NSW businesses cry “skills shortages” as wages flounder

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Over half of NSW businesses are experiencing skills shortages according to Bob Hawes – CEO of Hunter Business Chamber:

Over half of NSW businesses are experiencing skill shortages, according to the NSW Business Chamber’s 2019 Workforce Skills Survey…

The survey found there was the equivalent of 82,000 job vacancies across the state due to skill shortages, with mining, agriculture, forestry and fishing, transport, postal and warehousing and manufacturing the key industries affected.

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About the author
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.