Even on the most optimistic estimates, there will not be enough Australians to fill a forecast boom in digital economy jobs, a new report from the Productivity Commission says.
Slow internet speeds and low uptake of innovative technologies are contributing to lacklustre rates of productivity growth, according to a new Productivity Commission report endorsing skilled migration as a solution to Australia’s shortage of tech-savvy workers.
“We will be training as many people domestically through both the VET system, through a range of the unaccredited vendor providers ... and through the university system,” Dr King said. The Australian Council of Trade Unions supports expanding the program to 200,000 workers, conditional on the government making other changes to the skilled migration program, including lifting the salary floor for temporary skilled migrants to $90,900 and abolishing visa conditions that tie workers to a single employer.to train a local worker for every skilled migrant they take on, and that the migrant will be made a default member of the relevant union, to guard against exploitation.
“Next week’s jobs and skills summit provides an opportunity to discuss how business innovation and investments in new technology can lift productivity growth,” he said.
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