“People are ready to go and, if we don’t get in early, we might miss the boat and other countries like the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand will get access to [migrant] workers,” says Aged Care Workforce Industry Council's Louise O’Neill.
Australia could “miss the boat” in the global race to recruit aged care workers unless the federal government adjusts migration rules, as research shows the labour shortage in the sector has doubled since the depths of the coronavirus pandemic.
O’Neill said she would raise the labour agreement proposal in a meeting with Aged Care Assistant Minister Ged Kearney next week after productive discussions with bureaucrats and providers before the election. The Committee for Economic Development of Australia will on Tuesday release a report warning the aged care staffing crisis is deepening and that an extra 43,000 workers are needed within a year to deliver the government’s promised minimum staffing levels.
CEDA senior economist Cassandra Winzar said it would be extremely difficult to deliver the government’s staffing promise without proactively recruiting overseas workers amid fierce international competition for labour.
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