Migration Council chair pumps more skills shortage propaganda

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By Leith van Onselen

Once again, the chair of the Migration Council of Australia (MCA) and big business lobbyist for the Australian Industry Group (AIG), Innes Willox, has penned an article in The Australian claiming that skills shortages are widespread, thus necessitating ongoing mass immigration, while also hypocritically bemoaning high youth labour underutilisation:

Just as skill shortages become more widespread, permanent and temporary skilled migration levels are at threat of populist political reaction. Regulatory restrictions in this area are already adding to the cost of doing business and threatening growth plans…

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.