Ahead of the upcoming employment and skills summit, Australia’s business groups have stepped up pressure on the Albanese Government to open the immigration floodgates, demanding the cap on skilled permanent migration be doubled to 200,000 a year, and end to skilled occupation lists and labour market testing, and the rapid processing of visas:
Employers are calling for an urgent ramp-up of skilled migrants as a priority fix at Labor’s jobs summit in September…
Quick wins sought by business include a temporary two-year increase in skilled migration to 200,000 places a year, and making temporary skilled migration more accessible and responsive to employer needs by scrapping the so-called targeted occupation eligibility list…
