Local training is the best long-term solution to Australia's skills shortages – not increased migration

  • Written by: Pi-Shen Seet, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University
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In mid October, the New South Wales government’s top beaureacrats urged new Premier Dominic Perrottet to push for “an aggressive resumption of immigration levels” to spur post-pandemic economic recovery.

Industry seized on this as the answer to skills shortages that have resulted from Australia’s border closures....

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