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A skills shortage? Many of the skilled workers the nation needs are already living here.

620,000 workers who could solve our skills crisis are hiding in plain sight

Hundreds of thousands of overseas-trained workers living in Australia have the skills we desperately need. We just need to activate them.

  • Melinda Cilento and Violet Roumeliotis

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Workers pulling together pre-fabricated building parts.

Hopes pinned on pre-fab homes as building pipeline hits $213 billion

A blowout in construction costs since the pandemic continues to weigh on building costs. The government hopes pre-fab homes might ease price pressures.

  • Shane Wright and David Crowe
Judy McMahon, the owner of Catalina Restaurant in Rose Bay, relies on foreign hospitality students.

‘Australians don’t want to do the work’: Top restaurants slam migration crackdown

Judy McMahon, owner of Rose Bay harbourside restaurant Catalina, said more than half of her employees were on visas.

  • Daniella White
Sussan Ley and Michael Sukkar have both claimed Labor are allowing yoga teachers to enter Australia while denying entry to tradies.

Coalition stretches facts in yoga workers housing row

A Coalition claim about an influx of foreign yoga teachers has been debunked by official figures.

  • David Crowe
The building industry faces a chronic shortage of workers in coming years.

Decade-long shortfall of tradies tipped to undermine nation’s housing push

Build Skills Australia warns the government’s ambitious housing target of 1.2 million homes over five years faces major challenges.

  • Olivia Ireland
Aged care.

‘A knife fight for staff’: Nurse shortage threatens aged care fix

There could be a shortage of 13,000 nurses in the aged care sector by 2030. The national nursing federation says the industry has to do more to attract and retain nurses.

  • David Crowe
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Fatin Alrawi has not been able to use her engineering qualifications since migrating to Australia.

The fixable problem that would boost wages and deliver $9b extra for economy

About 44 per cent of permanent migrants, including Fatin Alrawi, are working below their qualification level. The economic cost is huge.

  • Matt Wade
Italian-born teacher Luca has been denied a permanent residency visa because he has been diagnosed with HIV.

Luca is a teacher in a skills crisis, but his HIV means he’s not allowed to stay

The Italian national has the skills the country needs, but he says he has been barred from permanent residency by a discriminatory policy.

  • Angus Thompson
Dr Amy Lee said subsidies for pet care for those on low incomes would help alleviate ethical dilemmas vets face.

Medicare for pets? Government urged to consider subsidising vet fees

The state government should consider subsidising pet care to address burnout, stress and suicide among vets, a NSW parliamentary inquiry recommends.

  • Amber Schultz
Cuts to permanent skilled migration would slash government tax intakes by up to $211 billion over 30 years.

Coalition cuts to skilled migrants would cost country $211 billion

Cuts to permanent migration would ease rental pressures slightly over 10 years, but it would have a large impact on government revenue.

  • Rachel Clun

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