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Underemployed migrant workers could add $70 billion to economy in next decade
Australia could be better utilising its workforce if it matched skills to jobs more accurately to address skills shortages. Recent research conducted by a non–profit organisation SSI in collaboration with Allianz Australia, LinkedIn, Business NSW, and Business Western Sydney found that over 620,000 migrant workers in the country are not fully utilising their skills despite...
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Australian Government undertaking review of migration points test
The Australian Government’s 2023 migration strategy includes a policy roadmap with eight key actions and over 25 new policy commitments and areas for future reform. One of the key areas of reform is to explore a reformed points test to better identify migrants to fill areas of skills in demand. The discussion paper is now...
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Government introduces plans to overhaul the migration system
Proposed changes include bringing migration back down to sustainable, normal levels. The proposals include boosting productivity, meeting skills shortages and supporting exports, complementing the jobs, wages and conditions of domestic workers and preventing migrant worker exploitation, giving migrants the opportunity to invest in their lives in Australia through permanent residence and citizenship, building stronger economic and...
