Australia's 'needlessly complex' skilled migration system should be revamped to ensure the nation can attract the workers it needs, a new report says.
Report lead author David Rumbens said government spending had buoyed the labour market but warned it was now largely up to the private sector to keep it going.
"More than net 29,000 people arrived in the December 2021 quarter, although that only unwinds around 26 per cent of the net 113,000 people lost to overseas migration over the previous 18 months.", Deloitte partner Fiona Webb urged Australia to show it was "open for business" by cutting red tape.This was in the context, the report found, of the economy shifting to a more skilled and knowledge-based workforce, with jobs in the sector forecast to grow around 2.
"The highest order priority is to clearly signal to the world that Australia is open for business. Our pandemic-era border policies created a lingering level of uncertainty among potential skilled migrants.
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