Australia Increases Immigration Target Amid Labor Squeeze Global Talent Race

The number of permanent immigrants increased by 35,000 The change was only for one year More funds, staff to speed up visa processing

SYDNEY, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Australia on Friday increased its hiring of permanent migrants to 195,000 this year, up by 35,000, in a bid to help businesses and industries battling widespread staff shortages and reduce reliance on short-term workers. The COVID-19 pandemic has closed the country’s borders for almost two years and, along with an exodus of holiday workers and international students, has left businesses scrambling to find staff to stay afloat. “It doesn’t make sense to bring people in, have them for a few years and then adapt a new team to adapt to the Australian working environment,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters on the sidelines of a government jobs summit in Canberra. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up “We want people … to have a mortgage, start a family, join the Australian family. Immigration is part of our history.” The increase will take effect for the current financial year ending in June 2023 and will bring Australia’s immigration target broadly in line with the annual cap of 190,000 that was in place between 2013 and 2019. This level was reduced by 15% to 160,000 just months before the onset of COVID-19 in an effort to ease urban congestion. The government did not give details of the numbers to follow. The newly elected centre-left Labor government called the two-day summit, calling on business groups and unions to help find solutions to key economic challenges. read more Australia’s unemployment rate is now at a near 50-year low of 3.4%, but labor shortages have contributed to soaring inflation that has depressed real wages. “Covid is presenting us, on a platter, with an opportunity to reform our immigration system that we will never get again. I want us to seize this opportunity,” Home Secretary Claire O’Neill told the summit.

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Australia is competing with other developed economies such as Canada and Germany to attract more highly skilled migrants, with rising demand exacerbated by an aging population. Canada last month said it was on track to exceed its target of granting permanent residency to more than 430,000 people this year, more than double Australia’s target, while Germany is planning reforms to make itself more attractive to skilled workers. . But a spike in visa processing times in Australia has left around a million prospective workers stranded, exacerbating the staffing crisis. read more “We understand that when people wait and wait, the uncertainty can become unmanageable,” Immigration Minister Andrew Giles told the summit. “This is not good enough and reflects a visa system in crisis.” In a bid to speed up visa processing, Giles said the government would spend A$36.1 million ($25 million) to boost its staff capacity by 500 people over the next nine months. Businesses welcomed the government’s efforts. “We are in a global competition for the world’s best talent and the more barriers we remove from the system, the better chance we have of attracting the best people,” said Innes Willox, CEO of the Australian Industry Group. ($1 = 1.4725 Australian dollars) Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up Reporting by Renju Jose and Lewis Jackson. edited by Richard Pullin Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

title: “Australia Increases Immigration Target Amid Labor Squeeze Global Talent Race Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-09” author: “Michelle Osborne”

The number of permanent immigrants increased by 35,000 The change was only for one year More funds, staff to speed up visa processing

SYDNEY, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Australia on Friday increased its hiring of permanent migrants to 195,000 this year, up by 35,000, in a bid to help businesses and industries battling widespread staff shortages and reduce reliance on short-term workers. The COVID-19 pandemic has closed the country’s borders for almost two years and, along with an exodus of holiday workers and international students, has left businesses scrambling to find staff to stay afloat. “It doesn’t make sense to bring people in, have them for a few years and then adapt a new team to adapt to the Australian working environment,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters on the sidelines of a government jobs summit in Canberra. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up “We want people … to have a mortgage, start a family, join the Australian family. Immigration is part of our history.” The increase will take effect for the current financial year ending in June 2023 and will bring Australia’s immigration target broadly in line with the annual cap of 190,000 that was in place between 2013 and 2019. This level was reduced by 15% to 160,000 just months before the onset of COVID-19 in an effort to ease urban congestion. The government did not give details of the numbers to follow. The newly elected centre-left Labor government called the two-day summit, calling on business groups and unions to help find solutions to key economic challenges. read more Australia’s unemployment rate is now at a near 50-year low of 3.4%, but labor shortages have contributed to soaring inflation that has depressed real wages. “Covid is presenting us, on a platter, with an opportunity to reform our immigration system that we will never get again. I want us to seize this opportunity,” Home Secretary Claire O’Neill told the summit.

SPECIAL WORKER COMPETITION

Australia is competing with other developed economies such as Canada and Germany to attract more highly skilled migrants, with rising demand exacerbated by an aging population. Canada last month said it was on track to exceed its target of granting permanent residency to more than 430,000 people this year, more than double Australia’s target, while Germany is planning reforms to make itself more attractive to skilled workers. . But a spike in visa processing times in Australia has left around a million prospective workers stranded, exacerbating the staffing crisis. read more “We understand that when people wait and wait, the uncertainty can become unmanageable,” Immigration Minister Andrew Giles told the summit. “This is not good enough and reflects a visa system in crisis.” In a bid to speed up visa processing, Giles said the government would spend A$36.1 million ($25 million) to boost its staff capacity by 500 people over the next nine months. Businesses welcomed the government’s efforts. “We are in a global competition for the world’s best talent and the more barriers we remove from the system, the better chance we have of attracting the best people,” said Innes Willox, CEO of the Australian Industry Group. ($1 = 1.4725 Australian dollars) Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up Reporting by Renju Jose and Lewis Jackson. edited by Richard Pullin Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

title: “Australia Increases Immigration Target Amid Labor Squeeze Global Talent Race Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-27” author: “Gracie Cooper”

