Calls for one million extra people in the Australian workforce

The skills shortage in Australia’s economy is beinginfrastructure, child-care and age impediments to work,
labelled the “success disease” and the Businessthe Age newspaper reports. The tight Australian labour
Council of Australia has called on the new governmentmarket has led to booming Australian immigration.
to bring at least one million extra people into theBT 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 Australianyou only get it when the economy has done well.”
immigration.Macquarie Bank economist Rory Robertson talked
The skills shortage in Australia’s economy is beingabout “the ongoing strength of domestic demand,
labelled the “success disease” and the Businesscombined with the ongoing tightness of the labour
Council of Australia has called on the new governmentmarket”. Australian National University economist
to bring at least one million extra people into theand labour market expert Bob Gregory agreed that
workforce to lift productivity. Australia’s economicskilled labour is now very hard to find.
boom is fuelling demand for skilled AustralianThe 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 thatabout visa and it's application.
the government must remove financial, tax,