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Selecting what matters: skill shortages are no basis for picking permanent migrants

  • Written by Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
Selecting what matters: skill shortages are no basis for picking permanent migrantsTim Gouw/Pexels, CC BY-SA

Australia should not target skills shortages when it selects workers for permanent residency.

That’s the firm conclusion from our new Grattan Institute report released this morning entitled Rethinking permanent skilled migration after the pandemic.

At present, the government allocates employer-sponsored and...

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