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Amid a labour shortage, here's how businesses could hire more refugees — and gain a strategic advantage

  • Written by Jeannie Eun Su Lee, Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Australia is in the grip of a labour shortage, as pandemic border closures stem the flow of workers from other countries. At the same time, Australia has an untapped talent pool of workers: refugees who have settled here and are urgently looking for work.

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