The number of permanent immigrants increased by 35,000 The change was only for one year More funds, staff to speed up visa processing

SYDNEY, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Australia on Friday increased its hiring of permanent migrants to 195,000 this year, up by 35,000, in a bid to help businesses and industries battling widespread staff shortages and reduce reliance on short-term workers. The COVID-19 pandemic has closed the country’s borders for almost two years and, along with an exodus of holiday workers and international students, has left businesses scrambling to find staff to stay afloat. “It doesn’t make sense to bring people in, have them for a few years and then adapt a new team to adapt to the Australian working environment,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters on the sidelines of a government jobs summit in Canberra. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up “We want people … to have a mortgage, start a family, join the Australian family. Immigration is part of our history.” The increase will take effect for the current financial year ending in June 2023 and will bring Australia’s immigration target broadly in line with the annual cap of 190,000 that was in place between 2013 and 2019. This level was reduced by 15% to 160,000 just months before the onset of COVID-19 in an effort to ease urban congestion. The government did not give details of the numbers to follow. The newly elected centre-left Labor government called the two-day summit, calling on business groups and unions to help find solutions to key economic challenges. read more Australia’s unemployment rate is now at a near 50-year low of 3.4%, but labor shortages have contributed to soaring inflation that has depressed real wages. “Covid is presenting us, on a platter, with an opportunity to reform our immigration system that we will never get again. I want us to seize this opportunity,” Home Secretary Claire O’Neill told the summit.

SPECIAL WORKER COMPETITION

Australia is competing with other developed economies such as Canada and Germany to attract more highly skilled migrants, with rising demand exacerbated by an aging population. Canada last month said it was on track to exceed its target of granting permanent residency to more than 430,000 people this year, more than double Australia’s target, while Germany is planning reforms to make itself more attractive to skilled workers. . But a spike in visa processing times in Australia has left around a million prospective workers stranded, exacerbating the staffing crisis. read more “We understand that when people wait and wait, the uncertainty can become unmanageable,” Immigration Minister Andrew Giles told the summit. “This is not good enough and reflects a visa system in crisis.” In a bid to speed up visa processing, Giles said the government would spend A$36.1 million ($25 million) to boost its staff capacity by 500 people over the next nine months. Businesses welcomed the government’s efforts. “We are in a global competition for the world’s best talent and the more barriers we remove from the system, the better chance we have of attracting the best people,” said Innes Willox, CEO of the Australian Industry Group. ($1 = 1.4725 Australian dollars) Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up Reporting by Renju Jose and Lewis Jackson. edited by Richard Pullin Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

title: “Australia Increases Immigration Target Amid Labor Squeeze Global Talent Race Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-25” author: “Madelyn Buckman”

The number of permanent immigrants increased by 35,000 The change was only for one year More funds, staff to speed up visa processing

SYDNEY, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Australia on Friday increased its hiring of permanent migrants to 195,000 this year, up by 35,000, in a bid to help businesses and industries battling widespread staff shortages and reduce reliance on short-term workers. The COVID-19 pandemic has closed the country’s borders for almost two years and, along with an exodus of holiday workers and international students, has left businesses scrambling to find staff to stay afloat. “It doesn’t make sense to bring people in, have them for a few years and then adapt a new team to adapt to the Australian working environment,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters on the sidelines of a government jobs summit in Canberra. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up “We want people … to have a mortgage, start a family, join the Australian family. Immigration is part of our history.” The increase will take effect for the current financial year ending in June 2023 and will bring Australia’s immigration target broadly in line with the annual cap of 190,000 that was in place between 2013 and 2019. This level was reduced by 15% to 160,000 just months before the onset of COVID-19 in an effort to ease urban congestion. The government did not give details of the numbers to follow. The newly elected centre-left Labor government called the two-day summit, calling on business groups and unions to help find solutions to key economic challenges. read more Australia’s unemployment rate is now at a near 50-year low of 3.4%, but labor shortages have contributed to soaring inflation that has depressed real wages. “Covid is presenting us, on a platter, with an opportunity to reform our immigration system that we will never get again. I want us to seize this opportunity,” Home Secretary Claire O’Neill told the summit.

SPECIAL WORKER COMPETITION

Australia is competing with other developed economies such as Canada and Germany to attract more highly skilled migrants, with rising demand exacerbated by an aging population. Canada last month said it was on track to exceed its target of granting permanent residency to more than 430,000 people this year, more than double Australia’s target, while Germany is planning reforms to make itself more attractive to skilled workers. . But a spike in visa processing times in Australia has left around a million prospective workers stranded, exacerbating the staffing crisis. read more “We understand that when people wait and wait, the uncertainty can become unmanageable,” Immigration Minister Andrew Giles told the summit. “This is not good enough and reflects a visa system in crisis.” In a bid to speed up visa processing, Giles said the government would spend A$36.1 million ($25 million) to boost its staff capacity by 500 people over the next nine months. Businesses welcomed the government’s efforts. “We are in a global competition for the world’s best talent and the more barriers we remove from the system, the better chance we have of attracting the best people,” said Innes Willox, CEO of the Australian Industry Group. ($1 = 1.4725 Australian dollars) Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up Reporting by Renju Jose and Lewis Jackson. edited by Richard Pullin Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.