Now is the time for the government to act by extending foreign workers’ visas, encouraging international students to return and motiving skilled migrants to call Australia home.
is the biggest obstacle to Australia’s economic recovery. In a globally competitive environment, we need to make sure Australia is renowned as a great place to work, build a career and base your business.
We need to motivate international students to return to our shores and those who are here to stay longer.pipeline and this is welcome. But more needs to be done now to ensure we take advantage of any post-COVID economic boom. Our solutions are practical, simple and will boost economic development, putting us in pole position to compete with nations such as Canada that are far ahead when it comes to attracting skilled talent.
First, we need to reward those international workers on temporary visas that are due to expire in the next 12 months with a further automatic two-year extension that is rolled over and requires no application or fee, thereby easing pressure on our migration system. This is the least we can do to thank these skilled migrants for sticking with us during such a difficult time away from their families and home country.
We don’t have the luxury of a year to clear this backlog and, as international flight costs soar out of control, we need to consider bringing back direct incentives of past decades to get this critical human supply crunch under control again. It not only needs to be quick, it must also be easy and affordable to come here to work.
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