CFMEU rout could pave way for foreign tradies to ease housing crunch
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke will consider calls to fast-track skilled foreign tradies arriving in Australia to help boost housing supply, a shift made politically easier for the government by the weakening of the scandal-hit CFMEU.
Industry leaders and teal independent MP Allegra Spender want the Albanese government to streamline immigration rights for construction workers to ease a shortfall amid the country’s housing supply crunch.
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