In an effort to address Australia's skilled worker shortage, there have been calls for the federal government to significantly increase the minimum salary temporary sponsored migrants can receive.
, there have been calls for the federal government to significantly increase the minimum salary temporary sponsored migrants can receive.
"There does need to be verification that the job offer and the payment amount is commensurate to what an Australian worker would receive in that job." "If you set the wage threshold too high, the risk is obviously that businesses can't attract skilled workers, but also you lose the ability to recruit people who often then form the bedrock of the permanent skilled migration program down the track, earning much higher salaries."
The Grattan Institute has suggested Australia's skilled migration system move away from being focused on a list of occupations to opening it up to any higher-wage workers.
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