| The skills shortage in Australia’s economy is being | | | | infrastructure, child-care and age impediments to work, |
| labelled the “success disease” and the Business | | | | the Age newspaper reports. The tight Australian labour |
| Council of Australia has called on the new government | | | | market has led to booming Australian immigration. |
| to bring at least one million extra people into the | | | | BT Financial Group chief economist Chris Caton said: |
| workforce to lift productivity. Australia’s economic | | | | “Skills shortages are of course a success disease - |
| boom is fuelling demand for skilled Australian | | | | you only get it when the economy has done well.” |
| immigration. | | | | Macquarie Bank economist Rory Robertson talked |
| The skills shortage in Australia’s economy is being | | | | about “the ongoing strength of domestic demand, |
| labelled the “success disease” and the Business | | | | combined with the ongoing tightness of the labour |
| Council of Australia has called on the new government | | | | market”. Australian National University economist |
| to bring at least one million extra people into the | | | | and labour market expert Bob Gregory agreed that |
| workforce to lift productivity. Australia’s economic | | | | skilled labour is now very hard to find. |
| boom is fuelling demand for skilled Australian | | | | The article was published by the advertiser of national |
| immigration. | | | | visa. The Australian Working Visa and Australia |
| … | | | | Migration were created to guide and inform people |
| The council released a report this week arguing that | | | | about visa and it's application. |
| the government must remove financial, tax, | | | | |