Skills Shortages
Threat to boom times; Call for more skilled migrant labour
BY TERRY SIM
A SHORTAGE of skilled labour could limit development of south-west projects estimated at $8 billion, a skilled migrant program manager said this week.
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Labor rule can't save unions
IT should be a fine time to be a union leader in Australia. Having bankrolled Labor victories in every state and territory and ejected the evil anti-union conservatives from Canberra, the planets are aligned for a revival of union power under a Rudd Labor Government. Now consider the real world. Even with the ALP running the country, union relevance is anything but assured. And unions know it. That's why strikes are back in fashion. But recent attempts by unions to flex their muscle to prove they still matter, only confirm that they probably don't.
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TASMANIA faces a skilled labour crisis as baby boomers leave the workforce, says demographer Natalie Jackson.
Employers should implement workplace reforms to tackle declining employee numbers or risk losing their businesses, Dr Jackson told a conference in Launceston yesterday.
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Australia needs Pinoys to fill 300,000 job vacancies
MANILA, Philippines - With the continued labor shortage foreseen in the next ten years, Australia said that it prefers thousands of skilled Filipino workers to fill up the 300,000 job vacancies in its southern region.
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RUDD GOVERNMENT SHOULD REJECT CFMEU 457 VISA PROPOSAL
July 25, 2008
The Coalition today called on the Rudd Government to reject the calls of the CFMEU for unions to vet 457 visa sponsors.
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State and Territory Skill Shortages lists
DEEWR produces lists of shortages for each State and Territory which can be accessed from the state and territory list below.
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Visa 457 Q&A
July 18, 2008
The ATA has published a comprehensive set of questions and answers about the ins and outs of the complex Visa 457 regulations for those trying to work here in Australia as a truck driver.
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Jobs coup in 50,000 Filipino worker deal for SA
By: Michael Owen, Political Reporter
July 10, 2008
ADELAIDENOW SCOOP: AN IMMIGRATION agreement with the Philippines will deliver up to 50,000 skilled workers to South Australia over the next decade.
Deputy Premier Kevin Foley, who is on a nine-day trade mission to Malaysia and the Philippines, told The Advertiser yesterday a memorandum of understanding between the two governments would help streamline the immigration process.
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Builders question relevance of backpackers to labour shortage
Tuesday 01 July 2008
Builders are questioning how effective a new initiative to extend working visas for tourists will assist alleviating the industry’s labour shortages.
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Minister urges states to boost sponsored skilled migration
Friday 4 July 2008
The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, will today (Friday) urge the states and territories to boost their use of state-sponsored skilled migration to meet labour market demands.
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Nursing shortage now reaching critical levels across rural regions
By Angela Roche
2/07/2008 8:39:00 AM
THE North West is among the regions affected by an increasing shortage of nursing staff.
Reports by Sydney media on the weekend claimed that by 2012 the State could have a shortage of 10,000 nurses.
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Maccas looks overseas to recruit new staff
By Paul Maley
June 25, 2008 01:58am
- Australia is suffering a skills shortage
- Now fast food joints can't find workers
- McDonalds and KFC recruiting from overseas
AUSTRALIA'S skills crisis has reached alarming new levels with fast-food giants McDonald's and KFC forced to use the controversial 457 skilled visa program to recruit staff.
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457 visa influx not heading to farms
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
The numbers of people coming into Australia under the government's 457 work visa program has jumped more than 30 per cent in the last two months.
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300,000 skilled workers needed - Evans
May 17, 2008 06:13pm
AUSTRALIA'S economy cannot continue to grow without a lot more skilled migrant workers, Immigration Minister Chris Evans says.
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Skills shortage hurting economy: survey
April 24, 2008 - 4:53PM
The Australian workforce needs another 200,000 full-time employees so skills shortages do not put firms at risk of losing their competitive edge, a report says.
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Nurse shortfall to hit 14,000
Tony Moore | April 22, 2008 - 5:07AM
Queensland will be 14,000 nurses short in seven years with Australian nurses being lured overseas by higher wages.
Graduate nurses working in the United States can earn from $A50,000 and in Canada from $A51,790.
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Relax visas for semi-skilled, says Leighton chief
Tim Dick | April 18, 2008
IMMIGRATION laws should be relaxed to allow foreign semi-skilled workers to fill shortages, says Wal King, chief executive of construction giant Leighton Holdings.
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