should be consolidated into one, or replaced by a wage threshold and jobs matching mechanisms.It has called for an essential skills visa to provide a boost to the aged care, childcare, disability and healthcare workforces.
The education minister, Jason Clare, on Tuesday suggested some of Australia’s workforce shortages could be eased by allowing international students to stay longer.
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