Skills shortage
‘You can earn a decent amount’: Ash has a commerce degree. But now he’s a tradie
Australia is in desperate need of tens of thousands of tradies over the next five years. Fixing the shortage all begins with tackling job snobbery.
- Jenna Price
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As Trump sacks scientists, let’s hire them. His drain is our brain gain
Donald Trump has handed us a golden opportunity. But we’d better act fast.
- Danielle Cave
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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
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
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- Immigration
‘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
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- Jobs
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
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- Industrial relations
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
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- 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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- Workplace culture
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
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